Ancient Greek Vocabulary

City-State

• Polis

• Barrack

• Ephor

• Helot

The high city; a stronghold created on higher ground.

• Phalanx

• Metic

• Barrack

• Acropolis

Members of city-states that have legal rights

• Citizens

• Tenant Farmers

• Sarissa

• Helot

The art and practice of government.

• Democracy

• Innovation

• Oligarchy

• Politics

A hereditary class of rulers.

• Aristocracy

• Helot

• Metic

• Delian League

A type of government where small groups of people hold the political power.

• Oligarchy

• Acropolis

• Citizen

• Phalanx

A military formation of heavily armored soldiers.

• Ephor

• Metic

• Barrack

• Phalanx

A government run by a strong ruler.

• Tyranny

• Democracy

• Authority

• Delian League

"Rule by the People"; A form of government where the people hold political power.

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Mythology

• Classical Civilization

Membership in a community or government state.

• Citizenship

• Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

• Allies