Ancient Greece Vocabulary

an independent city-state in ancient Greece

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Oracle

fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Parthenon

in ancient Greece, a public open space used for assemblies and market

• Isolate

• Forum

• Agora

• Polis

a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon

• acropolis

• phalanx

• tyrant

• myth

a member of a rich and powerful family

• agora

• myth

• aristocrat

• tyrant

especially in ancient Greece, a ruler who seized power without legal right and holds power through force

• tyrant

• colony

• oracle

• phalanx

a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the Greek Gods

• polis

• agora

• tyrant

• oracle

a body of soldiers standing or moving in close formation with shields and spears

• oracle

• acropolis

• phalanx

• agora

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state

• acropolis

• phalanx

• agora

• city-state

a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

• peninsula

• island

• isthmus

• continent