25-26 Topic 5: Ancient Greece Vocabulary Review

military conflict around 1250 B.C. between Mycenae and Troy that was described in Homer’s epic poems, the Illiad and the Odyssey

• Trojan War
• Homer
• acropolis
• phalanx

the author of the epic poems, the Illiad and the Odyssey

• Homer
• acropolis
• phalanx
• Sparta

highest and most fortified point within a Greek city-state

• acropolis
• phalanx
• Sparta
• Athens

in ancient Greece, a massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers

• phalanx
• Sparta
• Athens
• jury

city-state in ancient Greece settled by the Dorians and built as a military state

• Sparta
• Athens
• jury
• philosopher

city-state in ancient Greece that evolved from a monarchy to a limited direct democracy and became famous for its great cultural achievements

• Athens
• jury
• philosopher
• Socrates

group of people with authority to make a decision in a legal case

• jury
• philosopher
• Socrates
• Aristotle

someone who seeks to understand and explain life; a person who studies philosophy

• philosopher
• Socrates
• Aristotle
• Alexander the Great

an Athenian stonemason and philosopher who sought truth by questioning

• Socrates
• Aristotle
• Alexander the Great
• assimilate

a student of Plato, was a philosopher, writer about many branches of knowledge, founder of the Lyceum, and tutor of Alexander the Great

• Aristotle
• Alexander the Great
• assimilate
• Pythagoras