Ancient Greece Key Terms

Achilles

• Greek hero of the Trojan war
• He conquered the Persian Empire, reached the Indus Valley, founded many Greek-style cities, and spread Greek culture across the Middle East - 334 and 323 BC
• Powerful military commander and king of Macedonia who united Greece. His son was Alexander the Great.
• Athenian philosopher who asked questions about ethics and human behavior.

Acropolis

• a high, rocky hill near which early people build cities
• A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
• a public open space used for assemblies and markets
• land suitable for growing crops

Agora

• a public open space used for assemblies and markets
• a high, rocky hill near which early people build cities
• a city with it's own traditions and it's own government
• land suitable for growing crops

Alexander the Great

• He conquered the Persian Empire, reached the Indus Valley, founded many Greek-style cities, and spread Greek culture across the Middle East - 334 and 323 BC
• Greek hero of the Trojan war
• Athenian reformer of the 6th century; established laws that eased the burden of debt on farmers, forbade enslavement for debt
• Athenian philosopher who asked questions about ethics and human behavior.

Apollo

• God of poetry and music, most widely worshipped god
• King of the gods and ruler of the sky and storms
• Powerful military commander and king of Macedonia who united Greece. His son was Alexander the Great.
• God of the sea

Arable

• land suitable for growing crops
• believing that your own culture or ethnic group is superior to all other groups, a belief of the Greeks
• a high, rocky hill near which early people build cities
• A group of islands

Archipelago

• A group of islands
• a high, rocky hill near which early people build cities
• A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
• land suitable for growing crops

Aristocrat

• a member of a rich and powerful family
• a ruler who takes power with the support of the middle and working classes
• believing that your own culture or ethnic group is superior to all other groups, a belief of the Greeks
• form of government in which citizens govern themselves

Athena

• Goddess of war and wisdom
• Goddess of marriage and women
• militaristic city-state
• a city with it's own traditions and it's own government

Athens

• the largest city of Ancient Greece and current capital city
• militaristic city-state
• A kingdom that was destroyed by the Greeks in the Trojan War.
• a city with it's own traditions and it's own government