Vocabulary Ancient Greece

Narrow strip of land

• island

• isthmus

• colony

• peninsula

Athletic festival to honor Zeus

• Mount Olympus

• discus

• javelin

• Olympics

Large building overseen by Pericles that took over nine years to build

• Temple

• Pantheon

• Mount Olympus

• Parthenon

Foot soldiers in the Greek army

• Athenian

• Sparta

• Calvary

• Hoplites

Stories that explained how the actions of gods and goddesses affected everyday lives

• Epics

• Tragedies

• Myths

• Olympians

The goddess of marriage and children

• Hera

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Athena

People conquered by the Spartans who were forced to be slaves

• Hoplites

• Helots

• Athenians

• Oligarchy

Government ruled by a small group of individuals

• Republic

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship