The Ancient Greek

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A fortified site on the Greek mainland

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Mycenae

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Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

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Homer

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Heavily armed infantry Soldier

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Hoplites

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Military city state

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Sparta

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Democratic city-state

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Athens

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Created the Council of 500

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Cleisthenes

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Location where the Greeks tried to delay the Persians

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Thermopylae

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Chief god

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Zues

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Highest mountain in Greece

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Olympus

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Made Macedonia the chief power of the Greek world

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Philip the 2nd

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A long poem what tells the Deeds of a Great Hero such as The Iliad or The Odyssey

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Epic poem

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In early Greece the qualities of excellence that a hero strives to win in a struggle or contest

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Arete

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The early Greek city-state consisting of a city or town and its surrounding Countryside

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polis

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In early Greek city-states, a fortified Gathering Place at the top of the hill that was sometimes the side of temples and public buildings

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Acropolis

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In early Greeks city states in open area that serves as a Gathering Place and a market

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Agora

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Wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangle formation

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Phalanx

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A ruler who seized power by forcing the aristocrats gain support from the newly rich and the poor and maintain power by using hired soldiers and fighting tactics

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Tyrant

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Government by the people either directly or through their elected representatives

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Democracy

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A form of government in which a select group of people exercise control

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obligarchy

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In ancient Sparta a captive person who was forced to work for the Conqueror

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Helot

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One of the five men elected per year in Sparta who were responsible for the education of Youth and the conduct of all citizens

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Ephor

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The period between 461 BC and 4:29 BC when Pericles dominated Athenian politics and Athens reach the height of its power

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Age of Pericles

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System of government in which the people participate directly in government decision-making through meetings

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Direct democracy

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In ancient Athens the process for temporarily Banning ambitious politicians from the city by popular vote

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ostracism

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In ancient Greece a sacred Shrine Greek god or goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or

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Oracle

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A form of drama that portrays a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force and having a protagonist who is brought to ruin or extreme sorrow especially as a result of a fatal flaw

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Tragedy

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Organized system of thought from the Greek for love of wisdom

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Philosophy

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Method of teaching used by the Greek philosopher Socrates it employs a question and answer format to lead pupils

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socraitia method

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The age of Alexander the Great period when the Greek language and ideas for carried to the non-greek world

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Hellenistic era

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School of thought developed by the philosopher epicurus in the Hellenistic era it held that happiness is the chief goal in life and the means to achieve happiness was the pursuit of pleasure

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Epicureanism

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School of thought developed by the teacher Zeno in Hellenistic Athens it says that happiness can be achieved only when people gain Inner Peace by living in harmony with the will of God and that people should wear whatever love offers

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Stociasm