Ancient Greece Vocabulary

a fortified place within a larger city. It is usually located on top of a hill and in the center of the city.

• Hellenistic

• agora

• acropolis

• Hellots

the central meeting place in Ancient Greek cities

• peninsula

• democracy

• tyrant

• agora

one ruler of Ancient Greece who conquered much of the civilized world from Greece to India including Egypt

• Alexander the Great

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• agora

a Greek philosopher who introduced the idea of observing and recording nature. He also tutored Alexander the Great and began his own school in Athens.

• Aristotle

• Alexander the Great

• Assembly

• chiton

consisted of the group of citizens who showed up to vote in Athens

• Assembly

• Tyrant

• Athens

• Plato

one of the most powerful Greek city-states, It was the birthplace of democracy

• peninsula

• Homer

• Athens

• Olympics

place in ancient Greece where the ancient Olympic Games were held

• Oligarchy

• Olympia

• Aristotle

• peninsula

one leader of Athens who promoted the arts and literature and had many structures built including the Parthenon

• polis

• Homer

• Pericles

• Athens

a Greek philosopher who founded the Academy in Athens and philosophical dialogues

• Polis

• Plato

• Sparta

• Hellots

name for a Greek city-state

• Assembly

• Socrates

• Olympia

• polis