Ancient Greece Vocabulary

the high, fortified area of Athens where the Parthenon is

• acropolis

• polis

• agora

• city-state

in ancient Greece, a market and open space used for public meetings

• acropolis

• polis

• agora

• city-state

ancient Macedonian ruler and king of Macedonia from 336-323 BC, he overthrew the Persians and established the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen

• Aristotle

• Alexander the Great

• Plato

• Socrates

an ancient Greek philosopher and student of Plato, he established a school in Athens in 335 BC and wrote many of his works there

• Alexander the Great

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Plato

the goddess of arts, war, and wisdom and the protectress of Athens in Greek mythology

• Zeus

• Hercules

• Athena

• Medusa

a hero with great strength in Greek mythology

• Zeus

• Athena

• Plato

• Hercules

an independent state made up of a city and the land around it

• acropolis

• polis

• city-state

• country

a major philosopher from ancient Greece who wrote "The Republic" around 380 BC

• Alexander the Great

• Socrates

• Zeus

• Plato

an ancient Athenian philosopher who lived and taught approximately between 470-399 BC

• Socrates

• Zeus

• Aristotle

• Homer

king of the gods in Greek mythology

• Pericles

• Hercules

• Socrates

• Zeus