Ancient Athens Vocab Flashcards
Something from a time more than 2500 years ago.
Ancient
It is made up of a city and the surrounding countryside that controls it. Independent of other cities.
City State
Are rulers who seize power and govern in a harsh cruel way.
Tyrants
Long poem that tells a story usually about a legendary hero
Epic
Name of successful orator and general in the army of Athens
Pericles
Name of one of the great thinkers in ancient Athens.
Socrates
The assembly, the Council of 500 and the court
Pillars of Athenian Democracy
A place where citizens would debate, listen, discuss and vote
The Assembly
people vote directly to make decisions rather than having representatives
Direct Democracy
A decision made by people who are in authority
decree
Someone who speaks in public
Orator
A political group
Tribe
Names drawn by chance from a large number of choices
Lottery
List of topics that will be discussed at a meeting
Agenda
Government official who works for the court
Magistrate
A person who is accused of a crime in a court case
Defendant
A person who brings a complaint about another person to court
Plaintiff
The only members of society who could vote and take part in government. People who were born in Athens city-state.
Citizens
Residents of Athens who had been born outside the city-state
Metics
People owned by private Athenians or by the city-state
Slaves
