Ancient Greece Flashcards
A group of about200 cities; led by Athens; who continued to fight Persians
Delian League
War between Greece and Persian Empire
Persian Wars
Formation of soldiers with spears and shields
Phalanx
Slaves of Spartans; forced to farm the land
Helot
Ruled by the people
Democracy
A powerful individual
Tyrant
Ruled by powerful merchants
Oligarchy
Ruled by a small group of nobility
Aristocracy
Ruled by a King
Monarchy
A fortified hilltop, a place where citizens gathered
Acropolis
A city and its surrounding villages
Polis
Traditional stories about Gods
Myth
A narrative poem about heroic deeds
Epic
A blink storyteller poet
Homer
Fought by Mycenaeans against the city of Troy
Trojan War
Indo Europeans who settled on Greek Mainland in 2000 BC
Mycenaean
Government in which citizens rule
Direct Democracy
A serious form of drama
Tragedy
A humorous form of drama
Comedy
War between Athens and Sparta
Peloponnesian War
A Greek thinker who used logic and reason
Philosopher
Used questioning method
Socrates
Student of Socrates, started the Academy
Plato
Taught Alexander the Great; question nature of the world
Aristotle
King of Macedonia, conquered Greece Alexander the Greats father
Phillip ll
An ancient kingdom north of Greece
Macedonia
King of Persia
Darius lll
Greek king who conquered Egypt and SW Asia Spread Hellenistic culture
Alexander the Great
Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian and Jewish
Hellenistic
City in Egypt, center of Hellenistic culture
Alexandria
