Ancient Greece Vocab Flashcards
Pericles
Ruler of Greece in the 400s BC. He encouraged the arts and great works.
City state
Political units made up of city and all surrounding lands.
Homer
Famous poet of Ancient Greece that wrote “the odessey” and “iliad”
Zeus
One of many gods that the Greeks worshiped; he was the sky god.
Athena
Goddess of war and Athens. Her statue was in the heart of the Parthenon which was built in her honor.
Odessey
The story of Odysseus and how he found his way home over a duration of ten years
Iliad
The story of the Greeks attacking the city states of Troy during the Trojan war.
Poseidon
The Greek god of the sea
Parthenon
A symbol of Greece that was built in honor of Athena
Phidias
Famous Ancient Greece sculpture know for building the new Parthenon.
Acropolis
Meaning “top city”, an acropolis was a fortress on a hill.
Pediment
The triangular ends of a building
Frieze
A decorated band that goes around a building.
Hippocrates
Was a famous Greek physician known as “The Father of Medicine”.
Golden age
A period in society’s history marked by great achievements.
Alexander the Great
A conquerer that took over all of Greece in the 330s BC.
Hellenistic
The blend of Greek culture with other cultures.
Agora
A public open space used for assemblies and markets.
Herodotus
Herodotus was a Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC
The Academy
The teaching school founded by Plato.
Macedonia
An ancient kingdom on the northern periphery of Classical Greece.
Greek Chorus
A homogeneous, non-individualised group of performers in the plays of classical Greece.
Helot
A class in ancient Sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens.
Mount Olympus
A mountain in Greece in which the Ancient Greeks believe the gods and goddesses dwelled on
