Chapter 5 Vocabulary Flashcards
Member of a group who settled on the Greek mainland around 2,000 BC
Mycenaean
War which the Mycenaeans attacked the city of Troy
Trojan War
Member of a group of people who migrated into the Greek mainland.
Dorian
Greek poet who composed the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
Heroic story in the form of a long poem
Epic
Traditional story that explains why the world is the way it is.
Myth
City state of Ancient Greece
Polis
Fortified hilltop in an Ancient Greek city.
Acropolis
Government ruled by a king or queen
Monarchy
Government ruled by a small group of noble families.
Aristocracy
Government ruled by a few powerful people
Oligarchy
Powerful ruler who gained control of a city-state’s government by asking the common people for support.
Tyrant
Rule by the people
Democracy
Peasant forced to stay on the land.
Helot
Side-by-side fighting formation of foot soldiers
Phalanx
Wars between Greece and the Persian empire
Persian wars
Form of government in which the citizens rule directly
Direct democracy
Art in which harmony, order, and balance were emphasized.
Classical art
Serious drama dealing with themes such as love, hate, war, and betrayal.
Tragedy
Light and amusing play that may poke fun at serious subjects.
Comedy
War in which Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies.
Peloponnesian War
Thinker who uses logic and reason to explore life’s important questions.
Philosopher
Great thinker who explored truth and justice and developed a meatloaf of questioning and answering
Socrates
Socrates’s student who wrote The Republic, a view of the ideal society
Plato
Plato’s student who developed a meat bod for testing and organizing ideas.
Aristotle
