classical greece Flashcards
Classical
Contributions to the arts and sciences.
Allies
Friends
Plague
Deadly Disease
Blockaded
Blocked Off
Tragedies
an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
Comedies
professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.
Polis
A place in the governing body
agora
(in ancient Greece) a public open space used for assemblies and markets.
aristocrats
a member of the aristocracy.
Oligarchy
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Tyrants
A tyrant was not always a cruel ruler, as the word means today. In Ancient Greece, a tyrant was a government ruled by one man.
Democracy
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Ephors
These men managed the government on a daily basis.
Helots
These were people captured in battle and enslaved.
