Core Greek Words

Question 1

Alcmaeonids

Answer 1

an aristocratic family in Athens

Question 2

Atima

Answer 2

the action of being stripped from all your citizen rights

Question 3

Agora

Answer 3

the marketplace of Athens as well as the centre of civic activity

Question 4

Archon

Answer 4

the leading magistrate, chosen in the fifth century by lot

Question 5

Areopagus

Answer 5

the aristocratic council of ex-archons

Question 6

Boule

Answer 6

the council of 500 elected by lot with 50 from each tribe

Question 7

Bouletarian

Answer 7

the council house, assembly house and senate house which housed the council of citizens (boule)

Question 8

Demarch

Answer 8

the annually elected leader of a demes council

Question 9

Demagogue

Answer 9

this was a popularise political leader who was seen to manipulate the citizens in the assembly

Question 10

Deme

Answer 10

this was a village or district - smallest political area in the democratic system - there were 139 in Attica

Question 11

Demos

Answer 11

the people in a polis

Question 12

Dokimasiai

Answer 12

the name used to indicate the process of ascertaining the capacity of the citizens for the exercise of public rights and duties (physical, mental test to see if they could complete the job)

Question 13

Eupatridai

Answer 13

the land owning aristocrats

Question 14

Prytany

Answer 14

the Athenian calendar had ten of these and was related to the ten tribes

Question 15

Parrhesia

Answer 15

the right to speak frankly

Question 16

Isegoria

Answer 16

a citizens right to equal speech

Question 17

Trittyes

Answer 17

this was Attica split into thirds, City, Inland and Coast which were then divided into ten tribal areas this were 30 trittyes

Question 18

Phratry

Answer 18

a brotherhood/subdivision of the 4 old tribes; previously led by aristocratic families but by the 5th century was just a religious function

Question 19

Tribes

Answer 19

there were originally four but were changed and expanded by Cleisthenes to 10