Greek Term List
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- Homer
- Greek poet, famous for writing The Iliad and The Odyssey
- Archon
- high official, ruler
- Hoplite
- a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece
- Helots
- a person who serves, a serf
- Thucydides
- Greek Historian, recorded important parts of Peloponnesian war
- Minoans
- civilization that reached height between 1600 BCE through 1500 BCE, located on the island of Crete, traded with Egypt and Mesopotamia, polytheistic
- Acropolis
- fortified part of Ancient Greek City
- Tyranny
- unjust use of absolute governmental power
- Democracy
- government by the people
- Solon
- a lawgiver and poet, who reformed the Athenian class system
- Ephors
- a body of five elected magistrates exercising a supervisory power over the kings of Sparta
- Alexander the Great
- leader and architect, king of Macedon
- Pericles
- Athenian leader who advanced Democracy
- Aristocracy
- upper class rules
- Hellenistic Age
- 323 BCE through 31 BCE
- Pisistratus
- Athenian Tyrant, supported athletic contest
- Herodotus
- "Father of History", recorded history, writings were first known attempt at narrative writing
- Socrates
- Greek Philosopher, teacher of Plato
- Aristotle
- Greek Philosopher, Teacher of Alexander the Great
- Ostracism
- temporary Banishment
- Oligarchy
- government by few people
- Mycenaean's
- 1400 BCE through 1200 BCE, sea traders, city-states ruled by warriors
- Polis
- a city-state
- Monarchy
- rule by a person, usually inherits power
- Hellenic culture
- The ancient Greek culture consisting of its city-states
- Cleisthenes
- an Athenian, reformed the Athenian constitution, started Democracy
- Athens
- City-state that started as a monarchy and evolved into an aristocracy
- Delian League
- prepared for future invasions by the Persians
- Dorian invasions
- a term used to describe the replacement of dialects and traditions in ancient Greece
- Peloponnesian wars
- conflicts between the Athenians and the Peloponnesian league, Resentment of Athenian domination and disagreement on the form of government
- Phalanx
- a fighting technique used by Alexander the Great, People grouped together with shields and spears
- Plato
- Greek Philosopher, teacher of Aristotle
- Persian wars
- a series of conflicts between the Greek city-states and the Persians, Economic rivalry