| Term | Definition |
|---|
| labyrinth | passageways twist and turn in all directions to form a maze. |
| bard | singing story teller |
| crete | island, southeast of the Greek mainland |
| mycenae | city that served as centers of both government administration and production |
| The Minoans | ancient people who earned their living through sea trade. |
| The Mycenaeans | people who conquered the Minoans and adopted aspects of their culture |
| Homer | composed two most famous Greek epics - Iliad and The Odessey |
| Zeus | chief deity for the Mycenaeans |
| polis | city - state; basic political unit of Hellenic civilization |
| citizen | those who took part in government gathered in the agora to carry out public affairs, choose their officials, and pass their laws. |
| aristocrat | landholders who are nobles or members of the upper class that provided cavalry for the king's military ventures. |
| phalanx | rows of foot soldiers using their shields to form a wall |
| tyrant | someone who seized power and ruled the polis single - handedly |
| oligarchy | a few wealthy people hold (share) the power |
| democracy | government by the people |
| Athens | famous city (has a democracy) |
| Sparta | famous city (has an oligarchy) |
| constitution | plan of government |
| metropolis | parent city |
| rhetoric | art of public speaking |
| Draco | Athenian leader who issued an improved code of laws |
| Solon | poet - law maker and promoted trade |
| Peisistratus | divided large estates among landless farmers and extended citizenship to men who did not own land |
| Cleisthenes | jury system ; established laws that establish democracy for Athens |
| Peloponnesus | peninsula of southern Greece |
| Attica | peninsula of central Greece |
| Hetairoc | war band |
| acropolis | defensible high place |
| agora | town center |
| Spartans | descendants of Dorian invaders ; economy relies on agriculture |
| helots | the slaves in Sparta (outnumber Spartans) |
| military society | all of Spartan life revolved around the army |
| ostracism | allowed citizens to vote someone out of government |
| Pan – Hellenism | ancient Greeks recognized they were similar to others |
| Agon | applies to near everything in life, conflict, competition, equal |
| Arete | excellence, trying to be the best, applies to everything |
| Time | glory, honor |
| Dark Ages | decline in writing (we dont know what happened) |
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