Quizlet Ancient Greece

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  1. Acropolis: A huge temple on a hilltop which was dedicated to a god.
  2. Alexander the great: One of the greatest rulers of all time. He conquered Persia and mixed the Greek culture with the Persian.
  3. Archon: An official of the Greek society.
  4. Aristocracy: A soceity which was run by noble families especially of wealth.
  5. Aristotle: A student of Plato. He was the first to clasify plants and animals.
  6. Athens: A Greek city that was very advanced for there time. Athens was centered around intellect rather than military.
  7. Cleisthenes: Considered to be the founder of Athenian democracy
  8. Delian League: A treaty which called for an allience between the Greek City states to defend against persia.
  9. Democracy: A government in which the people are free to make political choices. Ex. USA
  10. Dorian Invasions: The Mycenaean’s were overthrown and attacked by the Dorians (Greek speaking people)
  11. Ephors: The elected officials which ran the city of Sparta
  12. Hellenic Culture: A period of Ancient Greece when democracy was created.
  13. Hellenistic Age: The period during the 4th century B.C.
  14. Helots: Spartan slaves
  15. Herodotus: An Ancient Greek nickname "the father of historu"
  16. Homer: The writer of the Epic the Odyssy which desribed how Greek civilazation functioned
  17. Hoplite: Greek soldiers who were very skilled and heavily armed.
  18. Minoans: A society that lived in greece between 2900 B.C. and 1400 B.C.
  19. Monarchy: A government that is run by a single ruler.
  20. Mycenaens: Mycenaens conquered Minoa culture and improved Greek civilization
  21. Oligarchy: THis type of governtment is ruled by a few people especially wealthy people.
  22. Ostracism: To be exiled on a political basis. This would happen to bad leaders of Athens.
  23. Peloponnesian Wars: A war between Athens and the Pelopenisian leauge.
  24. Pericles: One of the greatest rulers of Athens. he commisioned the parthenon.
  25. Persian wars: A 5th Century B.C. where in which the Athenians joined with the PSartans to defeat the Persians.
  26. Phalanx: A tight group of foot soldier which travel in rectangles
  27. Pisistratus: Athenian Tyrant who very much supported athletic contest
  28. Plato: HE was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. He taught how a Greek citizen should live.
  29. Polis: A polis is another word for a greek city state.
  30. Socrates: A Greek thinker of the new era. He taught that education was a key to personal growth
  31. Solon: Solon was a very ijmportant man who erased all greek debts.
  32. Sparta: An anicent greek city that had differant views as Athens. They were very high on having a good military.
  33. Thucydides: The greatest histororian from the ancient world. He believed that studying the past helped us understand human nature.
  34. Tyranny: A governtment in which the ruler as complete power and does not need to abide by a set of laws.