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ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY UNIT 10

ACROPOLIS
The high fortified area above a Greek city, where Greek temples were built.

AD
Meaning “Anno Domini”, is an indication that a date is later than the birth of Christ.

AGORA
The main square in a Greek polis, where political activity and trading took place.

ANDRON
An apartment in a Greek home for males and their male visitors.

ARCHON
The chief magistrate in a Greek city,

ARISTOCRACY
The ruling class. In Greek, the aristoi meant “the best”. Landowners and military leaders formed the aristocracy.

BC
Meaning”Before Christ”, is an indication that  date is before the birth of Christ.

BOULE
In ancient Greece, a council formed of citizens, who coordinated the work of the magistrates.

CLASSICAL CULTURE
The lasting influence of Greek and Roman civilisation.

COLONY
A settlement that was established by a Greek polis or by the Romans in a different region for military and trading purposes.

CORINTHIAN
One of the three styles of column in Greek architecture: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.

DEMOCRACY
This meant “ruled by the people”. In Greek democracy, adult male citizens particpated in government, but women, foreigners and slaves could not vote.

DORIC
One of the three styles of column in Greek architecture: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.

EKKLESIA
An assembly of all the citizens in Athens, who voted on legislation, decided foreign policy and elected magistrates.

EPHEBE
A Young Greek man, participating in military service.

EPHOR
A Spartan magistrate.

GEROUSIA
In ancient Sparta, a council, formed by citizens who were over sixty years old.

GYNAIKONITIS
An  area of a Greek home for the women of the household.

HELLAS
The name for Ancient Greece. Hellenes were the people. Greek culture was called Hellenistic from the 4th  century BC.

HERO
In mithology, a person of great strength and courage, who was the child of a god and a human being, like Hercules.

HOPLITE
A Spartan warrior.

IONIC
One of the three styles of column in Greek architecture:Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.

MAGISTRATE
An important oficial, in Greece and Rome

METIC
A “foreigner” who lived in a Greek polis.

OLIGARCHY
Meaning “government by the few” in Greek, this was a form of government in which all of the power was held by an elite section of society.

OLYMPIC GAMES
A Greek athelitics festival held every four years (like the modern Olympics) to honour the gods in which Greek men competed in different sports.

ORACLE
A person or source that was believed by the Greeks to communicate messages from the gods.

PERIOIKOI
In Sparta, the perioikoi were free craftsmen or traders, who did not have political rights.

POLIS (plural: poleis)
An independent Greek city state, which was formed by a city and the surrounding region, and had its own government and laws.

POLYTHEISM
The belief in many gods, goddesses and natural forces, which was held in Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.

RELIEF (art)
A scene carved into a large Stone to give the impression the sculpted material was raised slightly above the background.

SLAVE
A person with no rights, who was the property of somebody else.

SLAVE ECONOMY
An economy in which slaves were the labour force in agricultura, mining, public buildings and domesic service.

STRATEGOS (plural: strategoi)
A military leader in Athens.

TEMPLE
A religious building, where gods and goddesses were worshipped and where prayers and offerings were made.

THEATRE
An open-air construction with terraces, where Greek and Roman performances took place.

TYRANT
A person who gained power illegaly in a polis.

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