Ancient Greece vocabulary
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- Shrine
- Area dedicated to honor Gods and Goddesses
- Fresco
- Paintings done on wet plaster
- Polis
- Greek city-state
- Strait
- Narrow water passage
- Acropolis
- Highest and most fortified point in a city-state
- Monarchy
- Government run by a king or queen
- Oligarchy
- Government run by a few people
- Aristocracy
- Government run by the upper class
- Phalanx
- Massive formation of foot soldiers
- Helot
- State owned slave in Sparta
- Tyrant
- Ruler who gains power by force
- Democracy
- Government in which the people hold the power
- Alliance
- Agreement between nations to defend each other
- Legislature
- Law making body
- Jury
- Group of people sworn to make a decision in a legal case
- Direct Democracy
- Government in which citizens participate in the day to day affairs of the government
- Stipend
- Salary given to public office holders
- Ostracism
- To banish a person who threatens democracy
- Rhetoric
- Art of skillful speaking
- Logic
- Rational thinking
- Comedy
- Play that mocked people or social customs
- Tragedy
- Play that focused on human suffering. Often ends in disaster
- Heliocentric
- Belief that the sun is the center of the universe
- Assimilate
- Absorb or adopt another culture