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Greek Vocabulary- Classical
Word
Polis
Definition
the Greeks’ primary form of
My Definition
city-states
political and social
organization
acropollis
a defensible fort
fort that was center of city
agora
Marketplace
Marketplace
hoplites
heavily armed infantry men
armed military men
phalanx
Porcupine like formation
Formation used in war in a
porcupine shape
Greek Vocabulary- Classical
Word
Definition
My Definition
lyric poetry
a form of literature focusing
on feelings and emotions,
etc.
Literature on feelings and
emotions
Sappho
one of the greatest lyric
poets
a great lyric poet
Solon
An athenian noble man who An athenian noble man
made laws for athens’
developed the law of
politics
Greece.
Peisistratus
an aristocrat who appealed
to the masses for political
support.
a man who asked the
public for support
tyrant
cruel and oppressive ruler
a cruel ruler who is violent
and mean to the people of
his country
Greek Vocabulary- Classical
Word
Definition
My Definition
Cleisthenes
Cleisthenes was a noble Politic Leader who helped
fix the law after Peistratus
Athenian of the
Alcmaeonid family,
credited with reforming
the constitution of ancient
Athens and setting it on a
democratic footing in 508
BC or 507 BC.
direct democracy
comprises a form of
democracy and theory of
civics wherein
sovereignty is lodged in
the assembly of all
citizens who choose to
participate.
a system where people
vote their leaders