chapter 4 ancient greek Flashcards
(29 cards)
Zeus
chief god
Ares
god of war
Hera
wife of chief god
Aphrodite
goddess of love
Athena
goddess of wisdom
Hermes
messenger god
Hades
god of the underworld
Poseidon
god of the sea
Epic Poem
a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero. like Iliad and Odyssey
Agora
greek city-states, an open area that served as a gathering place and as a market
Hoplite
greek city-states, heavily armed foot soldiers
Phalanx
a wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation
Democracy
“the rule of many” government by people, either directly or through their elected Representative
Oligarchy
“the rule of the few” a form of government in which a small group of people exercises control
Helot
in ancient Sparta, captive peoples who were forced to work for their conquerors
Ritual
a ceremony or rite
cracle
in ancient Greece, a sacred shrine where a god or goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or priestess
Athens and Spartas were ruled by what
ruled by oligarchy
farmers that could not pay debts in Athens what would happen
send to slavery
women had male guardians in Spartas or Athens
Athens
disputes between Athens and Sparta led in what war
the great pelopennesian war
killed what fraction of them
1/3
the twelve on what were most important
mount Olympus
closed itself off from outside world , only war mattered and not new ideas,acts etc
Sparta
