classical greece Flashcards
(14 cards)
Classical
Contributions to the arts and sciences.
Allies
Friends
Plague
Deadly Disease
Blockaded
Blocked Off
Tragedies
an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
Comedies
professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.
Polis
A place in the governing body
agora
(in ancient Greece) a public open space used for assemblies and markets.
aristocrats
a member of the aristocracy.
Oligarchy
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Tyrants
A tyrant was not always a cruel ruler, as the word means today. In Ancient Greece, a tyrant was a government ruled by one man.
Democracy
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Ephors
These men managed the government on a daily basis.
Helots
These were people captured in battle and enslaved.
