| Vocabulary Word |
Definition |
| Aphrodite |
Greek god of love |
| Archimedes |
Greek inventor and engineer |
| Ares |
Greek god of war |
| Aristotle |
Greek philosopher, developed syllogism |
| Athens |
one of the most famous and influential Greek polis - famous for democracy |
| democracy |
a type of government where citizens get to vote to make decisions |
| drama |
theatre |
| Epicureanism |
belief that pleasure or happiness is the main goal of life |
| Euclid |
Greek mathematician |
| Euripides |
Greek playwright |
| Hades |
Greek god of the underworld |
| Hellenism |
Greek culture |
| Hippocrates |
Greek scientist |
| Homer |
a Greek author of The Illiad and The Odyssey |
| monarchy |
a government ruled by a king or a queen |
| Mount Olympus |
a mountain in Greece that was considered home of the Greek gods |
| mythology |
mythical tradition |
| Oedipus Rex |
a Greek play |
| oligarchy |
a government ruled by a small group of powerful people |
| Parthenon |
a building in Athens built to honor Greek gods |
| pediment |
the triangle part of a building above the entrance |
| Plato |
Greek philosopher, author of The Republic |
| polis |
Greek city-state |
| Poseidon |
Greek god of the sea |
| Pythagoras |
a Greek mathematician, famous for the Pythagorean Theorem |
| Socrates |
Greek thinker famous for his questioning method, called the Socratic Method |
| Silk Road |
network of roads that merchants traveled connecting China to the Middle East |
| Sophocles |
Greek playwright |
| Sparta |
a Greek polis focused on war |
| Stoicism |
belief that circumstances should not control you |
| suffrage |
the right of citizens to vote |
| symmetry |
balance |
| Zeus |
Greek god of the sky |
