The Ancient Greeks

3. a sacred shrine where a god or goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or priestess.
7. a period of time when Athenian politics reached the height of its power.
8. a form of government in which a selected group of people exercise control. “The rule of the few”
10. a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero.
11. an organized system of thought, “love and wisdom”
13. period of time when the Greek language and ideas were carried to the non-Greece world.
14. a hero strives for excellence to win a struggle or contest.
15. soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation.
16. government that is ruled by many, either directly or through elected representatives.
18. the early Greek city-state, city or town along the countryside.
19. a group of five elected men that was responsible for educating the youth and the conduct of all citizens.
21. Banning an ambitious politician from the city for ten years by popular vote.
22. a captive person who was forced to work for the conqueror.

1. an open area that served as a gathering place and as a market.
2. a school of thought, that human beings were free to follow their own self interest and make happiness their goal. Happiness was the pursuit of pleasure.
4. Greek plays (dramas) that portray a conflict ending with extreme sorrow.
5. a school of thought, that happiness can be achieved only when people gain inner peace by living in harmony with the will of God.
6. method of teaching, question and answer format.
9. a system in which people participate directly in government decisions through mass meetings.
12. something that comes from someone in the past or that happened in the past.
17. fortified gathering place at the top of a hill, sometimes the site of temples and public buildings.
20. a ruler who seized power by force.