Ancient Greece Vocabulary

2. the training young male Spartans received for war
3. the Greek word for a city-state
4. a member of a Hellenic people speaking the Doric dialect of Greek
6. a type of government in which people rule themselves
8. the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence
9. the interval between the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization, around 1200 BC, and the Greek Archaic Period, around 800 BC
11. a staple soup made of boiled pigs legs, blood, salt, and vinegar
13. a person who has the right to participate in government
14. a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece
15. to exclude from a society or group
17. a formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion
20. a public open space used for assemblies and markets
21. all citizens in Athens could participate directly in government
22. a rich landowner
25. one of five senior Spartan magistrates
26. a group of warriors who stood close together in a square

1. a heavy wooden shield used by the infantry in various periods of ancient Greece
3. a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium
5. the citizens elect officials to represent them in the government
7. a word for Greek-like
10. a high hill that usually has a strong fortress on top of it
12. another word for a slave
16. an ancient Greek or Roman war galley with three banks of oars
18. a government in which only a few people have power
19. governors that ruled the provinces
23. a leader who help power through the use of force
24. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country