Ancient Greece vocab

a wild and uncivilized person

condition of being owned by, and forced to work for, someone else

someone who uses reason to understand the world

a member of a certain class of servants in ancient Sparta

King of Macedonia from 336 to 323; conqueror of Persia and Egypt and invader of India

an area of land almost all surrounded by water, connected to mainland by narrow strip of land

a city-state in the southern part of ancient Greece

war fought b/t Athens & Sparta in ancient Greece, involved almost every other Greek city state

a city-state in ancient Greece; the capital of modern-day Greece

a regular payment made to a powerful state or nation by a weaker one

a member of a rich and powerful family

a seller of goods

the fortified, or strengthened, hill of an ancient Greek city

a ruler who takes power by force

an action taken to isolate an enemy and cut off its supplies

a sacred site where a god/goddess was consulted; any priest or priestess who spoke for the gods

a type of serious drama that usually ends in disaster for the main character

a public market and meeting place in an ancient Greek city

Greek history/culture after the death of Alexander the Great

to murder for political reasons

a wide spread disease

a form of government in which citizens govern themselves