Ancient Greece
Polis and philosophers
Ancient Greece is the civilization of the Greek world from roughly the archaic period through the classical and Hellenistic eras, before Roman dominance.
It refers to the birthplace of democracy, tragedy, philosophy, and much of Western intellectual tradition: Ancient Greece produced Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
The capitalized form is standard in historical and academic writing. (Lowercase ancient Greece is equivalent.)
Greek sovereign urban center
- agoraGreek civic square
- acropolisFortified hilltop in antiquity
- hopliteAncient Greek heavy infantry
- helotState-owned serf
citizen · symposium · drachma · amphora · chiton · oligarchy · tyrant · trireme
Ancient Athenian questioning philosopher
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- Socratic methodTeaching by strategic questioning
- AcademyElite scholarly institution
Lyceum · dialectic · ethics · metaphysics · Stoicism · Epicureanism · Pythagoras · Heraclitus
Greek sky god
- AthenaGreek wisdom deity
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
- PoseidonGreek sea deity
- HeraOlympian marriage deity
Artemis · Hermes · Dionysus · Aphrodite · Ares · Hephaestus · Hades · Persephone
Ancient Greek hilltop temple
- AcropolisFortified hilltop in Athens
- columnsUpright structural shafts
- DoricAustere classical column style
- IonicScroll-capitaled column order
Corinthian · temple · amphitheater · agora · stoa · frieze · pediment · caryatid
Ancient Greek city-dweller
- assemblyConstructing from components
- ecclesiaCitizens' assembly, especially Greek
- votingFormally registering a choice
- ostracismBanishment from a group
Pericles · Solon · citizens · archon · boule · demos · direct democracy · demagogue
Global athletic contest
- stadiumLarge venue for spectators
- discusHeavy disc for throwing
- pentathlonFive-event athletic competition
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
stadion · chariot racing · laurel wreath · Nemean Games · Isthmian Games · Pythian Games · gymnasium · palestra
polis
Greek sovereign urban center
helot · citizen · symposium · drachma · amphora · chiton · oligarchy · tyrant · trireme
Socrates
Ancient Athenian questioning philosopher
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- Socratic methodTeaching by strategic questioning
Academy · Lyceum · dialectic · ethics · metaphysics · Stoicism · Epicureanism · Pythagoras · Heraclitus · Democritus
Zeus
Greek sky god
Hera · Artemis · Hermes · Dionysus · Aphrodite · Ares · Hephaestus · Hades · Persephone · Hercules
Parthenon
Ancient Greek hilltop temple
- AcropolisFortified hilltop in Athens
- columnsUpright structural shafts
- DoricAustere classical column style
Ionic · Corinthian · temple · amphitheater · agora · stoa · frieze · pediment · caryatid · peristyle
Athenian
Ancient Greek city-dweller
- assemblyConstructing from components
- ecclesiaCitizens' assembly, especially Greek
- votingFormally registering a choice
ostracism · Pericles · Solon · citizens · archon · boule · demos · direct democracy · demagogue
Olympics
Global athletic contest
- stadiumLarge venue for spectators
- discusHeavy disc for throwing
- pentathlonFive-event athletic competition
wrestling · stadion · chariot racing · laurel wreath · Nemean Games · Isthmian Games · Pythian Games · gymnasium · palestra · javelin
- ancient civilizationsSumer, Aztecs, Egypt, Persia, Rome
- Classical AntiquityGreeks, Romans, Roman Empire, Latin, Zeus
- European HistoryFrench Revolution, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Industrial Revolution
- Former StatesPrussia, Czechoslovakia, Austria-Hungary, Soviet Union, Byzantine Empire
- Historical PlacesUSSR, Persia, Prussia, Siam, Burma
- historical wayspioneer life, frontier life, village life, nomadic life, pastoral life
Ancient GreeceAncient Rome
Mediterranean empire, antiquity
Roman Empire · Roman Republic · Persian Empire · Ancient Egypt · Carthage
ancient, antiquity, Hellenistic, Greek, Greece, Grecian, Greco-Roman