Unit 7 Vocabulary: For each definition provided, identify the word that belongs there.

1. a gathering place or marketplace in ancient Greece.

2. a story that teaches a lesson.
3. someone who writes or performs epic poems or stories about heroes and their deeds.
4. a priestess who speaks for the gods and answers questions about what will happen in the future.
5. enslaved people in ancient Sparta.
6. the art of public speaking and debate.
7. a piece of land nearly surrounded by water.
8. a set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine.
9. a drama that tells a humorous story.
10. a Greek city-state.
11. the time period after Alexander died when Greek culture spread to all the lands in his empire.
12. a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows.
13. philosophical method of questioning to gain truth; developed by Socrates.
14. a story that is told by the actions and spoken words of actors.
15. a drama in which characters struggle to overcome problems, but fail.
Word Bank:
Peninsula

Oracle

Rhetoric

Bard

Fable

Socratic Method

Polis

Drama

Hippocratic Oath

Agora

Tragedy

Phalanx

Helots

Comedy

Hellenistic Era