Ancient Greece Word Search
Play a Ancient Greece word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: ATHENS, SPARTA, ACROPOLIS, AGORA, OLYMPICS, PHALANX, SOCRATES, PLATO, ARISTOTLE, PERICLES, DEMOCRACY, MYTHOLOGY.
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Ancient Greece word list, defined
- ACROPOLIS /əˈkrɒp.ə.lɪs/ (UK); /əˈkrɑː.pə.lɪs/ (US) · noun
- A citadel or fortified high place in an ancient Greek city, typically built on elevated ground and containing the city's most important temples and public buildings. Related: citadel, fortress, stronghold, keep.
- AGORA /ˈæɡərə/ · noun
- In ancient Greece, an agora was the public open space in a city that served as a marketplace and a gathering place for civic, political, and commercial life. The term can also refer more generally to any similar public meeting place or marketplace. Related: marketplace, forum, public square, plaza.
- PHALANX /ˈfælæŋks/ · noun
- A military formation in which soldiers stand close together in rows with shields overlapping, especially one of the formations used by ancient Greek and Macedonian armies. By extension, the word can mean a tightly organized group of people united by a shared purpose or interest. Related: formation, battalion, regiment, cohort.
- ARISTOTLE /ˈærɪstɒtəl/ · noun
- Aristotle (384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great, whose writings on logic, ethics, metaphysics, politics, and natural science profoundly shaped Western thought. As a common noun in informal British usage, 'an aristotle' can refer to a bottle, via Cockney rhyming slang. Related: philosopher, thinker, sage, scholar.
- DEMOCRACY /dɪˈmɒkrəsi/ · noun
- A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who exercise it directly or through freely elected representatives. More broadly, the principle of social equality and respect for the individual within a community or organization. Related: republic, self-government, representative government, majority rule.
- MYTHOLOGY /mɪˈθɒlədʒi/ (British), /mɪˈθɑːlədʒi/ (US) · noun
- A body or collection of traditional stories, especially those belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition. It can also refer to the academic study of myths and the traditions in which they belong. Related: folklore, myths, legend, mythic tradition.
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