Term List The stressed syllables appear in capital letters. Academy uh-KAD-uh-mee Acharnians a-KAHRN-ee-unz Acropolis uh-KRAHP-uh-lihs Aegospotami ee-guhs-POT-uh-mee Aeschylus EHS-kuh-luhs Agamemnon uh-guh-MEHM-nuhn agathos ag-uh-THUS agōgē a-goh-GAY agora AG-er-uh Ahhiyawa uh-hee-YA-wah aidōs ahy-DOHS Alcibiades al-sih-BY-ahd-eez Alcmaeonids alk-MEE-oh-nidz Amphictyonic am-fik-tee-ON-ik Amyntas ah-MIHN-tuhs Antigonus an-TIG-uh-nus Antipater an-TEE-puh-tuhr Apollonius ap-uhl-OHN-ee-uhs apotympanismos a-poh-tihm-puh-NIHS-muhs Archaic period ahr-KAY-ihk Archelaus ahr-kuh-LAY-uhs archōn AHR-kon aretē ar-uh-TAY Arginusae ar-guh-NOO-say Aristogiton ar-uhs-toh-GY-tuhn Aristophanes ar-ih-STAHF-uh-neez Aristotle AR-ih-staht-uhl Artaxerxes ahr-tuh- ZURK-seez ataraxia a-tuhr-AKS-ee-yuh Bacchiads BAK-ih-uhdz barathron bahr-ATH-ruhn barbaros BAHR-bar-uhs basileus bah-sil-YOOS 1 Bessus BES-suhs boulē boo-LEY Callimachus kuh-LIM-uh-kuhs Callisthenes kuh-LIS-thuh-neez cella SEL-uh Chaeronea kair-uh-NEE-uh Cimon SY-muhn Cleisthenes KLYS-thuh-neez Cleon KLEE-uhn Cleopatra klee-oh-PAT-ruh cleruchy KLEHR-uh-kee Cnossus NOS-uhs Corcyra kor-SY-ruh Corinthian League kor-INTH-yun LEEG Crete kreet Cyclades SYK-luh-deez Cylon SI-luhn Cynicism SI-nuh-sis-uhm Cyprus SY-pruhs Cyrus SY-ruhs Darius duh-RY-uhs Delian League DEE-lee-uhn dēmagōgos dehm-ahg-OHG-uhs Demetrius duh-MEE-tree-uhs dēmos DEE-mos Demosthenes dee-MAHS-thuh-neez dicasteries dy-kast-EER-ees dikē DEE-kay discobolos dihsk-uh-ohl-uhs dokimasia doh-kee-mah-SEE-ah Doric DAWR-ik drachma DRAHK-muh Draco DRAY-koh Egesta ee-JEHS-tuh ekklēsia ehk-klay-SEE-uh Epaminondas ih-pah-mee-NUHN-duhs 2 ephebe eh-FEEB Ephialtes ef-YAHL-teez ephors EHF-awrs Epicureanism ehp-ih-KYOO-ree-uhn-ihsm Epicurus ehp-uh-KYUR-uhs Epidamnus eh-pih-DAMN-uhs epiklēros eh-PIHK-luhr-us epinikē eh-pee-NEE-kay erastēs ehr-ahs-TAYS erōmenos ehr-OH-muhn-uhs Eratosthenes ehr-uh-TAHS-thuh-neez Erechtheion ehr-ihk-THEE-uhn ethnos ETH-nos Euboea yoo-BEE-ah Eubulus yoo-BYOO-luhs Euhemerus yoo-HEE-muhr-us eunomia yu-NOH-mee-ah Euripides yoo-RIP-uh-deez Gaugamela gaw-guh-MEE-luh Gelon GEHL-uhn genos GEHN-ohs gerousia gehr-oo-SEE-uh Granicus gruhn-EYE-kuhs graphē paranomōn gra-FAY pah-ruh-NOH-muhn Harmodius hahr-MOHD-yuhz Hedna HEHD-nah hegemon HEJ-uh-mon hektemoroi hehk-tuh-mohr-OY hēliaia hehl-ee-EYE-uh Hellenes hehl-EENZ helot HEHL-uht Hephaestion heh-FAYS-tee-uhn Herodotus huhr-AHD-uht-uhs Hesiod HEE-see-uhd hetaira hih-TY-ruh hetaireiai hih-TY-ree-eye 3 hetairos hih-TA-ruhs Hipparchus hihp-PAHRK-uhz hippeis hihp-PAYS Hippias hihp-PEE-uhz Hippocrates hihp-PAHK-ra-teez Hittites HIHT-tytz hoi agathoi hoy a-guh-THOY hoi kakoi hoy kuh-KOY Homer HOHM-uhr homoioi hoh-MOY-oy homonoia haw-MOH-noy-uh hoplite HOP-lyt hybris HYOO-brihs Hydaspes hy-DAS-puhs Illyrians uhl-UHR-ee-uhns Ionic eye-OHN-ik Ischomachus his-KAH-muh-kuhs Isis EYE-sihs Isocrates eye- SAHK-ruh-teez Issus IHS-uhs kakos kuh-KOHS kitharis KEE-thahr-ihs klēros KLAY-ruhs korē KAWR-ay kouros KOOR-uhs krypteia krihp-TAY-ee-uh kyria kuh-REE-ah Lacedaemon la-suh-DEE-muhn Laconia la-KOH-nee-ah lawagetas low-ah-GEH-tuhs Lefkandi lehf-KAN-dee Lerna LUHR-nuh liturgy LIT-er-jee Lyceum ly-SEE-uhm Lycurgus ly-KUHR-guhs 4 Lysander lih-SAND-uhr Lysimachus lih-SIHM-uhk-uhs Macedon MAS-uh-ahn Marathon MA-ruh-than Mausoleum maw-seh-LEE-uhm Medea meh-DEE-uh Megarian decrees mehg-AIR-yuhn megaron meg-GAHR-uhn Melos MEHL-uhs Menander muh-NAN-duhr Menelaus mehn-uh-LAY-uhs Messenia mih-SEEN-yuh metics MET-iks mētropolis may-TROP-uh-lihs Miltiades mihl-TY-ah-deez mina MY-nuh Minoans muhn-OH-uhns Minos MY-nuhs mothakes mawth-ahk-AYS mousikē moo-zihk-AY Mycenae my-SEE-nee Mycenaean my-suh-NEE-uhn Mytilene mih-tuh-LEE-nee Neaera neh-EYE-ruh neodamodeis neh-oh-da-MOHD-eez Neolithic nee-uh-LIHTH-ihk Nichoria nih-kawr-EE-ah Nicias NYS-ee-ahs nomos NOH-muhs nomothetai noh-muh-THEHT-ay obol OHB-uhl Oeconomicus oy-koh-NAH-mee-kuhs oikist OY-kihst oikos OY-kuhs 5 oligarchy UHL-uh-gahr-kee Olympias ohl-LIHMP-ee-ahs Oresteia ohr-es-STEE-uh ostracism AWS-truh-sihsm pankration puhn-KRA-tee-uhn papyri pah-PY-ree paramount PAR-uh-mount Paris PAR-uhs Parmenion pahr-MEE-nee-uhn Parthenon PAHR-thuh-nuhn Pausanias paw-SAY-nee-ahz pediment PED-uh-muhnt Pelopidas pehl-AWP-ihd-uz Peloponnesian League pehl-uh-puh-NEE-shun LEEG peltast PEHL-tahst pentakosiomedimnoi pehn-ta-kuh-syoh-MAY-dihm-nuhs Perdiccas pehr-DIHK-uz Pericles PAIR-ihk-leez perioikoi pehr-EE-oy-kee peripatoi pehr-EE-paht-oy Persepolis pehr-SEHP-uh-lihs pezhetairoi peh-ZHEH-tay-roy phalanx FAY-langks Pharos FAIR-uhs Philotas fihl-AH-tus Phocis FOH-sihs Phoenicians fih-NIHSH-uhnz phratry FRAY-tree phylai FEE-lay physis FYS-uhs Pindar PIHN-darh Piraeus py-REE-uhs Pisistratus py-SIS-truh-tuhs Plato PLAY-toh Plutarch PLUT-ahrk polemarchos poh-LEHM-ahrk-uhs 6 polis POH-lis politikē technē paw-lih-tih-KAY TEHK-nay Potidaea path-ih-DEE-uh probouletic proh-boo-LEHT-ihk probouloi proh-boo-LOY proskynēsis prohs-kuh-NEE-suhz proxenos PRAW-kseh-nuhs prytanis PREE-tuh-nihs Ptolemy TAHL-uh-mee Pylos PY-luhs rhētores REE-tuhr-ehs Roxane rahk-SAN Salamis SAL-uh-mihs Sappho SAF-oh Sarapis suhr-AY-pihs satrap SAY-trap satrapies SAY-truh-pees seisachtheia sees-AK-thee-ah Seleucus sih-LOO-kuhs Skepticism SKEHP-tuh-sihz-uhm Socrates SAHK-ruh-teez Solon SO-luhn sophist SOF-ist Sophocles SAHF-uh-kleez Sphacteria sfahk-tehr-EE-ah stasis STAY-sis stele STEE-lee Stoicism STOH-ih-sihz-uhm strategos straht-EEG-uhz symposion sihm-POH-zee-uhn synedrion sihn-EH-dree-uhn synoecism SIHN-oy-sihsm Syracuse SIHR-ahk-YOOZ syssition sihs-SIH-tyuhn talent TAL-uhnt telos TEH-luhs 7 Thebes THEEBZ Themistocles them-HIS-tuhk-leez Theocritus thee-AWK-riht-uhs Theogony thee-AWG-uh-nee Theopompus thee-oh-POMP-uhs Theoric Fund thuh-OHR-ihk FUHND Thera THEHR-uh Thermopylae thur-MAHP-uh-lee thēs THEHS thesmothetai thehs-maw-THEH-ty Thessaly THEHS-uh-lee Tholos THOH-los Thrace THRAYS Thucydides thoo-SIHD-ih-deez timē tuh-MAY Tissaphernes tihs-uh-FEHRN-eez trireme TRY-reem tripous TREE-poos trittyes triht-TEEZ tychē ty-KAY tyrannis TIHR-uh-nee wanax WEY-naks xenia ZEE-nee-uh Xenophon ZEHN-uh-fawn Xerxes ZUHRK-seez Zeno ZEE-noh zeugitai zoo-GIH-tay Zeus-Ammon ZOOS AM-muhn 8 .