1. acropolis
A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city
2. Aesop
He wrote many fables in which animals were themain characters, such as "The Tortoise and theHare" to teach people it is better to work slowlyand carefully than to hurry and make mistakes
3. alliance
An agreement between city-states or nations towork together for common interests
4. Archimedes
Greek mathematician who studied density,levers, and pulleys and invented the water screw.
5. Aristotle Greek philosopher who Believed that peopleshould live lives of moderation, or balance. Givereason to your life - You should think about youractions and how they will affect others. Alsoused logic
6. citizen
A person with certain rights and responsibilities in hisor her country, one right is to participate in
government
7. city-state
A city with political and economic control over thesurrounding countryside.
8. Corinthian,ionic,doric
Types Greek columns
9. DelianLeague
Alliance among Greek city-states to protect againstthe Persians
10. democracy
A type government in which people rule themselves,either directly (Athens) or through representatives
(United States.)
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11. epic poem
A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
12. fable
A brief story that leads to a moral, often usinganimals as characters
13. GreekComedy
Plays that made fun of people and ideas,especially politics.
14. GreekTragedy
Greek plays based on the suffering of a hero andusually ending in disaster, sometimes presented
in a trilogy (set of 3)
15. Hellenic Word to describe Ancient Greek culture. Of orrelated to Greece, its people, or its language.
16. HellenicPeriod
The time of Ancient Greece from the beginning ofcity-States until Greece's unification by KingPhilip of Macedonia.
17. Illiad
Homer's epic poem of the story of the Trojan War.
18. mythology
A body of stories about gods and heroes that tryto explain how the world works
19. Odyssey
a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer)describing the journey of Odysseus after the
fall of Troy
20. Parthenon
A large temple dedicated to the goddessAthena on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
21. PeloponnesianWar
The war between Athens and Sparta that inwhich Sparta won.
22. Philosopher A thinker who uses logic and reason toinvestigate the nature of the universe, humansociety and morality.
23. Plato Greek philosopher who wrote about his beliefof the ideal government. Thought democracywas a bad idea because people can't betrusted. Supported monarchies run by theelite such as philosophers.
24. polis
A city-state in ancient Greece
25. Pythagorus
Greek mathematician who devised the formula fordetermining the area of a right triangle, which is
named after him.
26. Socrates
Greek philosopher who believed people shouldnever stop learning; asked students pointed
questions to make them use their reason, laterbecame Socratic method.
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