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.