World History- Ancient Greece

an ancient Minoan city on the island of Crete

altar, chapel, or other sacred place

colorful painting completed on wet plaster

in Greek epic poems and myths. a ten-year war between Mycenae and the city of Troy in Asia Minor

narrow water passage

A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

city-state in ancient Greece

highest and most fortified point within a Greek city-state

a native or resident of a town or city

government in which a king or queen exercises central power

government headed by a privileged minority or upper class

government in which ruling power belongs to a few people

in ancient Greece, a massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers

city-state in ancient Greece

city-state in ancient Greece

government ruled by the people

in ancient Greece, ruler who gained power by force

lawmaking body

formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defense

A prominent and influential statesman of ancient Athens (ca. 495-429 B.C.E.), he presided over Athens's Golden Age.

A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

fixed salary

a panel of citizens who have the authority to make the final judgement in a trial

Athenian citizens could also vote to banish, or send away, a public figure whom they saw as a threat to their democracy

lovers of wisdom

rational thinking

the art of skillful speaking

Athenian stonemason and philosopher

Was a disciple of Socrates whose cornerstone of thought was his theory of Forms, in which there was another world of perfection.

Plato's most famous student

a temple dedicated to goddess Athena

plays that told stories of human suffering that usually ended in disaster

humorous plays that mocked people or customs

"Father of History"

son of Philip II; received military training in Macedonian army and was a student of Aristotle; great leader; conquered much land in Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Mesopotamia; goal was to conquer the known world

336 BC, was an ancient Greek king of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336. He was the father of Alexander the Great.

murder of a public figure by surprise attack

To absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar

(582?-500?BCE) Greek mathematician responsible for the Pythagorean Theorem.

Based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe

(287-212 BCE) Greek mathematician and inventor.

"Founder of Medicine"

Athens and Sparta

Zeus

Hades

Poseidon

Aphrodite

Greece

Persians

Greek Fire