| A | B |
| Pericles | A famous Greek leader who helped Greece become powerful again. |
| Acropolis | a flat-topped, fortified hill in the middle of Athens |
| agora | marketplace that was a large, open square located near the Acropolis. |
| plague | a disease that swept through Athens in 430 B.C. |
| alliance | an agreement between city-states |
| conquest | a victory by force over other people |
| hellenistic | Greek-like |
| lyric poetry | poetry that deals with personal feelings rather than great events |
| Pythagoras | a mathematician who made discoveries in geometry |
| philosopher | a person who searches for the truth and the meaning of life |