| A | B |
|---|
| Hellenes | name the Greeks originally called themselves |
| Aegean Civilization | civilization displaced by the early Greeks |
| The Iliad and The Oddyssey | two epics of Homer, the blind poet |
| city-states | Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Thessalonica, Corinth, and others |
| Athens | city-state where the arts, philosophy, and democracy flourished |
| Sparta | militaristic city-state |
| myths | stories about Greek gods and goddesses, which attempted to explain something in nature, or entertain |
| Thales of Miletus | first Greek philosopher |
| Delian League | confederacy of city-states formed for defense against Persia |
| agora | marketplace |
| Assembly | law-making body in Athens |
| Council of 500 | a group of Greek citizens chosen by lot to advise the Assembly |
| Pelopponesian War | war between the city-states, mainly concerning Athens and Sparta |
| Alexander the Great | son of Philip of Macedon; conquered Greece, Persia, and most of the known world to form a great empire |
| Archimedes | put the study of mechanics on sound footing |
| Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle | philosophers who lived during the Golden Age of Greece |
