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| Epic | a long poem that tells a story about an adventure |
| Peninsula | a land surrounded on three sides by water |
| Colony | foreign settlements in distant lands ruled originally from home |
| Maritime | having to do with the sea |
| Polis | a city-state in ancient times, governed by small groups of powerful landowners |
| Aristocracy | a government controlled by the nobility |
| Sponsor | a person who pays for an activity or takes responsibility for it |
| Democracy | a government ruled by the people |
| Spartan | hard or severe |
| Tyrant | a cruel ruler who governs by threat of force |
| Myth | a story from the distant past that explains such events as the beginning of the world or the changing of seasons |
| Shrine | a religious site where the gods were housed |
| Oracle | a prophecy, or prediction of the future, usually delivered by a priest or priestess at a shrine |
| Tragedy | a serious story about men and women who meet terrible misfortune |
| Comedy | a lighthearted play, movie, or other work that makes people laugh |
| Philosophy | the study of human behavior and of moral truths in the universe |
| Ampitheater | an outdoor theater in ancient Greece where plays were performed |
| Parthenon | temple in Athens dedicated to the Goddess, Athena |
| Plato, Artistotle, Socrates | Philosophers |
| Olympics | Athletic competition held at a festival every 4 years to honor Zeus |
| Peloponnesian War | 27 year war faught between Athens and Sparta |
| Pericles | ruler of Athens in the 5th century BC during the Golden Age |
| Agora | marketplace in ancient Greece |
| Zeus | God of the Earth, Universe |
| Poseidon | God of the Sea |
| Hades | God of the Underworld |
