A | B |
sculpture | shapes made from stone or metal |
pottery | dishes, jars made from clay |
festival | a celebration with food and fun |
drama | a serious story |
comedy | a funny story |
tragedy | a sad and bad story |
amphitheater | a theater outdoors |
Tutankhamen | boy pharaoh of Egypt |
conquer | fight and win |
venom | poison from snakes or spiders |
Cleopatra | beautiful Egyptian queen 51 BC |
government | makes laws and rules |
democracy | people vote and choose leaders |
built | past tense of build |
agora | outdoor market place in Greece |
politics | trying to make government the way you want |
justice | what happens is right and fair |
philosophy | love of wisdom and ideas |
courage | doing something even when you are scared |
train | learn something by doing it |
city-state | like a country, but smaller |
Peloponnesian War | Sparta conquered Athens after 27 years |
Socrates and Plato | Greek philosophers |
King Phillip | father of Alexander the Great |
assassinate | to plan and kill a leader |
decline | lose strength and power |
commander | leader, boss |
descendants | children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren |
ancestors | grandparents, great-grandparents |
Alexander the Great | ruler of most of the ancient world |
monument | a statue or building to honor someone great |