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Epicureans | ________ believed that good things in life were to be enjoyed. |
Euripides | "The Poet of the World's Grief" |
trilogy | a group of three plays |
Philippides | long-distance runner who ran to Sparta for help during the Battle of Marathon |
helot | A Greek slave in Sparta |
Hellenistic | The _______ Age is the period after the conquests and death of Alexander the Great. |
Stoics | ________ believed that everyone should live simple lives without luxuries. |
Sophocles | Greek writer who believed that all people have a tragic flaw |
Herodotus | A great historian known as the "Father of History" who lived during the Golden Age of Greece |
Marathon | The Battle of _______ stopped the Persians from conquering Greece. |
Hellenic | The ________ Age refers to Greece's early cultural development, including the Golden Age of Greece. |
Socratic | The ________ Method is a process of answering questions with a question. |
Hippocratic | The ________ Oath is an oath of ethics taken by medical students. |
Delian | The _______ League was a confederacy of about 173 Greek cities that joined together to protect themselves from Persian invasion. |
Thermopylae | narrow mountain pass where King Leonicas and 300 Spartan soldiers tried to block the Persian Army |
Aeschylus | the "Father of Greek Tragedy" |
confederacy | a group formed for mutual benefit or action |
hoplites | Citizens of Corinth who fought in their army |
banishment | Athenians used _______ as a form of punishment. |
Alexander | Macedonian general who set out to conquer the world |
Solon | Greek reformer who tried to please everyone with a middle-of-the-road policy |
democracy | government by the people |
orator | public speaker |
seven | Greek boys started training at this age. |
gymnasium | Greek cultural center |
Sparta | Greek city-state which taught its young men to be fierce fighters |
Pericles | Greek orator, statesman, and general |
ostracize | Once a year, Greek citizens were given the opportunity to _________ someone for 10 years. |
laurel | The winner of each sport in the Olympics was given a crown of _______ leaves. |
Corinth | a city located on the isthmus joining the Peloponnese to mainland Greece |
Peloponnesian | The civil war between Sparta and Athens between 431 and 404 B.C. was called the __________ War. |
Esther | Hebrew girl who married Xerxes and became queen of Persia. |
Parthenon | a temple of the Greek goddess Athena |
amphitheater | an outdoor theater |
Archimedes | He said, "Give me a place to stand, and I will move the world." |
Aristotle | Alexander the Great's tutor |
four | Daniel prophesied that Alexander's kingdom would be divided into ______ kingdoms. |
Bucephalus | Alexander the Great's horse |
Alexandria | a Hellenistic city in Egypt |