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| Mycenaeans | an early Greek civilization from the mainland of Greece who conquered the Minoans |
| polis | a Greek independent city-state |
| acropolis | a hill on which a city-state built its fort |
| democracy | a government in which citizens take part |
| Iliad | an epic that tells the legend of the Trojan War |
| Odyssey | an epic that tells the legend of the what happened after the Trojan War |
| Homer | a blind poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey |
| Olympics Games | an important contest which showed strength and bravery held every four years in honor of the the Greek God Zeus |
| aristocracy | Greek city-states that were controlled by nobles |
| direct democracy | a form of government in which all citizens participated directly in making decisions. |
| Perian Wars | a series of wars between Greece and Persia |
| Battle of Thermopylae | a battle in which the Spartans were badly out numbered and defeated by the Greek bying the other city-states tiime to prepare their forces |
| Pericles | an Athenian leader who was a great general, orator, and statesman |
| Peloponnesian War | A war between Sparta and Athens |
| phalanx | a massive greek formation of heavily armed foot soldiers |
| Zeus | most powerful of the Greek Gods |
| Socrates | Greek philosopher who encouraged people to question traditional beliefs |
| Parthenon | famous Greek temple built for Athena |
| Herodotus | famous Greek historian |
| Hippocrates | famous Greek physician (doctor) who wrote an oath |
| Pythagorus | famous Greek mathematician |
| Alexander | Macedonian king who conquered a greek empire to the borders of India |
| Archimedes | mastered the use of the lever and pulley |
