| A | B |
|---|
| Herodotus | wrote Greek history |
| Xerxes | a persian leader in the Battle of Salamis |
| Pericles | leader of athens for 30 years |
| Thucydides | wrote history of Peloponnesian War |
| Phillip II | father of Alexander;was ruler of Macedonia |
| Pindar | poet who wrote poems about the Olympics |
| alexander the Great | built huge empire;king at 20; captured Thebes |
| Aristotle | was Alexander the Great's teacher |
| Socrates | philosopher;all men have desire to learn |
| Calliope | Muses; Greek godesses |
| colony | settlement ruled by another country |
| despot | ruler with unlimited control |
| epic | narrative poem like the Illiad,Odyssey |
| myths | stories used to explain why things happened |
| amphitheatres | open air theatre(like Jones Beach) |
| philosophy | love of wisdom |
| citizens | controlled gov't. in Athens |
| Mount Olympus | home of gods and goddesses |
| Battle of Salamis | Greeks defeated Persians by tricking them |
| Parthenon | a temple for Athena |
