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| Minoans | an early Greek civilization located on the island of Crete, whose citizens many times became sailors and traders |
| polis | a Greek independent city-state |
| Parthenon | a temple for Athena, in Athens |
| myths | traditional stories about gods, goddesses and heroes |
| tyrant | a person who illegally took power but had the support of the people |
| Sparta | a city-state where all men were soldiers |
| democracy | a government in which citizens choose their leaders |
| 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 |
| Olympic Games | an important contest which showed strength and bravery; held every four years in honor of the Greek god Zeus |
| aristocracies | Greek city-states that were controlled by nobles |
| Greek gods and goddesses | Zeus, Hera, Athena, Aphrodite |
| Draco | tyrant of Athens who created a harsh law code |
| Solon | tyrant of Athens who made changes to Athens's government and economy |
| Greek historians | Thucydides, Herodotus |
| direct democracy | a form of government in which all citizens help make decisions. |
| representative democracy | a form of democracy in which citizens elect representatives to govern for them |
| import | a good or service bought from another country region |
| export | a good or service sold to another country or region |
| Greek mathematicians | Euclid, Pythagoras |
| Greek philosophers | Socrates, Plato, Aristotle |
| ethics | deals with what is good and bad and moral duty |
| rhetoric | the study of public speaking and debating |
| Persian Wars | a series of wars between Greece and Persia |
| Delian League | an alliance of Greek city-states, with Athens as the leader |
| Peloponnesian War | A war between Sparta and Athens |
