| A | B |
|---|
| Epic | a long poem about a hero |
| Myth | stories about the gods |
| Polis | a city-state |
| Citizen | a freeman (only free, adult men) |
| Acropolis | fortified hilltop |
| Aristocracy | the power is the hands of a small group of noble families |
| Phalanx | fearsome group of soldiers how stand side by side making a "wall" |
| Tyrant | men who came to power through rebellions |
| Democracy | A form of government in which all people take part |
| Demeter | goddess of the harvest |
| Hermes | messanger god |
| Zeus | God of thunder & lightning (King of gods) |
| Hera | goddess of women (queen of gods) |
| Posiden | god of the sea |
| Minotaur | head of a bull, body of a man |
| Helen of Troy | The face that launched a thousand ships. Because of her, the Trojan Wars started |
| Dictatorship | one person has all power |
| Apollo | god of the sun |
| Monarchy | ruled by a king or queen |
| City-state | an independant state consisting of a city and the surrounding |
