| A | B |
|---|
| polis | city-state |
| classical age | a time marked by great achievements |
| acropolis | high hill |
| democracy | type of government in which people rule themselves |
| aristocrats | rich landowners |
| oligarchy | government in which only a few people have power |
| citizens | people who had the right to participate in government |
| tyrant | a leader who held power through the use of force |
| mythology | a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works |
| fables | short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live |
| calvary | unit of soldiers who ride horses |
| Persian Wars | series of wars between Persia and Greece |
| alliance | an agreement to work together |
| Peloponnesian War | war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart |
| phalanx | group of warriors who stood close together in a square |
| Hellenistic | greek-like |
| reason | clear and ordered thinking |
| Hippocrates | greatest Greek doctor |
