| A | B |
|---|
| epic | a poem or story that shows and adventure |
| maritime | a sea based culture |
| colonies | foreign settlements in distant lands ruled originally from home |
| peninsula | land surrounded on three sides by water |
| polis | city-state |
| aristocracy | form of government by the nobility |
| sponsor | to pay for athleic games, religious festivals, and drama contests |
| democracy | a government ruled by the people |
| spartan | hard or severe |
| tyrant | a ruler who governs by threat of force |
| myth | stories from the distant past that told about the beginning of the world |
| shrines | shpcial sites where they believed the gods were housed |
| oracles | prophesies delivered by the priests or priestesses |
| tradedy | serious stories involving men and women who met disastrous ends |
| comedy | lighthearted works that poked fun at aristocrats and gods alike |
| philosophy | questions about human behavior and morals |
| seige train | combination of military equipment like the ramming devices and portable towers |
| Hellenistic | the spreading of the Greek culture |
