| A | B |
|---|
| King Darius | Persian ruler invades Greece |
| Xerxes | Darius son, sends large force to Greece |
| Marathon | victory of Greeks over Persians |
| Pheidippides | fast Athenian runs to Athens to tell news of Marathon victory |
| Themistocles | Athenian leader at Marathon |
| Thermopylae | narrow mountain pass guarded by Sparta |
| King Leonides | led Spartans at Thermopylae |
| Delphic Oracle | most important oracle |
| Peloponnesian Wars | wars between Athens + Sparta |
| Pericles | great Athens leader |
| Thucydides | historian, recorded funeral oration by Pericles |
| Delian League | association of greek city states |
| Peloponnesian League | Sparta and other city states to acounter Delian League |
| 300 Spartans | with King Leonides guarded the pass at Thermopylae |
| Salamis | battle between Xerxes + Persians and Themistocles + Athenians |
| wooden wall | mentioned by an oracle regarding war with Persians |
| Peloponnesian War | 27 year war bet. Athens vs Sparta, end of Athens greatness |
| Athens plague | Athens overcrowded, 1/3 people died including Pericles. |
