| A | B |
|---|
| marathon | a long race |
| Solon | a wise, reforming statesman |
| academy | a school or learned society |
| Arcadian | simple, peaceful, rustic |
| Croesus | a very rich man |
| cynic | one who sarcastically doubts human motives |
| Draconian | extremely severe |
| epicure, epicurean | a person of refined taste in matters of food and drink |
| to cut the Gordian knot | to solve a difficult problem by direct and drastic means |
| laconic | briefy, pithy, concise |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| meander | to follow a winding course |
| ostracism | exclusion from society |
| phillipic | a bitter denunciation or verbal attack |
| a Pyrrhic victory | a victory won at too great a cost |
| solecism | a substandard usage of language; a social blunder |
| sophistry, sophism | clever but deceptive argumentation meant to mislead |
| Spartan | rigorous, austere, disciplined |
| stoic | impassive |
| sword of Damocles | a constantly threatening danger |
| sybarite | one devoted to luxury and pleasure |
