| A | B |
|---|
| acropolis | fortress often on top of a high hill with a temple of the local god |
| Hellenistic | Greek-like |
| alliance | an agreement to work together |
| Parthenon | temple to the goddess, Athena |
| democracy | type of government in which people rule themselves |
| polis | Greek word for city-state |
| fables | short stories that teach lessons about life |
| mythology | stories that have a god/goddess and explain how something in nature came to be |
| helots | Spartan slaves |
| agora | Greek marketplace |
| Illiad | Story of the Trojan war |
| Odyssey | Story of Odysseus' long journey home |
