| A | B |
| Battle of Marathon | Greek victory that ended the first Persian war. |
| Battle of Salamis | Greek victory that ended the second Persian war. |
| Delian League | A military alliance led by Athens. |
| Peloponnesian League | A military alliance led by Sparta. |
| sarissa | 18 foot Macedonian pike |
| Hellenistic | Greek like |
| Alexandria | city founded by Alex the Great in Egypt |
| polytheism | worship of many gods |
| mythology | stories of gods and their doings |
| chorus | people who comment on the action in a play |
| Olympic games | famous athletic event that honors Zeus |
| Delphic oracle | someone who predicts what will happen in the future |
| lyric poetry | poetic songs |
| Socratic method | question and answer way of teaching |
| Academy | school founded by Plato |
| hypothesis | logical guesses |
| Hippocratic oath | medical students promise to use their knowledge only in ethical ways |