| A | B |
|---|
| acropolis | high hill (where a strong fortress was built to defend a city) |
| Aesop | Greek storyteller famous for his fables |
| aristrocrats | rich landowners |
| Atlantis | lost civilization (supposedly brought on by Zeus' punishment) |
| citizens | people who had the right to participate in government |
| classical | an age marked by great achievements |
| Demeter | goddess of agriculture whose daughter was kidnapped |
| democracy | a type of government in which people rule themselves |
| direct democracy | all citizens participated directly in the government...voting and debating |
| fables | short storeis that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice |
| geography of Greece | mountainous, peninsula, islands |
| Homer | Greek poet...wrote Iliad and The Odyssey |
| mythology | a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works |
| oligarchy | a government in which only a FEW people have power |
| Olympics | one way they honored their gods was through competition in athletic games...held in honor of Zeus |
| Pericles | led Greek government form 460-429 BC |
| polis | Greek word for city-state |
| Poseidon | god of the sea |
| representative democracy | citizens elect officials to represent them to make laws and vote |
| Sappho | female lyric poet who wrote beautiful and emotional peoms about love and relationships |
| Theseus | Greek hero who slew Minotaur, half human/half bull monster |
| tyrant | leader who held power through the use of force |
| Zeus | king of the gods |
