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Zeus | Father of all the gods, Lives on Mount Olympus, God of the sky and Thunder. |
Hera | The queen of heaven, Married to Zues, Responsible for the seasons and the weather. |
Poseidon | God of the sea, Earthquake and Horses, Brother to Zues and Hades. |
Hades | God of the underworld, Older brother to Zues and Poseidon. |
Demeter | Goddes of harvest, Life and death cycle, Goddess of sacred law. |
Hestia | Virgin goddess of the hearth, Architecture, Family, The home. |
Ares | Greek god of war, One of the twelve Olympians. |
Athena | Goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilazation. |
Hephaestus | God of fire, Son of Zeus, Married to Aphrodite. |
Apollo | God of music, truth, and prophecy. |
Artemis | Goddes of the hunt, moon, Twins brother with Apollo. |
Hermes | God of trade, wealth, and luck. |
Dionysus | God of grape harvest and wine making. |
Aphrodite | Goddess of love, beauty, and pleasure. |
Aeschylos | 5th Century BCE tragedian from Athens |
Alexander | 4th Century general from Macedonia |
Aristophanes | 5th Century BCE comedian from Athens |
Aristotle | 4th Century BCE philosopher from Athens |
Artemisium | a sea battle between Greeks and Persians |
Athenian Empire | 5th Century BCE |
Cleistenes | 6th Century BCE politician from Athens |
Composite | a type of column with scrollwork and acanthus leaves at the top |
Corinthian | a type of column with a flowered capital, featuring acanthus leaves |
Darius I | A Persian king who punished the Greeks at Marathon |
Darius III | A Persian king who faced and lost to Alexander |
Doric | a type of column with a square top |
Euripides | 5th Century BCE tragedian from Athens |
Founded the Academy | Plato |
Founded the Lyceum | Aristotle |
Herodotos | 5th Century BCE historian from Halicarnassus |
Athens | In Greek history, the Attic Greeks lived primarily in: |
Sparta | In Greek history, the Dorian Greeks lived primarily in: |
Turkey | In Greek history, the Ionian Greeks lived primarily in: |
Persia | In Greek history, the losing army at Marathon was from |
Persia | In Greek history, the losing army at Plateae was from |
Sparta | In Greek history, the losing army at Thermopylae was from |
Athens | In Greek history, the losing navy at Artimisium was from |
Persia | In Greek history, the losing navy at Salamis was from |
Sparta | In Greek history, the traditional enemy of Athens was: |
Athens | In Greek history, the traditional enemy of Sparta was: |
Athens | In Greek history, the winning army at Marathon was from |
Sparta | In Greek history, the winning army at Plateae was from |
Persia | In Greek history, the winning army at Thermopylae was from |
Persia | In Greek history, the winning navy at Artimisium was from |
Athens | In Greek history, the winning navy at Salamis was from |
5th century war between Persians and Greeks | In Greek intellectual history, Herodotus wrote the history of the: |
5th Century War between Athenians and Spartans | In Greek intellectual history, Thucydides wrote the history of the: |
Ionic | a type of column with scrollwork at the top |
Leonidas | 5th Century BCE general from Sparta |
Macedonian Empire | 4th Century BCE |
Marathon | a land battle between Persians and Athenians, featuring an Athenian victory |
Marathon | a land battle between Athenians and Persians |
Peloponnesian War | A war fought primarily between Spartans and Athenians |
Peloponnesian War | History written by Thucydides |
Pericles | 4th Century BCE politician from Athens |
Persian Wars | A war fought primarily between Persians and Athenians |
Persian Wars | History written by Herodotus |
Philip | father of Alexander the Great |
Philip | 4th Century general from Macedonia |
Plataea | a land battle featuring a Greek victory |
Plataea | a land battle between Greeks and Persians |
Plato | 4th Century BCE philosopher from Athens |
Salamis | a sea battle between Greeks and Persians, featuring an Athenian victory |
Salamis | a sea battle between Athenians and Persians |
Socrates | 5th Century BCE philosopher from Athens |
Solon | 6th Century BCE lawgiver from Athens |
Sophocles | 5th Century BCE tragedian from Athens |
Aristotle | Teacher of Alexander the Great |
Plato | Teacher of Aristotle |
Socrates | Teacher of Plato |
Thermophylae | a land battle featuring a Persian victory |
Thermophylae | a land battle between Spartans and Persians |
Thucydides | 4th Century BCE historian from Athens |
Xerxes | A Persian king who punished the Greeks at Thermopylae |
Persian Wars | Includes battles of Marathon, Salamis, and Plataea. |
Delian League | Alliance of Greek cities led by Athens. |
Pericles | Lead the golden age of Athienan culture. |
Darius I | King of Persia, also fought in Battle of Marathon,Persians were defeated by the Greek forces at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, |
Marathon | Athenian army moved to block Persia and trap them. |
Xerxes | Persian King, the son and successor of Darius I,involved in the battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea. |
Leonidas | Led greek forces in the second Pesian war, Fought in the battle of Thermopylae. |
Thermopylae | Battle during the Persian war at a mountain pass called Thermopylae. |
Salamis | Naval battle between the Athens and Persians, Won by the out numbered Greeks. |
Artemesium | Persians defeat Greeks in this naval battle, Occurs at the sametime as the battle of Thermopylae. |
Platea | The Greeks defeat the Persian, This battle concluded the war. |
Themistocles | Athenia politician and general, he was involved in the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE. |
Miltiades | Athenian citizen know for his role in the battle of Marathon as well as his down fall afterwards. |
Plato | Greek Tragedian, The father of tragedy. |
Aeschylus | Greek Tragedian, The father of tragedy. |
Sophocles | Greek Tragedian, Wrote Oedipus the king. |
Euripides | Greek Tragedian, Wrote Medea and Bacchae. |
Herodotus | Greek Historian of the 5th century, First historian to collect material systematically. |
Thucydides | The greatest of ancient greek historians, Wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War. |
Socrates | Classical Greek philosopher, laid the foundation for modern philosophy. |
Aristotle | Greek philosopher, Founded his own school called Lyceum. |
Aegispotomai | The last major battle of the Peloponnesian War, Spartan fleet detroyed the Athenian navy. |