| A | B |
|---|
| mythology | traditional stories about the origin and doings of the gods. |
| fable | a story that teaches a moral |
| Zeus | ruler of all the gods |
| Thucydides | greatest historian of Ancient Greece |
| Parthenon | temple to the goddess Athena |
| Statue of Zeus | one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World |
| Socrates | death by poison |
| Plato | taught to strive for perfection |
| Olympian Games | held in honor of Zeus |
| Aristotle | student of Plato |
| amphitheater | outdoor, semicircular theater |
| comedy | a play that made fun of human faults |
| tragedy | a serious drama |
| sacrifices | bulls, goats, pigs, and sheep |
| fortress | an enclosed, protected place |
| epic | a long narrative poem about great heroes |
| Homer | wrote "Illiad" and "Odessey" |
| Greek civilization | arose along the eastern Mediterranean Sea |
| Alexander the Great | most famous ruler of ancient Greece |
| heritage | ideas and things handed down to us from the past |
