| A | B |
|---|
| parthenon | temple honoring Athena |
| acropolis | hill in the center of athens |
| zeus | ruler of the gods |
| homer | blind poet told iliad and odyssey |
| agora | greek market place |
| solon | brought democracy to athens |
| pericles | ruled athens, improved democracy |
| battle of marathon | war between persians and spartans |
| aphrodite | goddess of love |
| trojan war | fictional battle over helen |
| helen of troy | caused trojan war |
| iliad | story of trojan war |
| odyssey | story of odyseus journey home from war |
| dionysus | goddess of grapes and growing |
| haphaestus | smith god |
| posiedon | god of the sea |
| hades | god of the underworld |
| hermes | messenger god |
| socrates | taught with answers and questions |
| plato | wrote the republic |
| achilles | great warrior, only weakness is his heel |
| alexander the great | warrior conquered lands in asia and africa |
| oracle at delphi | ancient fortune teller |
| plato | philosopher wrote the republic |
| slaves | life was owned by another person |
| helots | servants of sparta |
| battle of marathon | battle persians vs athens 25 miles from athens |
| the academy | platos school |
| hellenistic | the period of greek culture after alexanders death |
| hera | jealous wife of zeus |
| philosophers | thought they could use their mind to understand natural events |
| myth | story told to explain a natural mystery |
