vocab
A soldier who serves another country for pay
Mercenary
A complex, confusing series of connected passageways
Labyrinth
A blind poet who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey
Homer
The two Aegean civilizations that preceded (came before) the Greeks were
Minoans and Myceneans
The cooperation of independent city states helped the Greeks win the what war
Persian
A poet who tell stories by singing
Bard
To act cruelly or unjustly
Draconian
King of Sparta who led his armies to glorious defeat against the Persians.
King Leonidas
Words such as police and politics come from the Greek word Polis, meaning
City-state
During the Golden is was common for people to discuss political and social issues at forums called the Symposia? True or False
False
Form of government in which the citizens hold power
Democracy
A gathering of men that featured eating, drinking, entertainment and discussion
Symposium
Free, non-enslaved foreigners of Greece
Metics
A peninsula south of Greece, home of Sparta
Peloponnesus
What is true about Spartan women and voting rights?
They had none
Plan of government
Constitution
Member of nobility of the upper class
Aristocrats
Third King of the Persians who failed to conquer Greece
Xerxes
A location 25 miles north of Athens where the Greeks surprise attack killed 7,000 Persian soldiers
Marathon
The Iliad tells the story of
A war between the Mycenaeans and Trojans
Form of government in which a small group holds power
Oligarchy
The art of public speaking
Rhetoric
A famous Greek woman known for her charm and intelligence.
Aspasia
A famous mountain pass in Greece where a major battle took place.
Thermopylae
Citizens of democratic Athens favored lotteries over elections because
They believed elections could be dominated by the wealthy or well spoken