Terms
The open market where Greeks conducted business
Polis
City-state ruled by democracy
Athens
War between Sparta and Athens
Great Peloponnesian War
Greek word for a city, town, village and surrounding area
Polis
Teacher of Alexander the Great
Aristotle
A fortified area on a hilltop in a Greek city-state
Acropolis
City-state that was military minded
Sparta
What war included the Trojan horse?
Trojan War
Banishing someone from a community
Ostracism
This philosopher believed that students would best learn from question and answer format
Socrates
Heavily armed foot soldiers
Hoplites
Early civilization known for trading and fishing; lived on the island of Crete
Minoans
Battle in which the Greeks delayed the Persians from attacking main land Greece
Battle of Thermopylae
Open market where Greeks conducted business
Agora
Autor of the Iliad and the Odessey
Homer
Describing things as "Greek like"
Hellenistic
Early civilization known for their warrior people. First greek city-state.
Mycenaeans
Battle in which the Athenians beat the Persians and a messenger runs to deliver the message of victory
Battle of Marathon
Greek military formation where soldiers march shoulder to shoulder for protection
Phalanx
This philosopher was the student of Socrates who believed that we know what is "real" by having a higher power tell us.
Plato
Capital of the Minoan island of Crete
Knossos
Macedonia
War between Greeks and Persians
Greco-Persian War
Greek hero in the Iliad who fought in the Trojan war
Achilles
Created Epicureanism, which is the idea that a person should do what makes you happy, this is what motivates you
Epicurus