Famous Greeks
The Macedonian ruler who defeated the Persians and managed to blend customs in a vast empire
Alexander the Great
The ruler of the Greek gods
Zeus
A body of land with water on three sides
peninsula
Ionic, Dorian, Corinthian are types of
columns
A government in which citizens make the decisions
democracy
The strongest leader in Athens who strengthened democracy, beautified the city-state, and expanded the empire
Pericles
The Greeks believed the gods lived here
on Mount Olympus
The _______ served as "highways" that linked Greek regions, encouraged trade, and provided a major source of in
seas
A short story, usually involving animals, that teaches a moral lesson
fable
Athens' main rival was the militaristic city-state
Sparta
A famous philosopher who started the first school called the Academy
Plato
The city of Athens was named after the goddess of wisdom
Athena
A narrow strip of land between two bodies of water
isthmus
Ptolemy was a Greek scientist who estimated the size of the
Sun
This leader did not inherit nor was he appointed to rule
tyrant
He taught his students to ask questions and was put to death
Socrates
Stories that portray Greek gods and goddesses
myths
70% - 80% of Greek landscape was made up of this
mountains
Long poems that tell stories about heroes
epic poem
A free adult Greek man who had the right to take part in ruling a city-state
citizen
Author of the epic poems Odyssey and The Illiad
Homer
The Greeks built this temple to honor the goddess Athena
Parthenon
The Greek peninsula was situated in this sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Greeks used a system of writing developed by the
Phoenicians
In Greek, the word for city-states
polis