Greek People
This was the philosopher who wrote The Republic and was a student of Socrates.
Plato
This was the famous conflict between Athens and Sparta from 431–404 BCE.
Peloponnesian War
This was the basic political unit of ancient Greece—a name for city-state.
polis
This famous temple on the Acropolis was dedicated to Athena.
Parthenon
Alexander the Great was tutored by this famous philosopher.
Aristotle
This Macedonian king was the father of Alexander the Great.
Philip II
This battle in 490 BCE saw the Athenians defeat the Persian army.
Battle of Marathon
This term describes a self-governing urban center with its own independent political system.
city-state
This Greek god was considered the king of the gods.
Zeus
This oath established ethical standards for doctors and is still associated with medicine today.
Hippocratic Oath
This philosopher tutored Alexander the Great.
Aristotle
This legendary conflict involved the Greeks using a giant wooden horse to enter Troy.
Trojan War
This Athens statesman was credited with creating the Council of Four Hundred.
Solon
This goddess was associated with wisdom, war, and strategic warfare.
Athena
This device developed by Archimedes was used to lift water to higher levels for irrigation.
Archimedes screw/mechanical pump
This Greek mathematician is famous for the Pythagorean theorem.
Pythagoras
These were the conflicts between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire during the 5th century BCE.
Persian Wars
Cleisthenes established this political body in Athens that proposed laws and policies.
Council of 500
This idea of philosophy promoted high moral standards and ideas about protecting fellow humans.
Stoicism
This civilization on Crete was known for advanced art and trade.
Minoans
This Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer made important contributions to geometry and mechanics.
Archimedes
Homer’s Iliad describes this legendary conflict.
Trojan War
This lawmaker introduced reforms that canceled debt and outlawed debt slavery in Athens.
Solon
According to Plato's Republic, ultimate authority in an ideal state should rest with these people.
philosophers
This Greek leader's conquests helped spread Greek culture across a huge area and contributed to the beginning of the Hellenistic Age.
Alexander the Great