Famous Greeks
He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
Occurred when the Darius the Great led the Persians conquered Ionian Greeks.
Birthplace of representative democracy.
Made up of a city and it's surrounding countryside.
What is a polis?
Long narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds.
First of the three famous Greek philosophers.
Who is Socrates?
City-state that became most influential after the Greeks defeated the Persians.
What is Athens?
City-state known for militaristic culture.
What is Sparta?
Powerful individuals who sometimes seized control of government by appleaing to common people for support
What is a tyrant?
Teacher of Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
Son of the Persian King Darius the Great who was defeated by the Greeks.
Who was Xerxes?
War between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
Pheidippides ran 26 miles to this place to warn Athens that the Persians were coming to attack.
What is Marathon?
Ruled by a king.
What is monarchy?
City known for Hellenistic culture.
What is Alexandria?
Philosopher who envisioned a perfectly governed society.
Who is Plato?
First leader of the Macedonian invasion of Greece.
Who was Phillip II?
Greek temple dedicated to Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
Ruled by a small group of landowning families.
What is an aristocracy?
What is Colossus of Rhodes?
Macedonian King who conquered vast territories and was, at one point, the "unchallenged ruler of southwest Asia".
Who was Alexander the Great?
Resulted in the blending of Greek and Persian customs and cultures.
Alexander the Great's empire.
Kingdom belonging to Phillip II and later to Alexander the Great.
What is Macedonia?
Ruled by a small group of powerful people.
What is an oligarchy?
School of philosophy that said humans should virtuous lives in harmony with the will of god or the natural laws that God established to run the universe.