Key Terms
ruler who gained power by force
tyrant
Because of his conquests, Greek culture spread from the Mediterranean to the Middle East
Alexander the Great
Following the Persian Wars, Greece was dominated by what city-state
Athens
The Greek's supreme god
Zeus
From childhood, Spartan boys were trained to be _____
Soldiers
fixed salary given to public office holders
stipend
leader of Spartan soldiers who made a heroic last stand buying the Athenians much needed time
Leonidas
The Peloponnesian War resulted from conflict between _____ and _____
Athens and Sparta
Homer is credited with creating what two epics
Iliad and the Odyssey
What contributed to the development of individual Greek city-states
Greece's geography
highest and most fortified point within a Greek city-state
acropolis
god of the underworld
Hades
The center of the Hellenistic world
Alexandria
comedy and tragedy
The term philosophy translates into "_____ of ______"
Lovers of Wisdom
art of skillful speaking
rhetoric
Herodotus
Vast palace of Minoan kings
Knossos
Athen's golden age; the period of time when the city became wealthier and more democratic
Age of Pericles
A massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers
Phalanx
practice used in ancient Greece to banish or send away a public figure who threatened democracy
ostracism
Physician whose oath set ethical standards for doctors
Hippocrates
Leonidas led the Spartan soldiers at the Battle of _____, named after the mountain pass where the two armies collided
Thermopylae
Greek temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena
Parthenon
What four cultures contributed to the new Hellenistic civilization
Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian