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Noah's son who founded Greece
Japeth
hilltop fortress
acropolis
Odyssey
written by Homer; school boys memorized;series of poems
Alexander's tutor
Plato
polis
city-state
Great statesman of Athens
Pericles
citizen rule
democracy
Hellenes
What the Greeks called themselves b/c of Helen queen of Greece.
Started the Academy
Plato
monarchy
1 person rule
Father of history
Herodotus
small group rule
oligarchy
Thermopylae
480B.C.; Xerxes; 2.5 million soldiers and 3000 ships
conquered and subdued Ionia
Cyrus the great
oracle
soothesayer
friezes
Phidias
slave who taught wealthy boys
pedagogue
Epicureans and Stoics
E- wanted life to be enjoyable
S- wanted to live simple lives
Pheidippides
Greece's most famous running messenger
philosophy
love of knowledge
famous orator
Demosthenes
phalanx
an army
Delian League
Started by Athens to defeat the Persians; 173 joined
Themistocles
Athenian politician and general
helot
spartan slaves