Vocabulary
This is an open area below an acropolis that served as a market and a place for meetings and debates
The Agora
Athenians often looked to this god/goddess for guidance and built temples dedicated to them.
Athena
This is a name for a slave or captive worker
Helot
A messenger ran to this city-state to deliver a message that the Greeks had won the Battle of Marathon.
Athens
This city state created the Delian League
Athens
This is the Persian religion which allowed humans to choose between right and wrong.
Zoroastrianism
This group of people were not allowed to own property or participate in government.
Women
Boys were trained to be this, starting at the age of seven.
warriors/soldiers
This king vowed to get revenge for the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon
Xerxes
The war was caused because this happened between two city-states
Sparta was upset at Athens for the Delian League
A name for a Greek city-state, which operated liked a tiny, independent country
Polis
This is when all qualifying citizens participate in creating laws and running the government.
Democracy
This is an infantry soldier with a long spear
Hoplite
The war was started because the Athenians helped which area of Persia.
The Ionian colony
Sparta created this league to combat Athens
Peloponnesian League
This person was a student of Socrates and wrote one of the earliest books on government
Plato
He was the ruler of Athens, who was a patron of the arts and brought a Golden Age to the city
Pericles
The Persians won this battle after 300 Spartans tried to take them on.
Battle of Thermopylae
This battle was a turning point in the war, causing the Persians to retreat.
Battle of Plataea
The Peloponnesian War ended in this year.
404 BC
Socrates
Cleisthenes created this in the Athenian Assembly to allow more people to participate.
He created the Council of 500
This is a group of five men who enforced the laws of Sparta
Ephors
This person constructed a royal road and divided the Persian Empire into 20 satrapies.
Darius
The Athenians took a big hit at the end of the war due to this.
Disease/Plague