The Persian Wars
The first battle of the Persian Wars, the Greeks won a stunning victory 26.2 miles away from Athens
Battle of Marathon
The leader of Athens during its Golden Age
Pericles
This city-state won the Peloponnesian War
Sparta
The city-state that gave rise to philosophy
Athens
The father of Alexander the Great
Philip II
The military formation used by Ancient Greek armies
Phalanx
The large temple atop the acropolis built during the Athenian Golden Age
The Parthenon
The name of the political league created by Athens
Delian League
The father of Greek and Western philosophy
Socrates
The location of Alexander the Great's birth
Macedonia
Name for the Ancient Greek citizen soldier
Hoplite
A large one of these was carved into a hillside so that the Athenians could put on plays
Amphitheater
Name of the political league created by Sparta
Peloponnesian League
This philosopher was a student of Socrates and was interested in the study of virtue
Plato
Alexander the Great's eastern border of his empire stretched all the way to this modern-day country
India
Also known as the battle of 300, where a small group of Spartans held out against a much larger Persian force
Battle of Thermopylae
Scattered all across the Mediterranean Sea, Athens relied heavily on these during its golden age
Colonies
What Sparta did to Athens for most of the war
Siege
The student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great, this philosopher was also interested in the sciences
Aristotle
The first empire that Alexander the Great conquered
Persian Empire
The Athenian admiral responsible for the naval victory at the Battle of Salamis
Themistocles
DAILY DOUBLE
The name for an Ancient Athenian general
Strategos
On this Athenian-colonized island, a large Athenian force was crushed by a Spartans
This philosopher willingly chose to be homeless and often walked the streets of Athens with a lantern in search of an "honest man"
Diogenes
Unlike previous Greek armies, Alexander the Great used this type of military unit to great affect
Cavalry