Governments and Policies
Government by the People
Democracy
King of the Minoans on the island of Crete
King Minos
Area in Persia where Greeks settled and wanted to continue to practice democracy
Ionia
League formed by Sparta and their allies because they did not want to join the Delian League
Peloponnesian League
Ancient Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
Government by the few
Oligarchy
Maze that was built to hold the minotaur on the island of Crete
Labyrinth
First battle of the Persian Wars where Athens would defeat the Persians due to their strategic location on the cliffs around Marathon
Marathon
League formed by Athens as a military alliance in case Persia decided to come back and attack Greece
Delian League
Second language to emerge on the island of Crete that the Greek language emerged from
Linear B
Government by someone who seizes power by force
Homer's story about the Trojan War and the story of Achilles
The Illiad
King of Persia who took over after his father died; he vowed to defeat Athens and blamed them for his father's death
Xerxes
Age when Greek culture was confined to just Greece
Hellenic Age
First written language on the island of Crete that is undeciphered
Linear A
Government by a king/queen
Monarchy
Son of King Minos with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Minotaur
Site of the battle where the Persians would defeat and slaughter an army from Sparta
Thermopylae
Age brought about by Alexander the Great when Greek culture was spread to other parts of the ancient world
Hellenistic Age
German archeologist that wanted to find out if the Trojan horse actually existed, and discovered Troy
Henrich Schliemann
When the people voted to banish someone for ten years that they believed was a threat to the city-state
Ostracism
Homer's story about Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War was over
The Odyssey
Naval battle that ended the Persian Wars; the Athenian navy would sink the much bigger, bulkier Persian fleet
Salamis
The Greek word for pride - Athens had too much of it
Hubris
British archeologist who discovered the remains of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete
Sir Arthur Evans