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Geography and the Early Greeks
Government in Athens
Greek Mythology
Greek Literature
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100
An island south of Greece
Crete
100
the type of government in which people rule themselves
democracy
100
king of the gods
Zeus
100
blind poet who wrote the Iliad
Homer
100
famous female Greek poet
Sappho
200
land surrounded by water on three sides
peninsula
200
a name for rich landowners
aristocrats
200
god of the sea
Poseidon
200
instrument used in Greek poetry
lyre
200
half-woman, half-bird
Sirens
300
an ancient civilization that lived on Crete
the Minoans
300
a leader who held power through the use of force
tyrant
300
god of war
Ares
300
short stories that teach lessons
fables
300
the name of the Greek games
Olympics
400
an age marked by great achievements
classical age
400
the father of democracy in Athens
Cleisthenes
400
god of the underworld
Hades
400
means a person's weak spot
Achilles heal
400
the messenger god
Hermes
500
the Greek word for a city-state
polis
500
Athenian leader who urged citizens to participate in government
Pericles
500
goddess of agriculture
Demeter
500
the Aegean Sea is name after this king
Aegeus
500
mountains that run through Greece
Pindos