Greek Places
This city was the most famous centre of democracy in ancient Greece.
Athens
In this type of government, which began in Athens, citizens share power and rule by voting.
Democracy
This international sports event, revived in modern times, began as athletic games in ancient Greece.
The Olympic Games
This city-state was known for its strict military training and warrior society.
Sparta
This Athenian philosopher asked questions in the marketplace and was later put on trial and executed.
Socrates
The Greeks wrote serious plays called this, often about suffering and fate.
Tragedies
This large peninsula in southern Greece was home to Sparta and many other city-states.
The Peloponnese
Student of Socrates and author of The Republic, he founded the Academy in Athens.
Plato
Many ancient Greeks worshipped a family of gods said to live on this mountain.
Mount Olympus
This hilltop in Athens, crowned by temples, is one of the most famous ancient sites in the world.
The Acropolis
A student of Plato and tutor to a famous king, he wrote about logic, science, and politics.
Aristotle
This Greek philosopher and mathematician is famous for a geometry theorem about triangles that is still taught in schools.
Pythagoras
This temple on the Acropolis, dedicated to Athena, is a key symbol of classical Greek architecture.
The Parthenon
This king of Macedonia created a vast empire that stretched from Greece to Egypt and into Asia.
Alexander the Great
The period after Classical Greece, when Greek culture spread widely following Alexander’s conquests, is known by this term.
The Hellenistic period