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490 BC
20,000 Persians vs. Athens at Marathon
Athens wins
NIKE
Battle of Marathon
Pursue
Chase
Currency
Money
Macedonian Pike
18 Feet long
Sarissa
Egypt city named for Alexander the great
On the Nile
Alexandria
Greek like
Hellenestic
Period
The worship of many gods
Polytheism
Collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes
Mythology
Honored Zeus
Occur every 4 years
Winners got privileges and fame
track, field, wrestling
Olympic Games
People at Delphi who predicted what would happen in the future
Delphic Oracles
poetic songs often accompanied with an instrument like a lyre
Lyric poetry
Used in Greek drama
People who commented on the action and advised the characters
Chorus
Cease
To stop
Submission
Obedience
A question and answer method to teaching and learning developed by Socrates
Socratic Method
School of Philosophy, Plato,
Today it means a school of higher learning
Academy
Logical guess
Hypothesis
Lover of wisdom
Philosopher
Acquire
Obtain
480 BC
Xeres led 100,000 Persians vs. Sparta Thermopylae
Then against Athens at Salamis
Persians lost
Battle of Salamis
Athens and 150 allies together to fight against invaders, supopsed to be equal partners but they were not.
Met at Delos
Delian League
Sparta and it's allies
Mostly oligarchies
Peloponnesian League
Concept
Idea
Doctors still use today
Doctors pledge that they will use their knowledge in ethical ways
Hippocratic Oath