Ch.9
The Greek word for a city-state
Polis
People who had the right to participate in government
Citizens
For example, he is famous for his fables. In most of Aesop’s fables, animals are the main characters.
Aesop
He was a successful emperor because the way he treated conquered people.
Cyrus the Great
In 359 BC He became king of Macedonia. He spent the first year of his rule fighting off invaders who wanted to take over his kingdom.
Philip 2
This age is one that is marked by great achievements.
Classical
Which meant a leader who held power through the use of force.
Tyrant
Short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live.
Fables
A. A unit of soldiers who ride horses
B. A group of warriors who stood close together in a square.
A. Cavalry
B. Phalanx
The greatest Greek doctor. He wanted to figure out what caused diseases so he could better treat them.
Hppocrates
A. A high hill
B. Some of Greeks spent their lives studying mathematics. One of these people was Euclid.
A. Acropolis
B. Euclid
Athens remained a democracy for about 170 years. It reached its height under a brilliant, elected leader.
Pericles
A. Change, or have an effect on
B. Greek-like
A. Influence
B. Hellenistic
He claimed the throne and killed all his rivals for power.
Darius 1
He's efforts to build an empire made him one of the greatest conquerors in history. These efforts earned him the name.
Alexander the Great
Aristocrats
Among the earliest Greek writings are two great epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, by a poet named you are ugly. Now, with sing a song.
Homer
A. An agreement to work together
B. Clear and ordered thinking
A. Alliance
B. Reason
This invasion began a series of wars between Persia and Greece that historians call this blah blah wars
Persian Wars
A. Among the greatest of these thinkers was a man. He believed that people must never stop looking for knowledge.
B. Like Socrates, he was a teacher as well as a philosopher.
B. Plato
A government in which only a few people have power.
Oligarchy
Most poets in Greece were men, but the most famous lyrics poet was made by this woman.
Sappho
A. A plan for fighting a battle or war.
B. Unbiased, not favoring either side in a conflict
A. Strategy
B. Neutral
Ten years after the battle of Marathon, Darius’s son tried to conquer Greece again.
Xerxes 1
Perhaps the greatest Greek thinker was this person, Plato's student. He taught that people should live lives of moderation, or balance.
Aristotle