Classical Greece Vocab Flashcards | StudBudClassical Greece Vocab
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1Parthenon
- Temple built to honor Athena in Athens
- Temple built to honor Zeus, king of Olympic gods
- central meeting place in ancient city states
2Agora
- The name of the school building that scholars attended
- A great trading ship
- Central spot in city-state where people gathered
3Golden Age
- when gold was found in Greece, making the country wealthy
- when democracy, art, literature, science & thinking thrived
- when war, weaponry, and war-like strategy thrived
4Peloponnesian League
- city states that united to be protected from Persia
- "Spartan Alliance" Sparta led city-states, each had one vote
- Officials that monitored trade on the Peloponnesian Penn.
5Fable
- a story that has a moral or a lesson
- a long poem about a hero's adventure
- stories people told to explain beliefs about their world
6Myth
- stories people told to explain beliefs about their world
- a long poem about a hero's adventure
- a story that has a moral or a lesson
7Persian War
- war between Greek city-states and Persia
- war between Persia and Macedonia
- war between all of the Greek city-states
8Epic
- a story that has a moral or a lesson
- a long poem about a hero's adventure
- stories people told to explain beliefs about their world
9Peloponnesian War
- a war fought for 27 years between Athens and Sparta
- a war fought for 2 years between Athens and Sparta
- a war fought for 27 years between Sparta and Persia
10Helots
- unfree men below slaves owned by Sparta
- unfree women above slaves owned by Sparta
- unfree men above slaves owned by Sparta
11Athens
- city-state that was home to Pindar, a famous poet
- warrior city-state on Peloponnesus Peninsula
- city-state with the 1st democracy, on Balkan Peninsula
12Sparta
- city-state with the 1st democracy, on the Balkan Peninsula
- warrior city-state on Peloponnesus Peninsula
- city-state that produced many famous writers and poets
13Delian League
- athletes from the Olympic games were members of this
- city states that united to be protected from Persia
- a group of officials that decided on laws
