greeks

• she was trusted associate of pericles and wrote some speeches- aspasia
• he was a war hero and ruturned home after the trojan- odysseus
• 508bc his spartan allies were drvien from power "peoples revolution"- isagoras
• an open place of assembly (dicuss importance) agora
• sporting competition- olympics
• notion of exellence and virtue; at of living up to ones full potential- arete
• he composed iliad and odyssey- Homer
• when these less advanced people dominated greece, wrtiting dispeared for 400 years- dorians
• he watched from a golden throne as his forces were defeated at the striats of salamis- xerxes
• this city-state was the home of democracy and the head of the delian league- athens
• he was recalled from exile and asked to build the world's first government of the people a system of gov. we know as demoacracy- cleisthenes 
• the most beutiful building of time, it was dedicated to a goddess whose 40-ft statue was found within it- parthenon
• in a greek tragedy he was the main character who fulfilled a prophecy that he would kill his father- oedipus
• this general rose from the ranks of the common people, and took stpes to increase the naval power of Athens- Themistocles
• an association of greek city states whose purpose was to remain strong and united against their enemies- delian league
• a fast, agile ship that was a weapon- trieme
• this hero of ancient greece is the central figure in a story which was the inspiration for modern sporting event the marathon- pheidippides
• he commanded the first persian invasion of greece, which ended with his defeat at marathon- darius
• their kings dominated greece from 1600 BC to 1200 BC- mycenaenas
• these legends decribe greek gods and goddesses and the nature of the world- myths
• the greeks used tricky and clever naval stratagy and to win this battle against the persians- salamis
• he was prominanet statesman, orator, and general of athens during the golden age, literature and culture- pericles
• long narrative poems- epics
• these people ruled an empire that streched all the way from egypt and asia minor to india and himilayas- persians
• leader of the gods, and the father of goffesss and wisdom- zeus
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