 | Term | Definition |
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alexandria |
most important colony set up by Alexander, in Egypt, center fer Hellenistic civilization |
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athens |
the capital and largest city of Greece |
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sparta |
a large city-state in the Peloponnesus, focused on fighting |
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acropolis |
hill-top fortress meaning "high city" |
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agora |
Place for the markets and political assemblies |
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olympus |
In greek mythology the mountain where the gods lived |
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marathon |
a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians, any long and arduous undertaking |
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knosses |
Palace where the kings lived and was capital of the Minoan Kingdom, Had running water |
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Crete |
the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean |
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Persia |
an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC |
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zeus |
(Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology |
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hera |
queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology |
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hades |
(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology |
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Demeter |
(Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology |
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Fates |
a group of three goddesses of destiny |
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Athena |
(Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare |
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Poseidons |
(Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology |
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Paris |
Prince of Troy, Son of Priam |
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Odysseus |
(Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero |
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gorgons |
three ugly sisters with scales, claws and fangs |
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Hydra |
(Greek mythology) monster with nine heads |
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minotaur |
(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man |
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Sirens |
The creatures that attempted to lure Odysseus into the rocks with their song |
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chimera |
(Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail |
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Helen of troy |
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris |
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Theseus |
(Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica |
