 | Term | Definition |
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Archemides |
A Greek mathematician and engineer who invented the lever, bouyancy, and formulas for area and volume. |
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Pericles |
Leader of Athens who promoted democracy and started the building of the Parthenon |
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Herodotus |
Greek historian who is considered "Father of History" because he was the first to write historical documents. |
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Darius |
There are 3 Dariuses, they were all kings of Persia |
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Aesop |
Greek fable writer |
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Euclid |
Greek mathematician who put together logics and geometry. |
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Philip of Macedonia |
king of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great |
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Peloponnesian War |
A war where Sparta defeated Athens and its allys. |
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Pheidippides |
A runner in Athens who secured Sparta as an ally for the war with Persia |
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Hippocrates |
Greek physician who greatly invented new medicines. |
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Aristarchus |
Greek grammarian who commented on the Illiad and the Odyessey. |
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aristocracy |
Government ruled by rich upper class people. |
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ecclesia |
The popular assembly of Ancient Athens. |
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oligarchy |
Spartan government in which all power is invested in 5 people. Government of the few. |
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helots |
"a serf", neither slave or free. |
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demagogues |
A leader who gains power by believing in something the people want. |
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Alexandria |
A city in Northern Egypt found by Alexander the Great. |
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Marathon |
A plain and a village near it. The Atheniens defeated the Persians on this plain. |
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Knossos |
A huge palace with a city inside in North Crete. |
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tragedy |
a play that is very dramatic and ends unhappily. |
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Socrates |
Greek Philosopher who is famous for his method to the question and answer. |
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Aristotle |
Greek Philosopher, pupil of Plato and tutored Alexander the Great. |
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Alexander the Great |
King of Macedonia who conquered much of Greece and Persia. |
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Xerxes |
King of Persia and son of Darius. |
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assassination |
to secretly murder someone in politics. |
