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Aegean Sea |
an arm of the Mediterranean Sea off southeast europe between greece and turkey |
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Mediterranean Sea |
a sea surrounded by Africa europe and Asia |
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Ionian Sea |
an arm of the mediterranean sea between western greece and southern italy |
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Adriatic Sea |
an arm of the mediterranean sea between Italy and the Balkan penninsula |
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Delphi |
a temple dedicated to apollo |
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Ithaca |
an island of western greece and the home of oddyseus |
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Peloponnesus |
the penninsula forming the southern part of the mainland greece |
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Pericles |
an Athenian leader in Athens ordered the construction of the parthenon |
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Thermopylae |
a place where the Spartans chose to fight |
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Hellespont |
the long narrow body of water between europe and asia in present day turkey |
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Parthenon |
the temple honoring the goddess Athena built on acropolis above Athens |
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Acropolis |
the hill in Greece where the Perthenon was built |
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Phidias |
Athenian sculptor who supervise the building of the Parthenon. butil a statue of zeus at olympia was one of the seven wonders of the world |
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Corinthian |
a style of architecture from ancient greece |
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architecture |
the art of designing buildings |
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Dionysus |
god of theatre and wine |
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Socrates |
one of the greatest philophers in Athens |
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Aristotle |
philophser fscinated by living things divided plants and animals |
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Macedonia |
an ancient kingdom north of Greece |
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Thucydides |
one of the greatest historians and wrote about the wars between Athens and Sparta |
