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- Xerxes
- Persian leader who invaded Greece
- Knossos
- an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC
- Helots
- Slaves to the Spartans that revolted and nearly destroyed Sparta in 650 B.C.E.
- Pericles
- Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athen's political and cultural supremacy in Greece
- Jury
- a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law
- Aesop
- Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC)
- Solon
- a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
- Homer
- ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
- Crete
- the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean
- agora
- a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
- Philip Of Macedonia
- the ruler of Macedoina, he transformed it from a primitive society into an effectively governed, agressive state. One by one he began to absorb the northern Greek poleis, until by the 340s he had made himself the master of much of the mainland
- Darius
- The great king of Persia. He was able to become a king after a year of a civil war following the death of someone. He is responsible for the expansion of Persia. He made a province in western India and expanded Persia as far north as Macedonia
- Epic
- a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
- Herodotus
- the ancient Greek known as the father of history
- Athens
- the capital and largest city of Greece
- Plato
- ancient Athenian philosopher
- Archimedes
- Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC)
- Sparta
- an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess
- Acropolis
- the citadel in ancient Greek towns
- demagogues
- a bad leader
- Euclid
- Greek geometer (3rd century BC)
- Persia
- a theocratic islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia
- Socrates
- ancient Athenian philosopher
- Alexander the Great
- king of Macedon
- Marathon
- any long and arduous undertaking