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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
- athens
- the capital and largest city of Greece
- Fates
- a group of three goddesses of destiny
- hades
- (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology
- Helen of troy
- (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris
- Odysseus
- (Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero
- Crete
- the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean
- 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
- 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
- agora
- Place for the markets and political assemblies
- hera
- queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology
- gorgons
- three ugly sisters with scales, claws and fangs
- minotaur
- (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
- knosses
- Palace where the kings lived and was capital of the Minoan Kingdom, Had running water
- Poseidons
- (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology
- Sirens
- The creatures that attempted to lure Odysseus into the rocks with their song
- Demeter
- (Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology
- Athena
- (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare
- olympus
- In greek mythology the mountain where the gods lived
- alexandria
- most important colony set up by Alexander, in Egypt, center fer Hellenistic civilization
- Hydra
- (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads
- acropolis
- hill-top fortress meaning "high city"
- zeus
- (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology
- Paris
- Prince of Troy, Son of Priam
- sparta
- a large city-state in the Peloponnesus, focused on fighting
- marathon
- a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians, any long and arduous undertaking