Ancient Greece Vocab
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- 4. he was the god of the sky & thunder.
- 6. Greece had an entire culture around this drink.
- 7. ‘Oedipus Rex’was this type of theatre play.
- 9. this city-state was known for its powerful navy.
- 10. these games were held every four years to honor the main Gods.
- 12. Greek God of the Sea.
- 13. she was the goddess of wisdom and war.
- 15. Homer's The Iliad tells the story of this mythological war.
- 16. highest point in the city-state, usually where temples were
- 17. The Greeks adopted their alphabet from these people.
- 18. means "love of wisdom"
- 20. he comes up with the idea for the Trojan Horse.
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- 1. on the acropolis in Athens, this is the temple to Athena.
- 2. Greece is located on this sea that lies between Africa & europe
- 3. Athens, Sparta, and other Greek city-states teamed up to defeat this empire's takeover.
- 5. This war-heavy city-state had helots (slaves) to do manual labor.
- 8. this form of government means "rule by the people"
- 11. these stories often had heroes and taught lessons.
- 14. he is viewed as the first historian.
- 19. this is the word for Greek city-state