unit 2 Ryder Oliver

1. a fortified "high city" or citadel built on a rocky hill in ancient Greece
5. the powerful kingdom of Alexander the Great.
6. an individual who deeply studies or offers theories on profound questions regarding existence, knowledge, ethics, reason, and reality
8. traditional stories, about their gods.
10. a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
11. a name for skilled storytellers
15. a polarizing figure in Athenian society
16. professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.
17. foundational, long narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds and cultural myths
18. one of the four major ethnic groups into which the Hellenes (or Greeks) of Classical Greece divided themselves (along with the Aeolians, Achaeans, and Ionians).
19. the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.
20. a legendary conflict from Greek mythology, detailed in Homer's Iliad, where the Greeks (Achaeans) besieged the city of Troy for ten years after Paris of Troy abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus, sparking a war driven by honor, divine intervention, and heroic battles, ending with the cunning use of the Trojan Horse

1. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's greatest and most successful military commanders.
2. a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states
3. an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens who is most commonly considered the foundational thinker of the Western philosophical tradition
4. a system where power rests with the people
7. transforming Macedon into a dominant Greek power and military force
9. a form of government where a single person,(king or queen)
12. a prominent Bronze Age Greek civilization
13. a system where citizens vote directly on laws and policies
14. a city state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes.