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| 80374944 | Homer | definition: ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written down the Iliad and the Odyssey significance: Great Greek poet who is still read today | 0 | |
| 80374945 | Solon | definition: Athenian reformer of the 6th century; established laws that eased the burden of debt on farmers, forbade enslavement for debt significance: great leader of Athens, prevented rebellion | 1 | |
| 80374946 | Perciles | definition: led rebuilding of Athens for more than 30 years from 461BCE to 429BCE significance: Leader of the Peloponessian war | 2 | |
| 80374947 | Philip of Macedon | definition: father of Alexander of Macedon, unified the warring Greek city-states significance: unified Greece | 3 | |
| 80374948 | Alexander of Macedon | definition: also known as Alexander the Great, by 331 BCE, controlled Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia; invaded Persian homeland and burned Persepolis; crossed the Indus by 327 significance: Created Bactria which influenced India, helped diffuse Greek ideas | 4 | |
| 80374949 | Sappho | definition: Greek poet who wrote about human emotions, lived on island of Lesbos significance: Classic example on the male dominance in Greece | 5 | |
| 80374950 | Socrates | definition: philosopher who believed in an absolute right or wrong; asked students pointed questions to make them use their reason, later became Socratic method significance: influence to Plato, and as a result, Aristotle | 6 | |
| 80374951 | Plato | definition: considered the greatest philosopher, student of Socrates, known for his Ideas theory significance: influence to Aristotle | 7 | |
| 80374952 | Artistotle | definition: prominent Greek philosopher, noted for his philosophically based thoughts of "science" significance: his ideas were used in the Catholic Church for years by Thomas Aquinas | 8 | |
| 80374953 | Euripides | definition: writer of several tragedies involving war and its misery significance: greek playwright | 9 | |
| 80374954 | Aristophanes | definition: an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies significance: greek playwright | 10 | |
| 80374955 | Minoan society | definition: society that inhabited Crete, created an undeciphered script, fell to invaders around 1100 BCE significance: beginnings of Greece, its fall led to poleis | 11 | |
| 80374956 | Knossos | definition: prominent ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BCE significance: "capital" of Minoan society | 12 | |
| 80374957 | Linear A | definition: an undeciphered writing system used in Crete in the 17th century BCE significance: showed the intuitive ability of the early Indo-Eurpoeans | 13 | |
| 80374958 | Mycenaean society | definition: Greek civilization created by Indo- Europeans that lasted from 1600- 1100 BCE, during which large palaces were made, wars fought, trade established; earthquakes and invaders caused it to finally collapse significance: beginnings of Greece, its fall led to the poleis | 14 | |
| 80374959 | Linear B | definition: the modern name for the script, composed of signs and pictures, in which Mycenaean Greeks kept records on tablets of clay significance: shows influence of the Minoans and also demonstrates how society changed through time | 15 | |
| 80374960 | Trojan War | definition: war (around 1200 B.C.), in which an army lead by Mycenaean kings attacked the city of Troy in Anatolia (trojan horse!) significance: part of the epic the Illiad, led to the fall of the Myceanean Society | 16 | |
| 80374961 | Polis | definition: general Greek city-state, including the city and the land around it significance: brought about Sparta and Athens, two influential and powerful city-states | 17 | |
| 80374962 | Sparta | definition: Greek city-state that was ruled by an oligarchy, focused on military, used slaves for agriculture, discouraged the arts significance: encourage a powerful army that influenced Greece | 18 | |
| 80374963 | Athens | definition: powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts, sciences, philosophy, democracy and architecture significance: encouraged a flexible government that influenced Greece and the world | 19 | |
| 80374964 | Persian War | definition: conflict between Persia and Greece; Persia wanted to punish Athens for helping another city-state significance: Led to the Delian league and the fall of Athens | 20 | |
| 80374965 | Delian League | definition: alliance of city-states with Athens as leader, made to keep fighting Persia significance: led to the fall of Athens | 21 | |
| 80374966 | Peloponnesian War | definition: a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta significance: led to the fall of Athens, and in the end, Sparta | 22 | |
| 80374967 | Macedon | definition: ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander of Macedon in the southeastern Balkans significance: origin of Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great | 23 | |
| 80374968 | Hellenistic Age | definition: period between the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE) and the conquest of Egypt by Rome (30 BCE), marked by migrations to the newly conquered areas | 24 | |
| 80374969 | Antigonid empire | definition: the area of Macedon and Greece, the smallest of the Hellenistic empires; cities such as Athens and Corinth flourished during the Hellenistic age and cities were overpopulated significance: center of Greece, most influential | 25 | |
| 80374970 | Ptolemaic empire | definition: The empire in the Egyptian area after the breakup of Alexander's empire significance: had the Megalopolis of Alexandria, many ports, helped trade | 26 | |
| 80374971 | Seleucid empire | definition: the largest kingdom that came of the division of Alexander's empire significance: helped diffuse Greek culture and ideas | 27 | |
| 80374972 | Olympic games | definition: one of the panhellenic rituals observed by all Greek city-states; involved athletic competitions and ritual celebrations significance: helped unify the many poleis | 28 | |
| 80374973 | Forms or Ideas | definition: term used by Plato to refer to traits in physical objects, ex: manly, beauty, etc. significance: part of the deviation from Socrates | 29 | |
| 80374974 | Cult of Dionysus | definition: cult based on Dionysus, had many rituals involving orgies and drinking, later transitioned to a more civilized cult significance: one of the cults that emerged with the Greek religion | 30 | |
| 80374975 | Stoicism | defitinion: philosophical system of the Stoics (person who can tolerate pain) following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno significance: philosophical ideas influence Europe | 31 |
