6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8 Vocab (Greece MiniTest#2)

Nike

Greek goddess of victory

Pheidippides

Greek messenger who ran 26 miles following Battle of Marathon

Democritus

Greek philosopher that said all matter is made of tiny particles called "atomos" or atoms

Battle of Marathon

Greek victory over the Persian army that ended the First Persian War

Battle of Salamis

Greek victory over the Persian navy during the Second Persian War

Xerxes

Persian leader during Second Persian War

academy

Plato's school name

Athens

Winner of First Persian War

Greece

Winner of Second Persian War

Sparta and the Peloponnesian League

Winner of the Peloponnesian War

Aesop's

______________________ Fables

mythology

collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes

Socratic Method

form of teaching in which the teacher asks students question after question to force them to think more clearly

Olympic Games

in ancient Greece, an athletic competition held every four years in honor of Zeus

chorus

in ancient Greek drama, a group of people who commented on the action of a play and advised the characters

Hypothesis

logical guess

Delian League

military alliance led by Athens

Peloponnesian League

military alliance led by Sparta

Hippocratic Oath

oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way

lyric poetry

poetic songs

academy

school of philosophy founded by Plato

Classical Civilization

the civilization of the ancient Greeks and Romans

Hellenistic

the form of Greek culture that emerged after Alexander's conquests

Polytheism

the worship of many gods

sarissa

18-foot-long Macedonian pike

Herodotus

"Father of History"