1. She was a trusted associate of Pericles and may have even written some of his speeches. Aspasia.
2. He was a war hero who had many adventures while trying to return home after the Trojan Wars. Odysseus.
3. In 508 BC he and his Spartian allies were driven from power by the very first "people's revolution". Isagoras.
4. This goddess is the patron of Greece's' capital city. Athena
5. An open "place of assembly" agora
6. A sporting competion where the common man could compete against aristocrats. The olympics
7. A notion of excellence. arete
8. He composed the Iliad and the Odyssey. Homer
9. When these less advanced people dominated Greece, writing disappeared for 400 years. Dorians.
10. He watched from a golden throne as his forces were defeated at the Straits of Salamis. Xerxes.
11. This city-state was the home of democracy and the head of the Delian League. Athens
12. He was recalled from exile and asked to build democracy. Cleisthenes
13. The most beautiful building of it's time, dedicated to a goddess whose 40 foot statue was found within it. Parthenon
14. In a Greek tragedy, he was the main character who fulfilled a prophesy the he would kill his father and sleep with mom. Oedipus.
15. This general rose from the ranks of the common people Themistocles.
16. An association of Greek city-states whose purpose was to remain united against their enemies. Delian League.
17. A fast agile ship. trireme
18. A hero of ancient Greece who inspired the marathon. Pheidippides
19. Commanded the first Persian invasion of Greece. Darius
20. Their Kings dominated Greece from 1600 to 1200 BC. Mycenaeans
21. Legends. Myths
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