Graeco-Persian Wars Terminology

a sovereign state, consisting of a single city and its territories

• kingdom

• poleis

• city-state

• acropolis

Wrote 'Histories' in c. 440 BC.

• Aeschylus

• Thucydides

• Herodotos

• Plutarch

wrote 'The Persians' in c. 472 BC.

• Aeschylus

• Herodotos

• Thucydides

• Plutarch

Wrote 'History of the Peloponnesian War' in the 5th century BC.

• Aeschylus

• Herodotos

• Thucydides

• Plutarch

Wrote 'Lives of the Greeks and Romans' in the first century AD.

• Aeschylus

• Thucydides

• Herodotos

• Plutarch

Hereditary rulers in Persia from Cyrus I to Darius III

• Seleukid Dynasty

• Antigonid Dynasty

• Achaemenid Dynasty

• Argead Dynasty

an Athenian dramatic festival from which Greek comedy and tragedy developed

• Dionysia

• Pentakontia

• Olympiad

• Bacchanalia

a government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one

above another, used chiefly as a warship

• Pentakonter

• Bireme

• Trireme

• Liburnian

money or valuables paid to a state or ruler to acknowledge

submission

• gift

• gratuity

• honor

• tribute