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Golden Age of Greece
Chapter 29 of Vocab. SS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Golden Age | A period of great peace and wealth. |
| Pericles | He was a great leader when the Athens came back home. |
| Acropolis | The hill above a greek city-state on which temples were built. |
| Partnenon | The temple honoring the goddess Athena, built on the Acropolis above Athens. |
| Myth | A traditional story that helps to explain a cultures belifs. |
| Architecture | That of designing buildings. |
| Sculpture | The art of creating three- dimensional figures from such materials as wood,stone, and clay |
| Socrates | A public speaker about his beliefs. |
| Plato | He was a student of Socrates. |
| Panathenaic Games | A entertainment for watching men do chariot racing and racing |
| Olympics | To honor the gods Zeus called the Olympics. The games were important to the Greeks. Its showed the athletes safety of traveling. |