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| thin animal skin used for windows in Minoan homes |
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| priest-kings would climb this to look for signs from heaven to find out the gods will |
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| main Minoan god; Great Goddess |
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| sacred places to worship and honor Mother Earth; built in palaces, on housetops, on hilltops, and in caves |
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| young Greek prince who defeated the Minotaur |
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| creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull who lived on human flesh and lived in the labyrinth |
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| one of the largest cities of Crete with a 5 story palace in the center |
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| square room in a Mycenaean fortress-palace with a fireplace in the center; king held council meetings and entertained there |
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| Odysseus tricks the Cyclops and tells him his name is .... |
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| people who live and work on another person's land |
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| Had a face that could launch 1,000 ships; married to Spartan king, Menelaus; kidnapped by Paris, the Prince of Troy |
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| hero who used cleverness and wits; ex. Trojan Horse |
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| poem written by Homer that tells about the time the Mycenaeans attacked the city of Troy |
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| people from southern Russia who settled in the lowlands of Greece; great warriors and pirates; replaced the Minoans as the Mediterranean power |
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| poem written by Homer that tells of the wanderings of Odysseus, a Mycenaean hero of the Trojan War |
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| blind Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey c. 800 BC |
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| brightly colored Minoan wall paintings |
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| also Cretans; began c 2800 BC on the island of Crete; great traders who dominated the Mediterranean until the Mycenaeans |
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| large forested island in the Mediterranean Sea south of Greece |
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| major trading city in Asia Minor near the Dardanelles Strait |
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| front part of a Minoan ship that had a battering ram to smash holes in enemy ships |
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| form of bull fighting held in an arena where a man and woman would "fight' the bull; the man grabbed the horns and somersaulted onto the bull's back and then flips off into his partner's arms |
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| maze or network of paths through which it is difficult to find one's way; literally means "double ax" |
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| Achilles' best friend who was killed during the Trojan War |
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| hero with great military skill in the Iliad ex. - kills Hector |
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| Spartan king married to Helen |
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| Mycenaean king and brother of Spartan king Menelaus who leads the attack on Troy and quarrels with Achilles |
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| Prince of Troy who kidnaps Helen |
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| Prince of Troy who kills Patroclus; Achilles will kill him at the end of the Iliad |
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| Most valuable Mycenaean trade item; used for cooking, medicine, lotion |
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| one-eyed giant encountered by Odysseus during the Odyssey |
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| god of the sea; father of Polyphemus (the Cyclops) |
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| wars between opposing groups of citizens |
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| conquered the Mycenaeans after they were weakened by civil wars |
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| Trojan tax at the Dardanelles Strait trade route to Black Sea |
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| Other cause of the Trojan War BESIDES the kidnapping of Helen - |
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Civil Wars
Dorians conquer Greece
"Dark Age" begins |
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| 3 effects of the Trojan War were: |
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written by Homer
Odysseus was character in both
both are trips for a woman |
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| Iliad and Odyssey are similar because both: |
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takes place during the Trojan War
focuses on many heroes
more realistic |
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| Iliad is different from the Odyssey because the Iliad: |
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takes place after the Trojan War
focuses on one main character
more of a science fiction story |
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| Odyssey is different from the Iliad because the Odyssey: |
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