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Tribute |
A form of taxation paid as a fixed annual amount by a subject territory or people to a central government |
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Pericles |
Athenian leader during the golden age of Athens in the fifth century b.c.e. who sponsored many building projects |
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Peloponnesian war |
War between Athens and Sparta lasting from 431 to 404 b.c.e. |
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Thucydides |
Greek historian of the late fifth century b.c.e. known for his account of the peloponnesian war |
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King's peace |
Peace treaty arbitrated by the Persian king that ended the war between Sparta and Athens in 387b.c.e. |
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Classical age |
The height of the Greek artistic and literary endeavor, lasting from 500 until 323 b.c.e., which includes the golden age of Athens |
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Parthenon |
Athenian temple on the Acropolis built in honor of Athena |
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Aeschylus, sophocles, and euripides |
Athenian writers of tragedy during the fifth century of b.c.e. |
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Aristophanes |
Athenian writer of comedies in the late fifth century b.c.e., author of the play Lysistrata |
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Herodotus |
Author, during the 440s b.c.e., of a history of the Persian wars, known as the father of history |
