War and warfare unit 2 words - Athens at War

diekplous

a naval manoeuvre where a trireme sailed through the enemy line of ships and turned at pace to ram the side of an enemy ship

frieze

a horizontal sculptured or painted decoration depicting a scene or number of scenes

hypozomata

two stretched cables that were tied from one end of a trireme to another and kept it in shape

liturgy

a super-tax on the wealthiest Athenians to fund important civic projects

lochoi

units of a tribal regiment in the Athenian army

relief

a carving that projects from, and is part of, the same background material, and has the effect of shading and being in 3D

strategos

an elected general in the Athenian army

tribes

one of the ten political constituencies in Athens. Every Athenian citizen belonged to one, which made up an army regiment

trierarch

a wealthy Athenian who captained and paid for the upkeep of a trireme for one year

trireme

a Greek warship with three banks of rowers on each side

Artemisia

queen of the Greek city of Halicarnassus, which fought for the Persians

Themistocles

the Athenian leader who convinced the Athenians to abandon their city for Salamis, and who then brilliantly commanded the Greek navy in the sea battle against the Persians