5th centurt Culture and Warfare

Trireme – Greek warship, key to victory at Salamis.

Olympic Games – Panhellenic festival, suspended during war.

Hoplite – Greek infantry soldier, fought in the phalanx formation.

Phalanx – Tightly packed infantry formation, used in Greek land battles.

Athena – Goddess of wisdom and war, patron deity of Athens.

Dionysus – God of wine and theater, central to Greek religious life.

Parthenon – Temple of Athena, built after Persian Wars.

Phidias – Sculptor of the Parthenon and its statue of Athena.