4th Test Part 10 Flashcards
To destroy, to lay waste or make unfit for living
Desolate
Greek historian who wrote about peloponnesian war
Thucydides
Highly infectious, fatal disease
Plague
Strip of land connecting two larger masses if land
Isthmus
Athenian naval commander who was exiled then recalled
Alcibiades
Athletic contest of the Greeks, occurs every four years
Olympic Games
Commander of Athenian expedition to Sicily
Nicias
A relative
Kinsman
Four year period between Olympic Games
Olympiad
Men obsessed with latest fashion, dandies
Fop
Spartan admiral who captured Athens
Lysander
Rulers installed by Spartans at end of peloponnesian war
30 tyrants
Athenian who overthrew the tyrants
Thrasybulus
Showing artful deception or trickery
Cunning