ancient greece

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Across
  1. 3. a body of land with water on three sides
  2. 6. someone who takes power by force
  3. 7. poet who wrote the odyssey and the iliad
  4. 8. a government that gives people the power to rule themselves
  5. 11. sporting competition held every four years, originally in honor of zeus
  6. 12. a settlement in a new community that keeps close ties to its homeland
  7. 13. a story that ends happily
  8. 14. a story in which a person struggles to overcome difficulties but fails
Down
  1. 1. a type of government where power is shared with a small group of people
  2. 2. Greek city-state that became a military society
  3. 4. Greek city-state where democracy was first created
  4. 5. short tale that teaches a lesson
  5. 8. a story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story
  6. 9. someone who has the right to participate in government
  7. 10. stories about gods and goddesses that attempt to explain different events
  8. 15. long poems that told about heroic deeds