Ancient Greece

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  1. 1. The lowest class of ancient Laconia. Serfs who belonged to the state.
  2. 5. Greek geometrician and educator at Alexandria.
  3. 6. Ancient city of Greece famous for strict discipline & training of soldiers.
  4. 7. A seaport in N Egypt, in the Nile delta: founded in 332 b.c. by Alexander the Great; an ancient center of learning.
  5. 11. Greek physician, the "Father of Medicine".
  6. 15. Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor: discovered the principles of specific gravity and of the lever.
  7. 18. A traditional or legendary story centered around a hero, deity or demigod.
  8. 19. The citadel of Athens and site of the Parthenon.
  9. 21. Military formation of foot soldiers using spears.
  10. 24. Greek mathematician and astronomer at Alexandria.
  11. 26. Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet.
  12. 27. Sovereignty held by one person.
  13. 28. A ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.
  14. 29. Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.
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  1. 2. Greek historian.
  2. 3. Greek philosopher.
  3. 4. Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
  4. 8. A mountain pass in eastern Greece, site of Spartan defeat.
  5. 9. An ancient Greek city-state.
  6. 10. Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
  7. 12. Greek sculptor.
  8. 13. Wars A series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.
  9. 14. A class of citizens holding exceptional privilege and rank, especially nobility.
  10. 16. A heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
  11. 17. Athenian philosopher.
  12. 20. A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class.
  13. 22. A city and the capitol of ancient Greece.
  14. 23. A Greek historian.
  15. 25. Author of the Iliad and Odyssey.
  16. 30. long poetic composition centered around a hero.