Ancient Greece Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. Trick used to defeat the Trojans
  2. 9. Play where the main character suffers, sad or harsh ending
  3. 11. Half man, half bull
  4. 13. story about a hero or other event that needs explained
  5. 14. Phoenicians; ancient civilization in Lebanon
  6. 16. Belief in many gods
  7. 18. Myth of the Trojan War, written by Homer
  8. 19. Greek Mountain, home of the 12 gods
  9. 21. Peace-time events that show loyalty to the Polis
  10. 23. Height of a Greek city with a fortified structure
  11. 27. Government where the state, not the people control everything
Down
  1. 1. Belief in one god
  2. 2. Play meant to be performed live
  3. 3. Trojan war was fought over her defection from Greece
  4. 4. Spartan slave
  5. 6. Athena’s temple in Athens
  6. 7. Invented first by Phoenicians
  7. 8. Purple secretions from Mediterranean snails
  8. 10. Government ruled by people’s votes/opinions
  9. 12. Battle between 300 Spartans vs. thousands of Persians, Greek victory
  10. 15. Greek, meaning “love of wisdom”
  11. 17. Fought between the leaders of Greece vs. the Trojans
  12. 20. Battle between city-states of Greece vs. Persia, led to the establishment of the race
  13. 22. Persian who preached a belief in one god
  14. 24. Close formation military tactic
  15. 25. Political divisions, Polis
  16. 26. Play with a funny or satirical ending
  17. 28. Myth of the wanderings of Odysseus