Ancient Greece Vocab

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  1. 4. he was the god of the sky & thunder.
  2. 6. Greece had an entire culture around this drink.
  3. 7. ‘Oedipus Rex’was this type of theatre play.
  4. 9. this city-state was known for its powerful navy.
  5. 10. these games were held every four years to honor the main Gods.
  6. 12. Greek God of the Sea.
  7. 13. she was the goddess of wisdom and war.
  8. 15. Homer's The Iliad tells the story of this mythological war.
  9. 16. highest point in the city-state, usually where temples were
  10. 17. The Greeks adopted their alphabet from these people.
  11. 18. means "love of wisdom"
  12. 20. he comes up with the idea for the Trojan Horse.
Down
  1. 1. on the acropolis in Athens, this is the temple to Athena.
  2. 2. Greece is located on this sea that lies between Africa & europe
  3. 3. Athens, Sparta, and other Greek city-states teamed up to defeat this empire's takeover.
  4. 5. This war-heavy city-state had helots (slaves) to do manual labor.
  5. 8. this form of government means "rule by the people"
  6. 11. these stories often had heroes and taught lessons.
  7. 14. he is viewed as the first historian.
  8. 19. this is the word for Greek city-state