Ch 8 Ancient Greece
Across
- 2. goddess of the hearth
- 6. goddess of love
- 9. goddess of agriculture
- 11. a harsh ruler
- 12. god of the sun
- 15. rule by a few people
- 18. another word for great suffering
- 19. a form of government in which the people hold the power
- 21. the most famous female early Greek poet
- 25. rich landowners
- 27. another word for strength
- 29. _____ democracy in which representatives are elected to debate and vote
- 30. the people who have a right to participate in government
- 32. fortress of a Greek city up on a hill
- 33. a great warrior who was killed when an arrow hit his heel
- 34. the strongest man on Earth who completed 12 near-impossible tasks
- 35. god of celebration
- 37. god of the sea
- 40. an early Greek writer famous for his epic poems
- 41. goddess of the moon
Down
- 1. god of metalworking
- 3. a Greek famous for his fables
- 4. a short story that teaches the reader lessons about life
- 5. another word for pain
- 7. the study of the Earth's surface
- 8. king of the gods
- 10. a body of stories about gods and heroes
- 13. 2 words meaning terrible throat
- 14. 2 words- an age marked by great achievements
- 16. another word for begging
- 17. the leader of Athens from 460 BC - 429 BC
- 20. queen of the gods
- 22. another word for foam or froth
- 23. 2 words -wished everything he touched would turn to gold
- 24. Goddess of wisdom
- 26. another word for grew pale
- 28. another word for determined
- 31. another word for whirlpool
- 33. god of war
- 36. was punished for offending the gods
- 37. the Greek word for city-state
- 38. _____ democracy in which every member debates and votes
- 39. the messenger god
- 40. god of the underworld