Country Crossword: Greece

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  1. 3. Philosopher and advisor to Scipio whose analysis on checks and balances would influence the development of the US Constitution.
  2. 5. King of Athens during the Peloponnesian War.
  3. 6. Final battle in the Greek War of Independence, where Aslan Bey surrendered all land to the Spercheios River in exchange for the Ottoman troops to be able to flee.
  4. 9. Herodotus' account of the past, both fiction and fact, commonly considered to be the first book of history.
  5. 13. Sophocles' play about a king who murdered his father and married his mother.
  6. 15. Beach home to a smugglers' ship that ran aground.
  7. 16. "The Father of Geometry"
  8. 17. Battle that drove the Persian army, led by Mardonius, from Greece.
  9. 19. Important shipping center due to its proximity to Greece's agricultural areas. It is built on the city of Iolkos, birthplace of Jason.
  10. 20. Battle in which the Spartans, led by Leonidas I, and their allies, sacrificed themselves in an unsuccessful bid to save Athens from the Persian army.
  11. 25. Ancient town that was home to an oracle.
  12. 26. Physician who discovered uterine cancer cells.
  13. 27. Byzantine fortress abandoned by the 1830s.
  14. 28. Doctors are instructed to take his oath.
  15. 30. Massacre of Greek civilians by Ottoman forces.
  16. 31. Largest city in Crete.
  17. 33. Greece's "Gate to the West," important in trade with the rest of Europe.
  18. 34. His school was known as "The Garden," and he advocated for a life based on simple pleasures, moderation, and free will.
  19. 36. Shipping magnate who owned the Monte Carlo casino in Monaco and married a future First Lady.
  20. 39. Volcanic island known for its sunsets...and overtourism.
  21. 41. Dish that can use either eggplants or potatoes as the base.
  22. 43. Largest city in Northern Greece.
  23. 44. Temple to Athena that suffered major damage in a battle between Venetian and Ottoman forces.
  24. 45. One of the most important ports in the world.
  25. 47. Best known for his formula, he also founded a cult and killed a student for discovering imaginary numbers.
  26. 48. City once home to a colossus.
  27. 49. Actress known for her calls to return the Elgin Marbles, stolen by the British, to Greece.
  28. 50. Island that was the birthplace of Artemis and Apollo.
Down
  1. 1. Also known as "The Red Tower," as it held Ottoman prisoners who would be brutally tortured.
  2. 2. This book, written by Nikos Kazantzakis, features a young intellectual leaving the mainland with a sixty-year-old man.
  3. 4. Longest gorge in Europe.
  4. 7. Macedonian king who conquered all of Greece, Egypt, and Persia.
  5. 8. Philosopher who was noted for living in a barrel and tossing a plucked chicken at Plato to disprove his ideas of animal classification.
  6. 10. Egg-shaped desert usually prepared on Christmas.
  7. 11. City besieged by the Greeks in their War of Independence, and later by Muhammad Ali of Egypt when he was trying to take the country.
  8. 12. Ancient city that was the first to speak a recognizable form of Greek; birthplace of Agamemnon in the Iliad.
  9. 14. Ancient Greek dish made with ground-up walnuts, almonds, olive oil, and garlic.
  10. 18. First person (that we know of) to accurately guess the earth's circumference.
  11. 20. Founder of Rebetiko, aka "The Greek Blues."
  12. 21. Sporting competition that originated in Olympia, now having been hosted by 23 countries on five continents both past and present.
  13. 22. Greek pasta dish made with ground meat and Bechamel, a French sauce.
  14. 23. Gladiator who led a slave revolt against the Roman Empire, defeated by Crassus.
  15. 24. Numerous Orthodox monasteries lie on massive rock pillars at this site.
  16. 29. Poet from Lesbos from whom the word for female-on-female attraction derives.
  17. 32. According to Stephen of Byzantium, this city was founded by Acrisius, grandfather of Perseus.
  18. 35. This lagoon serves as a habitat for loggerhead sea turtles and the Mediterranean Monk Seal.
  19. 37. The "Grand Canyon of Greece."
  20. 38. Philosopher who was ordered to drink hemlock poison.
  21. 40. Dionysus travels to the underworld to resurrect the tragedian Euripedes in this comedy by Aristophenes.
  22. 42. Palace of the Minoan royalty.
  23. 46. Capital of Greece.