Greece crossword

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  1. 3. a student of socrates and built the Academy
  2. 4. painters and sculptors have used gods and heroes as their subject because of _____
  3. 5. defeated defeated a large persian force by by luring them into the middle of their force
  4. 6. group of warriors who stood close together in a square
  5. 9. believed participating in government is just as important as defending Athens in war. He encouraged people to take pride in their city.
  6. 10. known as greek like:
  7. 11. greeks honored the gods by holding this sporting event
  8. 12. stories that teach the reader on how live or lessons about life
  9. 13. Peninsula
  10. 15. democracy created by the founders of the United states
  11. 17. to a story he was a slave and is famous for his fables
  12. 18. considered the first people to arrive in Greece because they didn’t speak the Greek language
  13. 19. Southwest Asia and most of Asia Minor
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  1. 1. leader who held power through the use of force
  2. 2. the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey
  3. 5. made the city-state much richer
  4. 6. of the worlds greatest mathematician
  5. 7. war
  6. 8. greek word for city state
  7. 11. area of land that is surrounded on 3 sides by water
  8. 12. city were usually built by a think also known as a high hill
  9. 13. the Great
  10. 14. war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear Greece
  11. 16. about gods and heroes that explain how the world works