Greece E.C. Crossword Puzzle #1

6. A long narrative poem/story telling of a hero's journey.
11. Land almost completely surrounded by water, but still connected to a larger piece of land. Greece is a peninsula.
12. A big peninsula in southern Greece where the city of Sparta was located.
13. A huge empire east of Greece (in today’s Iran). The Greeks and Persians fought in the Persian Wars.
14. First Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans; dominated Greek world 1400 B.C. to 1200 B.C.; sea traders; lived in separate city-states; involved in Trojan War against Troy.
15. A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works.

1. A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters.
2. A group of islands close together. Greece has many islands in the sea.
3. A city in Greece known for democracy (people voting), art, and learning. Many famous thinkers lived there.
4. A narrative handed down from the past, containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements.
5. The biggest island in Greece. It was home to the Minoans, one of the earliest Greek civilizations. The myth of the Minotaur comes from Crete.
7. Earliest Greek civilization that had developed on the island of Crete by 2000 B.C.
8. A poet, often a singer as well.
9. A narrow strip of land that connects two bigger pieces of land. The Isthmus of Corinth connects mainland Greece to the Peloponnese.
10. A city in Greece known for its strong warriors. Boys trained to be soldiers from a young age.
12. A member of a class of persons who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.