Greece Vocab Crossword

9. Serious drama about themes having to do with love, hate, war or betrayal.
10. A government system where a king rules over the people.
11. Poet who is considered the greatest of the Greek story tellers, composed the Iliad and the Odyssey.
12. Great Macedonian king that invaded and conquered the Persian empire.
15. War that was between Athens and their allies vs. Sparta and their allies.
17. Legendary war that had been thought fictional until evidence was found in the 1870s.
19. Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds.
20. Another general term for a Greek city-state.

1. Formation of soldiers that fought side by side with a spear in one hand and shield in the other.
2. Type of poetry that do not tell stories but deal with emotions and desires.
3. Greek thinkers, word meaning "lovers of wisdom".
4. Main city on the island of Crete that was founded by the Minoans.
5. Wars that had Greek city-states facing off against Darius and his son Xerxes's massive armies.
6. Peasants that were forced to stay on the land they worked, particularly near Sparta.
7. Ancient group of Greeks that fought a 10-year war against Troy.
8. Rulers that seized power of the government by appealing to the common people for support.
13. Type of play that contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor.
14. Traditional stories, usually having to do with Greek gods.
16. Common foot soldiers in a Greek army.
18. Type of democracy where citizens rule or make decisions for themselves without representatives.