Greek Civilization

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Across
  1. 1. long poems told about heroic deeds
  2. 3. a road used for trade and sharing ideas and communicating
  3. 4. not a native Athenian, educated and taught public speaking to many Athenians
  4. 7. a traditional story about gods or heroes
  5. 9. a government where all citizens share the running in government
  6. 14. The best-known writer of Greek comedies
  7. 17. Zeus's wife and is the goddess of the gods
  8. 19. god of the underworld, Zeus's brother
  9. 20. someone who rules with total authority and takes power by force
  10. 23. This is where the Greeks lived.
  11. 24. He was the first leader of Perisa and assembled the Persian Army
  12. 27. This is a spartan captive worker
  13. 28. She was the sister to Apollo, goddess of hunting
  14. 29. this battle was fought on a narrow strait of water
  15. 30. God of gods and the heavens
Down
  1. 2. comes from the Greek word for "love of wisdom"
  2. 5. He used trickery to win wars
  3. 6. Greek poet who wrote the epics in the 700 B.C.
  4. 8. tiny independent country
  5. 10. leader of Athens that help form their democracy
  6. 11. first battle of the Persian wars
  7. 12. a type of democracy where everyone participates at mass assemblies
  8. 13. Greek leader who cancelled farmers debts and freed slaves
  9. 15. wrote the history of the Persian wars
  10. 16. The Persian religion they practiced
  11. 18. "protector of the kingdom"
  12. 21. Persian leader for the battle of Thermopylae, Darius son
  13. 22. a country that is today known as Iran
  14. 25. a place where people could meet and discuss issues
  15. 26. highest mountain in Greece, home of the gods