Greek Civilization

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  1. 3. A person with rights and responsibilities in a community.
  2. 4. Poet who wrote famous epic poems The Iliad and the Odysssey.
  3. 5. Warrior-like polis on the Peloponnesus; rival to Athens.
  4. 9. A traded product; olives and pottery are Greek examples.
  5. 11. Place for athletic exercise/contests, such as wrestling.
  6. 13. Enemy of Greeks in the Trojan War; war described in The Iliad.
  7. 14. Early Greek civilization that invented the alphabet.
  8. 15. Early Greek civilization that began on the Peloponnesus.
  9. 17. Literally "high hill" in Greek; walled hill; safety.
  10. 21. The name given to slaves in Sparta.
  11. 22. Chief Greek god.
  12. 23. Invented by the Phoenicians.
  13. 24. Long poem that tells of actions of heroes and gods.
  14. 25. Homer's epic poem of the return of Odysseus from war.
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  1. 1. Chief polis in Attica; birthplace of democracy and drama,
  2. 2. Literally "government by the people;" the people rule.
  3. 6. Greek word for marketplace.
  4. 7. Belief in and worship of many gods and goddesses.
  5. 8. A single ruler, like a king or queen.
  6. 10. Homer's epic poem that tells of the war between Troy and Greeks.
  7. 12. The Phoenicians founded these around the Mediterranean.
  8. 16. Greek word for city-state: city that controls land around it.
  9. 18. Government by a few rich, powerful families or people.
  10. 19. Means relating to the army or to weaponry.
  11. 20. Competed in Olympic Games and in the gymnasia.