Greek Crossword I

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Across
  1. 1. The fortress after which the Mycenaeans were named.
  2. 2. The Minoan capital
  3. 7. The Greek term for a marketplace.
  4. 8. A type of steep hill Greek cities were often built around, whose name means “high city”.
  5. 11. The mythical race of one eyed giants believed by later Greeks to have built the giant walls of old Mycenaean fortresses.
  6. 13. Greek philosopher who wrote The Republic (or the Kalipolis in Greek)
  7. 14. A Greek word, still used for athletic spaces today, which originally meant “naked room”.
  8. 15. The leader of Athens at the peak of it’s democratic era.
Down
  1. 1. The people who had an early civilization on the island of Crete.
  2. 2. Someone who rules under a monarchy
  3. 3. The Greek city known for originating Democracy
  4. 4. The city that, according to legend, Mycenaean-era Greek heroes besieged in a ten year war.
  5. 5. (Two Words) The period after the fall of the Mycenaean civilization.
  6. 6. Athenian lawgiver known for his very harsh set of laws.
  7. 7. The patron goddess of Athens
  8. 9. The Greek city that hosted athletic competitions every four years.
  9. 10. Greek term for city or city-state.
  10. 12. What Archimedes, according to legend, yelled after discovering the “Archimedes Principle” of being able to measure volume of anything by submerging it in water.