Greek Crossword

2. plays that made fun of well-known citizens and politicians and also made jokes about the customs of the day
7. a city state in Greece devoted to war
8. an action taken to isolate an enemy and cut off its supplies
11. the Greek Island where the Minoans first lived on
12. members of rich and powerful families
14. a wealthy man in Athens that helped create a democracy
16. a temple to the goddess Athena
19. major landforms of Greece
20. a type of serious drama that usually ends in disaster for the main character

1. believed that people could use the powers of the mind and reason to understand natural events
3. a ruler who takes power by force
4. a regular payment made to a powerful state or nation by a weaker one
5. the fortified, or strengthened, hill of an ancient Greek city
6. a type of government in which the citizens rule themselves
9. the king of all Greek gods
10. a group of people that came after the Minoans; and they developed a culture
13. an area of land almost completely surrounded by water and connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land
15. the Father of Geometry, wrote a book called Elements, likely the the most famous mathematical textbook in history
17. horse a fake horse used to trick the Trojans; causing a lost war
18. sacred sites where a god or goddess was consulted