Greek Crossword

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  1. 2. / greek playwright who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
  2. 4. / the first battle for democracy for Athens was fought in this village
  3. 6. / greek historian of the Peloponnesian War, son of Olorus
  4. 8. / the pass the Greeks tried to defend in battle against Persians led by Xerxes, in 480 B.C.
  5. 10. / 5th century B.C. Spartan military king who bravely led a small force of Greeks against the much larger Persian army during the Persian War
  6. 11. / greek playwright who wrote Oedipus the King
  7. 12. / the capital of Minoan Crete
  8. 13. / leader of Athens who was responsible for rebuilding Athens following the Persian Wars.
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  1. 1. / greek researcher and storyteller, was one of the world's first historians
  2. 3. / greek playwright and comic poet, whose surviving plays are the only extant examples of Greek Old Comedy
  3. 5. / greek building constructed to honor Athena
  4. 7. / greek playwright who wrote Euthyphro and Apology
  5. 9. / Macedonian King who conquered the Persian Empire