Greeks: Myths, the Polis, Wars

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  1. 4. goddess of wisdom and warfare
  2. 6. independent city along with its surrounding area
  3. 7. god of the sea
  4. 8. a body of stories that gives reason for the way things are; often not based on true history
  5. 10. hero who used the Trojan Horse
  6. 11. battle in the Second Greco-Persian War where 300 Spartans famously held up the Persian at a mountain pass while the rest of the Greek withdrew
  7. 13. battle where the Athenians defeated the Persian in the first Greco-Persian War
  8. 16. naval battle where the Athenians defeated the Persian in the second Greco-Persian War
  9. 17. the Greek city-state
  10. 18. outdoor theater shaped like a semi-circle in Greece
  11. 19. Persian emperor who conquered Ionia
  12. 20. Persian emperor who crushed an Ionian revolt but failed to control Sparta and Athens
  13. 22. son of Zeus known for his strength
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  1. 1. Spartan commander who led the 300 at Thermopylae
  2. 2. place of physical training and games
  3. 3. Persian emperor who assembled a large military force to try and conquer the Greeks in the second Greco-Persian War
  4. 4. marketplace in the Greek polis
  5. 5. hero of the Trojan War who was shot in his heel
  6. 7. war in which Sparta defeated Athens with the help of the Persians
  7. 9. king of the gods
  8. 10. games held every four years starting in 776 B.C. celebrating Zeus
  9. 12. temple to Athena on Athens's acropolis
  10. 14. god music and poetry later associated with the sun
  11. 15. goddess of love and beauty
  12. 18. fortified hilltop at the center of the city where religious ceremonies took place
  13. 21. blind Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey