The Great Big Greeceword Puzzle
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- 2. The first thing to exist according to Greek creation myths
- 4. Temple of Athena Parthenos in Athens
- 5. Philosopher, personal tutor of Alexander the Great
- 6. City where Alexander the Great died
- 10. A prominent ancient Greek city state, situated in Laconia, known for its military strength & home of Princess Leda, mother of Helen of Troy
- 11. Macedonian king who conquered more territory than any other before
- 13. God of the Heavens & King of the Gods
- 14. Father of Cyclops
- 16. One of Alexander’s most trusted generals, King of Egypt after Alexander’s death, founder of Ptolemaic Dynasty, Ancestor of Cleopatra, last active Pharaoh of Egypt
- 18. A leading ancient greek city-state, ruled by democratic form of government, home city of Socrates
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- 1. Author of the Iliad & Odyssey
- 3. A period of history between the death of Alexander the Great & the conquest of the Greek city states by Rome
- 7. Philosopher, scholar, one of whose pupils was Aristotle
- 8. God of War
- 9. God of the Underworld
- 12. God of Wine, son of Zeus & a mortal woman, ripped to pieces by the Titans as a baby, doomed to die by being ripped to pieces every year & to be reborn again in the spring.
- 15. A type of column found in ancient Greek buildings known for having volutes, or spiral scroll-like decorations on top, originated in Ionia, used in the US Supreme Court Building’s grand Court Chamber, the Old Senate Chamber in the US Capitol Building & Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, on of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- 17. King of Macedonia, second Macedonian king to have his name, father of Alexander the Great
- 18. Patron God or Goddess of Athens