The Rise and Fall of Ancient Greece

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Across
  1. 1. Thinker who seeks to understand and explain life
  2. 4. Greek physician who studied the causes of illnesses and looked for cures
  3. 5. Highest point of each city-state
  4. 6. Areas dedicated to honor the gods
  5. 9. Alliance formed by Sparta to combat the power of Athens
  6. 12. First major victory for the Athenians during the Persian Wars
  7. 13. Major city built in Egypt that shared a name with many other cities throughout the Hellenistic empire
  8. 15. Greek god of war
  9. 17. Independent Greek city-states
  10. 18. Greek epic that details the journey of Achilles during the Trojan War
  11. 20. Rule by land holding elite
  12. 21. Art of skillful speaking
  13. 26. Temple built to honor the goddess Athena
  14. 27. Citizens take part directly in government affairs
  15. 28. Panel of citizens with authority to make the final judgement in a trial
  16. 30. Head god of the Greek pantheon
  17. 31. Greek kingdom that took control following the Peloponnesian War
  18. 34. Coastal city-state with a powerful navy
  19. 36. Tactical formation of armed foot soldiers
  20. 37. Greek philosopher who started the Lyceum to study all types of knowledge
  21. 38. Narrow water passages
  22. 39. Fixed salary paid to government employees
  23. 41. Minoan Palaces
  24. 44. Writer of the Iliad and Odyssey
  25. 45. Formal agreement between two or more nations to cooperate and come to another's defense
Down
  1. 2. Greek Epic that details the journey of a Greek generals journey home from the Trojan War
  2. 3. Greek ruler that was undefeated in battle and expanded his empire as far East as India
  3. 4. Greek historian known as the 'Father of History'
  4. 5. Combination of cultures through absorption of their ideas and customs
  5. 7. Watercolor paintings done on wet plaster
  6. 8. To banish or send away a public figure who threatened democracy
  7. 10. Murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons
  8. 11. Hereditary ruler has central power
  9. 14. Alliance formed by Athens during the Persian Wars
  10. 16. Greek philosopher who started a method to question citizens about their beliefs and traditions
  11. 19. Greek stories that were about human suffering that usually ended in disaster
  12. 22. Island where Greek culture is believed to have had its earliest beginnings
  13. 23. Priests or priestesses through which the gods speak
  14. 24. Free residents of each Greek city-state
  15. 25. Sun-centered theory that states the sun was the centered of the solar system
  16. 26. Greek figure who derived a formula to calculate the relationship between the sides of a right triangle
  17. 29. War between Mycenaea and Troy that might be a myth
  18. 32. Leader of Athens that led the city-state into its 'golden age'
  19. 33. Large outdoor theater
  20. 35. Greek philosopher who wrote about what type of society was more ideal by dividing society into three classes
  21. 40. Greek stories that were about humorous events that normally mocked foreigners and their customs
  22. 42. Power by small group of wealthy elite
  23. 43. Inland city-state with a powerful land army
  24. 46. Rational thinking with reason and observation
  25. 47. Greek goddess of wisdom