Ancient Greece Crossword

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  1. 5. king of Macedonia; conquered a majority of Greece after the Peloponnesian War
  2. 6. author of Oedipus Rex
  3. 7. discovered the Pythagorean theorem
  4. 9. author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
  5. 10. city-state of Greece whose navy defeated the Persians
  6. 12. greatest of ancient Greek historians and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, first recorded history
  7. 15. a body of troops standing or moving in close formation
  8. 17. was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer
  9. 18. a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution; government of Sparta
  10. 19. classical age in Greece that has given us the great monuments, art, philosophy, architecture and literature
  11. 23. built on the acropolis at Athens in the fifth century b.c.
  12. 24. warrior society in ancient Greece that reached the height of its power after defeating rival city-state Athens in the Peloponnesian War
  13. 25. father of tragedy; author of Oresteia
  14. 27. greek city-state
  15. 28. student of Socrates and later became the teacher of Aristotle; wrote The Republic
  16. 29. was an Athenian ruler who expanded democracy in Athens
  17. 30. a form of democracy in which every person's vote is counted; form of government in Athens
  18. 31. a form of government in which power is held by the nobility; second government of Athens
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  1. 1. Greek philosopher who was the teacher of Plato; invented the Socratic Method
  2. 2. father of medicine
  3. 3. a cruel and oppressive ruler but in the case of Athens someone who wanted reform
  4. 4. a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.
  5. 8. king of Macedonia who conquered the Persian empire and Egypt
  6. 11. "father of geometry"
  7. 13. father of history
  8. 14. tyrant who implemented written code in Athens
  9. 15. wars fought between Greece and Persia in the 5th century BC, in which the Persians sought to extend their territory over the Greek world
  10. 16. student of Plato who is responsible for the creation of the Scientific Method
  11. 20. a war between Athens and Sparta, 431-404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of power in Greece from Athens to Sparta
  12. 21. Greek sculptor, painter, and architect, sculpted statue of Athena
  13. 22. was an alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens
  14. 26. a form of government with a monarch (king or queen) at the head; first government of Athens