Across
- 3. – Early traders who lived on Crete
- 10. – A fortified hilltop in a Greek city
- 11. – Storyteller famous for moral tales
- 13. – A time period marked by great achievements
- 14. – Settlement established in a distant land
- 15. democracy – System where citizens vote on laws themselves
- 17. – Warlike people who followed the Minoans
- 20. – Government ruled by a few people
- 21. – Sacred site where Greeks sought advice from gods
- 22. – Wealthy landowners who held power
- 23. – Influential Athenian leader during the height of democracy
- 24. – Government where people hold power
Down
- 1. – People with rights and responsibilities in a city-state
- 2. – Greek poet known for lyric poetry
- 3. – Stories about gods and heroes
- 4. – Person believed to communicate with the gods
- 5. – Group of citizens who decide court cases
- 6. – Short stories that teach lessons
- 7. – Land surrounded by water on three sides
- 8. – Author of epic poems like the Iliad and Odyssey
- 9. – Gathering where citizens debate and vote on laws
- 12. – A ruler who takes power by force
- 16. Age – Period of decline after Mycenaean collapse
- 18. – Leader known as the father of democracy
- 19. – Greek word for a city-state