Ancient Greece

2. another epic tale by Hesiod
5. steppes to Europe, India, and Southwest Asia
6. Zues' daughter and Goddess of wisdom
9. a traditional greek story
11. Homer's most famous poem
13. located in southern Greece on a steep, rocky ridge and surrounded by a protective wall
16. Around 1200 B.C., sea ____ attacked and burned many Mycenaean cities.
17. a government ruled by a king
19. a narrative poem told by Homer
21. A people who lived on the large Greek island of Crete
22. The ____ War lasted ten years
23. Greek soldiers hid inside a hollow wooden
24. Zues' wife's name
26. a fortified hilltop where people discussed government

1. The fundamental political unit in Ancient Greece
3. meaning virtue and elegance
4. Someone who sails a boat
7. Greeks appear to have temporarily lost the art of writing during the ______ Age.
8. A Sea on the Southern side of Crete
10. a blind man who told stories
12. the ruler of the greek gods
14. Sometime after 1500 B.C., through either trade or war, the Mycenaeans came into contact with this other civilization
15. a government ruled by a few powerful people
17. A large wave of Indo-Europeans migrated from the
18. One of Homer's Iliad characters
20. The third most important environmental influence on greek civilizations
25. Mount _____ home of the greek gods