Ancient Greece

6. disease that caused many deaths
8. Place where the major Greek gods lived
9. Philosopher and student of Socrates. He founded the academy, Lyceum.
11. He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
12. An intelligent general that seized the Macedonian throne in 359BC
14. Greeks developed three types of this architecture
16. Greek god of war
17. He improved conditions of the poor around 594 BC
20. An era dominated by Greek culture
21. War, War between Sparta and Athens
22. City of the birthplace of democracy
24. The city- __________ was the basic division of much of Ancient Greece. Athens and Sparta were the two largest of these.
26. A group of people who are chosen to decide guilt or innocence
27. Building at the Acropolis in Athens dedicated to the goddess Athena
30. Enemy city-state of Athens
31. Language spoken in Athens
32. Persian emperor who led the Ionian Revolt

1. Pericles guided Athens through this period
2. This group settled in mainland Greece around 2000BC
3. Leader of the Greek gods. Also, god of lightning
4. A fortress built on top of a hill at the center of Athens. Many temples to gods were built here
5. Sporting event started by the Ancient Greeks. It is held every four years today
7. Aesop was famous for these types of stories with talking animals and a moral
10. Philosopher and student of Plato. He was also a scientist and teacher to Alexander the Great.
13. One of the Greek playwrights
15. a collection of stories that explain beliefs, events, or actions
16. "Great" military leader of Greece that expanded the empire to include Egypt and much of Persia
18. government ruled by a few people
19. Unlike Greece, the United States has this type of democracy
23. long poetic stories
25. What Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were known for
28. This great civilization conquered Greece, but copied much of their culture and gods
29. The marketplace and center of commerce in Athens