Ancient Greece

2. Author of the Iliad and Odyssey.
3. Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet.
4. Wars A series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.
6. A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class.
9. Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
12. Athenian philosopher.
17. Greek historian.
19. Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
22. Greek physician, the "Father of Medicine".
24. Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.
26. Greek philosopher.
27. Greek mathematician and astronomer at Alexandria.
28. A traditional or legendary story centered around a hero, deity or demigod.
29. An ancient Greek city-state.

1. The lowest class of ancient Laconia. Serfs who belonged to the state.
5. A seaport in N Egypt, in the Nile delta: founded in 332 b.c. by Alexander the Great; an ancient center of learning.
7. The citadel of Athens and site of the Parthenon.
8. Greek sculptor.
10. Sovereignty held by one person.
11. A heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
13. Greek geometrician and educator at Alexandria.
14. A Greek historian.
15. A mountain pass in eastern Greece, site of Spartan defeat.
16. Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor: discovered the principles of specific gravity and of the lever.
18. long poetic composition centered around a hero.
19. Military formation of foot soldiers using spears.
20. A class of citizens holding exceptional privilege and rank, especially nobility.
21. A ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.
23. Ancient city of Greece famous for strict discipline & training of soldiers.
25. A city and the capitol of ancient Greece.