Ancient Greece

4. Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
5. A seaport in N Egypt, in the Nile delta: founded in 332 b.c. by Alexander the Great; an ancient center of learning.
8. A city and the capitol of ancient Greece.
9. Greek physician, the "Father of Medicine".
11. A Greek historian.
13. A traditional or legendary story centered around a hero, deity or demigod.
15. Military formation of foot soldiers using spears.
16. Greek geometrician and educator at Alexandria.
19. Wars A series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.
20. A class of citizens holding exceptional privilege and rank, especially nobility.
22. A heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
23. The lowest class of ancient Laconia. Serfs who belonged to the state.
26. Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor: discovered the principles of specific gravity and of the lever.
28. Ancient city of Greece famous for strict discipline & training of soldiers.
30. Greek philosopher.

1. Sovereignty held by one person.
2. Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.
3. A ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.
6. Greek mathematician and astronomer at Alexandria.
7. Greek historian.
10. Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
12. A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class.
14. The citadel of Athens and site of the Parthenon.
17. Athenian philosopher.
18. A mountain pass in eastern Greece, site of Spartan defeat.
21. Author of the Iliad and Odyssey.
24. long poetic composition centered around a hero.
25. Greek sculptor.
27. Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet.
29. An ancient Greek city-state.