Ancient Greece

2. Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet.
4. Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.
6. Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
7. long poetic composition centered around a hero.
10. Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
14. Greek geometrician and educator at Alexandria.
17. Military formation of foot soldiers using spears.
18. Greek physician, the "Father of Medicine".
19. Greek philosopher.
21. Author of the Iliad and Odyssey.
22. An ancient Greek city-state.
24. Greek mathematician and astronomer at Alexandria.
26. Sovereignty held by one person.
27. Greek sculptor.
28. Ancient city of Greece famous for strict discipline & training of soldiers.

1. A heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
3. A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class.
5. Athenian philosopher.
8. A traditional or legendary story centered around a hero, deity or demigod.
9. The lowest class of ancient Laconia. Serfs who belonged to the state.
11. Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor: discovered the principles of specific gravity and of the lever.
12. A seaport in N Egypt, in the Nile delta: founded in 332 b.c. by Alexander the Great; an ancient center of learning.
13. The citadel of Athens and site of the Parthenon.
15. A mountain pass in eastern Greece, site of Spartan defeat.
16. A city and the capitol of ancient Greece.
20. A class of citizens holding exceptional privilege and rank, especially nobility.
21. A Greek historian.
23. Greek historian.
25. A ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.
27. Wars A series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.