Across
- 2. a heavy wooden shield used by the infantry in various periods of ancient Greece
- 3. a word for Greek-like
- 7. a person who has the right to participate in government
- 8. the training young male Spartans received for war
- 11. the interval between the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization, around 1200 BC, and the Greek Archaic Period, around 800 BC
- 12. a government in which only a few people have power
- 13. a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece
- 14. a formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion
- 16. the citizens elect officials to represent them in the government
- 19. the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence
- 20. a rich landowner
- 22. a group of warriors who stood close together in a square
- 23. another word for a slave
- 24. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country
Down
- 1. a staple soup made of boiled pigs legs, blood, salt, and vinegar
- 4. a public open space used for assemblies and markets
- 5. an ancient Greek or Roman war galley with three banks of oars
- 6. all citizens in Athens could participate directly in government
- 8. a high hill that usually has a strong fortress on top of it
- 9. governors that ruled the provinces
- 10. one of five senior Spartan magistrates
- 14. to exclude from a society or group
- 15. a type of government in which people rule themselves
- 17. a member of a Hellenic people speaking the Doric dialect of Greek
- 18. a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium
- 19. the Greek word for a city-state
- 21. a leader who help power through the use of force