Ancient Greece Vocabulary

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  1. 4. A story without an author that is passed along and is usually intended to teach a lesson, or something that is untrue
  2. 5. Something very bad has happened
  3. 8. Slaves in Sparta
  4. 9. All citizens can participate directly in the government
  5. 12. King of Macedon who defeated a Greek coalition at Chaeronea
  6. 13. Type of government in which only a few people have power
  7. 14. Greek word for city-state
  8. 16. City on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt founded by Alexander
  9. 17. Greek philosopher whose indefatigable search for ethical knowledge challenged conventional mores and led to his trial and execution on charges of impiety and corrupting the youth
  10. 18. Greek philosopher noted for his many written dialogues
Down
  1. 1. Long poem that tells a story
  2. 2. A play, film or book that has a happy ending or any entertainment or amusement that is funny
  3. 3. Type of government that is ruled by a single person
  4. 6. A person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline
  5. 7. Greek-like
  6. 10. Something special. It is the art of ancient Greece and Rome
  7. 11. A ruling class made up of people with royal blood
  8. 14. Group of warriors who stood close together in a square
  9. 15. Philosopher who taught Alexander the Great and was more interested on how things are than how he would want them to be