Across
- 3. thr city-state that was the first to develop democracy
- 6. Stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
- 7. A government in which people rule themselves
- 9. the Greek ruler that first brought democracy to Athens
- 10. A leader who holds power through force
- 11. the first Olympics were held in honor of this god
- 12. the geographical feature that that changed the way Greeks traveled
- 14. one of the cities that began as a Greek colony
- 15. a famous Greek fable writer who wrote the Boy Who Cried Wolf
- 16. The sea that lies EAST of Greece
Down
- 1. The Greek word for city-state
- 2. Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
- 3. this is why Greeks visited the oracle at Delphi
- 4. the geographical feature that covers most of Greece
- 5. Rich landowners
- 6. considered to be the first Greeks and spoke the Greek language
- 8. The tyrant who ruled Athens
- 9. The island the Minoans lived on
- 13. the famous epic poem that tells of the last years of the Trojan War
- 17. a marketplace used also for trade and meetings