Ancient Greece

2. an early city-state of Greece
3. goddess of love and beauty
6. a part of the Greek peninsula
7. king of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus
8. when the greeks and the people of Troy fought
13. a government by the people
15. a city state located in the southern part of Greece, opposite of Athens
17. island in the eastern Mediterranean sea, the center of the Minoan civilization
18. sea the sea that separates western Greece from southeastern Italy

1. a famous Greek thinker
2. sea a large body of water bordered by Europe, Asia, and Africa
4. ancient Athenian leader who strove to make Athens the center of art and literature and who was responsible for building the Parthenon
5. legendary king of the Minoan civilization
9. city-state that was the best example of ancient Greek democracy, the captital of modern Greece
10. Greek city-state that defeated Sparta
11. an area of ancient Greece where the Olympic Games were first held
12. ancient Greek poet who composed two poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey about the Trojan War
14. sea the sea that separates Greece from the Asia Minor
16. a city on the western coast of the Asia Minor, site of the legendary Trojan War