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- 3. the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets
- 4. A Greek hero of the trojan war, said to be a demigod
- 8. a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity
- 10. an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90 kilometres (56 miles) southwest of Athens, in the north-eastern Peloponnese
- 12. a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
- 16. the period of Greek history from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean palatial civilization around 1200 BC, to the first signs of the Greek poleis in the 9th century BC.
- 18. a noble Athenian of the Alcmaeonid family. He is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing
- 20. Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama
- 23. was an association of Greek city-states was an association of Greek city-states
- 24. an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey
- 25. ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle
- 27. an ancient region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey
- 28. ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War
- 29. Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the Moon and sun
- 31. an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC
- 34. an ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus
- 36. the largest and most populous of the Greek islands
- 37. an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC, known for the battle of thermopylae
- 38. the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena
- 41. Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry
- 42. Alexander: king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria
- 45. a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
- 46. Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician
- 49. an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas
- 53. the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing
- 55. son of Louis VII whose reign as king of France saw wars with the English that regained control of Normandy and Anjou and most of Poitou
- 58. a port city on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt founded in 331 BCE by Alexander the Great
- 59. an ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium
- 60. a paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in ancient Greece, associated in popular thought with moral skepticism and specious reasoning.
- 61. A sequal in essence to the Iliad, by Homer
- 62. one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece
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- 1. Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon
- 2. the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and is considered Europe's oldest city
- 4. one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great
- 5. one of the four major Greek ethnē into which the Greeks, or Hellenes, of the ancient period considered themselves divided
- 6. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- 7. an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus
- 9. king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon
- 11. a body of troops or police officers, standing or moving in close formation.
- 13. a Bronze Age civilization that arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC
- 14. a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods
- 15. a port city on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt founded in 331 BCE by Alexander the Great
- 17. this notion of excellence was ultimately bound up with the notion of the fulfillment of purpose or function: the act of living up to one's full potential.
- 19. the largest and second most populous Greek region
- 21. a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
- 22. a public open space used for assemblies and markets.
- 26. one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece
- 29. one of five senior Spartan magistrates.
- 30. ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon
- 32. was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "Father of Geometry"
- 33. the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived
- 35. the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, esp.
- 37. a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students
- 39. a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece
- 40. a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land
- 43. a form of democracy in which people decide policy initiatives directly
- 44. They didn't travel much
- 47. an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea
- 48. king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated
- 50. a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill.
- 51. A cruel and oppressive ruler
- 52. temporary banishment from a city by popular vote.
- 53. a member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens
- 54. the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets, written by Homer
- 56. means city in Greek
- 57. a form of theatre
- 60. a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs