Across
- 6. Island where the Minoan civilization esxisted
- 7. stories about gods that explain how the world works
- 8. When Greeks didn't have to fight invaders they began getting some of these
- 12. A government made up of aristocrats
- 17. goddess of love
- 19. type of government in which people rule themselves
- 20. It is believed that the Minoans built very good ones
- 21. Greece is located in this type of landform
- 22. they could not vote
- 23. he fought the hydra
- 26. In this type of democracy the people choose a person who will speak for them
- 28. She wrote beautiful poems
- 31. Peisistratus was one of these
- 32. god of metalworking
- 34. stories which teach people lessons and include animal characters
- 35. This was the market and a meeting place
- 37. This natural disaster could have ended the Minoan civilization
- 38. this group could not vote either
- 39. goddess of the hearth
- 41. people who had the right to participate in government
- 42. This sea is the one that the Greeks considered theirs
- 44. queen of the gods
- 45. the Greek word for city-state
Down
- 1. he sailed across the seas in search of a great treasure
- 2. This was located on a high hill
- 3. Greeks went there to speak to the oracle
- 4. goddess of agriculture
- 5. goddess of the moon
- 9. king of gods
- 10. god of celebration
- 11. rich land owners
- 13. Some say he is the father of democracy
- 14. god of the sun
- 15. They took over Greece when the MInoan civilization declined
- 16. In this type of democracy, people vote by raising hands
- 18. They did not speak Greek
- 24. goddess of wisdom
- 25. god of the underworld
- 27. Athens reached its height under his rule
- 29. god of the sea
- 30. He made laws that were better and gave some rights to the common citizens
- 33. He made very strict and cruel laws for Athens
- 36. Greece was never one of these
- 39. he wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
- 40. god of war
- 43. his fables are still famous