Across
- 3. Philosopher and advisor to Scipio whose analysis on checks and balances would influence the development of the US Constitution.
- 5. King of Athens during the Peloponnesian War.
- 6. Final battle in the Greek War of Independence, where Aslan Bey surrendered all land to the Spercheios River in exchange for the Ottoman troops to be able to flee.
- 9. Herodotus' account of the past, both fiction and fact, commonly considered to be the first book of history.
- 13. Sophocles' play about a king who murdered his father and married his mother.
- 15. Beach home to a smugglers' ship that ran aground.
- 16. "The Father of Geometry"
- 17. Battle that drove the Persian army, led by Mardonius, from Greece.
- 19. Important shipping center due to its proximity to Greece's agricultural areas. It is built on the city of Iolkos, birthplace of Jason.
- 20. Battle in which the Spartans, led by Leonidas I, and their allies, sacrificed themselves in an unsuccessful bid to save Athens from the Persian army.
- 25. Ancient town that was home to an oracle.
- 26. Physician who discovered uterine cancer cells.
- 27. Byzantine fortress abandoned by the 1830s.
- 28. Doctors are instructed to take his oath.
- 30. Massacre of Greek civilians by Ottoman forces.
- 31. Largest city in Crete.
- 33. Greece's "Gate to the West," important in trade with the rest of Europe.
- 34. His school was known as "The Garden," and he advocated for a life based on simple pleasures, moderation, and free will.
- 36. Shipping magnate who owned the Monte Carlo casino in Monaco and married a future First Lady.
- 39. Volcanic island known for its sunsets...and overtourism.
- 41. Dish that can use either eggplants or potatoes as the base.
- 43. Largest city in Northern Greece.
- 44. Temple to Athena that suffered major damage in a battle between Venetian and Ottoman forces.
- 45. One of the most important ports in the world.
- 47. Best known for his formula, he also founded a cult and killed a student for discovering imaginary numbers.
- 48. City once home to a colossus.
- 49. Actress known for her calls to return the Elgin Marbles, stolen by the British, to Greece.
- 50. Island that was the birthplace of Artemis and Apollo.
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- 1. Also known as "The Red Tower," as it held Ottoman prisoners who would be brutally tortured.
- 2. This book, written by Nikos Kazantzakis, features a young intellectual leaving the mainland with a sixty-year-old man.
- 4. Longest gorge in Europe.
- 7. Macedonian king who conquered all of Greece, Egypt, and Persia.
- 8. Philosopher who was noted for living in a barrel and tossing a plucked chicken at Plato to disprove his ideas of animal classification.
- 10. Egg-shaped desert usually prepared on Christmas.
- 11. City besieged by the Greeks in their War of Independence, and later by Muhammad Ali of Egypt when he was trying to take the country.
- 12. Ancient city that was the first to speak a recognizable form of Greek; birthplace of Agamemnon in the Iliad.
- 14. Ancient Greek dish made with ground-up walnuts, almonds, olive oil, and garlic.
- 18. First person (that we know of) to accurately guess the earth's circumference.
- 20. Founder of Rebetiko, aka "The Greek Blues."
- 21. Sporting competition that originated in Olympia, now having been hosted by 23 countries on five continents both past and present.
- 22. Greek pasta dish made with ground meat and Bechamel, a French sauce.
- 23. Gladiator who led a slave revolt against the Roman Empire, defeated by Crassus.
- 24. Numerous Orthodox monasteries lie on massive rock pillars at this site.
- 29. Poet from Lesbos from whom the word for female-on-female attraction derives.
- 32. According to Stephen of Byzantium, this city was founded by Acrisius, grandfather of Perseus.
- 35. This lagoon serves as a habitat for loggerhead sea turtles and the Mediterranean Monk Seal.
- 37. The "Grand Canyon of Greece."
- 38. Philosopher who was ordered to drink hemlock poison.
- 40. Dionysus travels to the underworld to resurrect the tragedian Euripedes in this comedy by Aristophenes.
- 42. Palace of the Minoan royalty.
- 46. Capital of Greece.