Crossword Battles - Unit 3 - Ancient Greece

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  1. 2. recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more
  2. 5. the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous
  3. 7. Greek god of war and courage / one of the Twelve Olympians and the son of Zeus and Hera
  4. 9. an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva / was regarded as the patron and protectress of various cities across Greece, particularly the city of Athens
  5. 11. culture that represents the fusion of the ancient Greek world with Mesopotamia, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian cultures after Alexander's conquests
  6. 13. kingdom located in the north of Greece / home to Philip II and his son, Alexander / known for its military might
  7. 14. tutored by Aristotle / king of Macedon / created an empire that stretched from Macedon to Egypt and from Greece to part of India
  8. 15. one of the most dominant of all the Greek city-states / most remembered for its athletic and militaristic values / controlled the Peloponnese and forced fellow Greeks to work as agricultural laborers called helots
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  1. 1. city where democracy was invented / largest and most influential of the Greek city-states / named after the Greek goddess of wisdom
  2. 3. empire that invaded Greece in a series of conflicts from 499 to 449 BCE / this empire was later conquered by Alexander the Great
  3. 4. epic poem that tells the story of Odysseus trying to get home after the Trojan War
  4. 5. pertaining to Greece and to Greek culture
  5. 6. Homer's epic poem about the Trojan War and the wrath of the Greek hero Achilles
  6. 8. the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus
  7. 10. Greek poet credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey - two epic poems that are the foundational works of Greek literature
  8. 12. legendary conflict between the early Greeks and the people of Troy in western Anatolia / one of the most important events in Greek mythology and narrated through many works of Greek literature - most notably Homer's Iliad