Across
- 4. Was a philosopher who questioned the nature of the world
- 5. form of ancient theatre that emerged in Athens and used humor, satire
- 7. serious drama about common theme such as love or hate
- 9. Most powerful fighting force in ancient world
- 10. Wars War between Greece and Persian Empire
- 11. A member of a Hellenic people speaking the Doric dialect of Greek
- 14. Meaning "lovers of wisdom"
- 15. A government where a single, hereditary ruler, usually a king
- 17. Ruled by the people
- 22. An independent city-state,
- 23. A legendary Bronze Age conflict fought between the Achaeans (Greeks) and the city of Troy
Down
- 1. form of government where political power was held by a small, privileged group of individuals
- 2. Democracy no government to rule the citizens ruled over city
- 3. An inhabitant of Mycenae
- 6. war that was between to city-states
- 8. a ruler who seized power illegally, often with popular support, to overthrow an existing aristocratic or oligarchic regime, rather than a modern definition of a cruel and oppressive ruler
- 12. Ancient Greek Poet
- 13. Critic of the sophists
- 15. a story
- 16. peasants forced to stay on the land they worked
- 18. A long poem
- 19. To Portray ideal beauty not realism art
- 20. A fortified hilltop serving as the religious, political, and cultural heart of an ancient Greek city
- 21. ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Western philosophy
