Greece Crossword (Extra Credit)

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  1. 3. The Persian War was fought partly over control of this sea
  2. 5. Earliest Greek playwright known for his tragedies
  3. 6. Alliance formed between Sparta and other city-states
  4. 7. Athens and Sparta fought against each other, Sparta won, but they were both weakened.
  5. 9. Undefeated general who conquered Persia and spread Greek culture. He was tutored by Aristotle.
  6. 11. Battle in the Persian war where Athens won and Pheidippides ran news of victory approximately 26 miles to Athens.
  7. 14. Macedonian king who conquered Greece after the Peloponnesian war. Alexander's father.
  8. 15. Greek playwright whose most famous play was Oedipus Rex.
  9. 20. Sea Battle in the Persian wars and resulted in a Greece victory.
  10. 22. A column with a base and a scroll-shaped capital
  11. 25. Type of government in Athens in which all citizens voted on the laws and major government decisions.
  12. 26. Famous temple in Greece, located on the acropolis in Athens with a statue of Athena inside.
  13. 28. Greek city-state, located on the Balkan Peninsula, known for its focus on literature and education.
  14. 29. Spartan slaves who did all of the farming
  15. 31. Queen of the Gods and Zeus' wife. Known for her jealousy.
  16. 34. Greek scientist who estimated the value of Pi and invented a water-lifting screw
  17. 36. A government ruled by a few or a small group. Sparta had one.
  18. 37. Country north of Greece that conquered Greece under Philip II
  19. 39. Free adult males in Greek city states. In Athens they could vote.
  20. 40. City in Asia Minor where Greeks defeated the Trojans according to the Iliad
  21. 41. Greek goddess of love and beauty
  22. 42. very plain column with no decorations.
  23. 43. Greek mathematician best known for his geometric theorem for right triangles
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  1. 1. Philosopher who was known for asking questions and who drank poison after being condemned for corrupting the youth of Greece.
  2. 2. Athens and Sparta were allies against a common enemy for control of the Aegean Sea. Greece won.
  3. 4. Greek sculptor who sculpted the statute of Athena inside the Parthenon.
  4. 8. Greek ruler known for extending democracy in Athens and building the Parthenon during Greece’s golden age
  5. 10. King of the Gods
  6. 12. Greek scientist and father of medicine. Doctors today take an oath named after him.
  7. 13. Athens and its allied city-states
  8. 16. A Greek city-state known for its militaristic society, located on the Peloponnesus Peninsula.
  9. 17. Philosopher who was tutored by Socrates and who wrote the Republic (which described a perfect government).
  10. 18. Philosopher credited with the Scientific Method and for tutoring Alexander the Great. His teacher was Plato.
  11. 19. Greek poet known for the Iliad and the Odyssey
  12. 21. the most decorative type of Greek column.
  13. 23. Greek god of the Sun
  14. 24. Culture created by Alexander the Great which included a blend of Greek culture with Persian and Asian elements.
  15. 27. Goddess of the Hunt and the Moon.
  16. 30. Greek historian who wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War.
  17. 31. Greek culture
  18. 32. Greek historian known as the "father of history" and who wrote about the Persian Wars.
  19. 33. Greek mathematician known as the father of Geometry.
  20. 35. Government in which the rich people rule.
  21. 38. Goddess of wisdom.