Greek Crossword

3. an action taken to isolate an enemy and cut off its supplies
5. plays that made fun of well-known citizens and politicians and also made jokes about the customs of the day
10. the Greek Island where the Minoans first lived on
11. members of rich and powerful families
12. sacred sites where a god or goddess was consulted
13. a regular payment made to a powerful state or nation by a weaker one
15. a group of people that came after the Minoans; and they developed a culture
16. the fortified, or strengthened, hill of an ancient Greek city
17. major landforms of Greece
19. horse a fake horse used to trick the Trojans; causing a lost war

1. a ruler who takes power by force
2. an area of land almost completely surrounded by water and connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land
4. believed that people could use the powers of the mind and reason to understand natural events
6. a wealthy man in Athens that helped create a democracy
7. the Father of Geometry, wrote a book called Elements, likely the the most famous mathematical textbook in history
8. the king of all Greek gods
9. a temple to the goddess Athena
13. a type of serious drama that usually ends in disaster for the main character
14. a type of government in which the citizens rule themselves
18. a city state in Greece devoted to war