Greek words

3. A political body of old men, present within the Spartan system
7. A political union of cities led by a prominent military power
11. A colloquial way to describe an elite person
12. A difficult term to translate that means something like honor
14. A stomach or womb
16. A journey into a land or country, usually away from the sea
17. A journey away from the center of a land or country, usually towards the sea
19. A socially sanctioned system of courtship in which older men pursue younger boys
21. A league of cities ruled absolutely by a single community or city
22. A political space that often hosted feasts and other events, which is often considered the political heart of a city
23. A return journey, most famously used to describe Odysseus’ odyssey

1. The Greek word for a city-state
2. The period of about fifty years between the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War
4. A type of government in which a single individual holds the most power
5. The people
6. An ethnic distinction to describe people from central and southern Greece, such as the Peloponnesians
8. A type of government in which the people hold the most power
9. A type of government in which a select and limited group of people holds the most power
10. An ethnic identity
13. An ethnic distinction to describe people from Asia Minor and the Greek islands
15. A Greek term to describe civil war
18. A difficult term to translate that means bravery or goodness
20. A non-Greek person, commonly used to describe the Persians