Across
- 4. King of Macedonia who conquered Greece
- 5. Government ruled by a small group of noble families
- 6. Greek thinker who explored truth and justice and developed a method of questioning and answering
- 10. War where Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies
- 11. Government ruled by a few powerful people
- 13. Light and amusing play that may poke fun at serious subjects
- 17. Side-by-side fighting formation of Greek foot soldiers
- 18. Member of a group who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 BC
- 22. Huge bronze statue that is considered one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World
- 23. Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
- 26. Philip II's son who established a huge empire
- 28. Peasant forced to stay on the land
- 30. Government ruled by a king or queen
- 31. Form of government where citizens rule directly
- 32. Persian King
- 33. Serious drama dealing with themes like love, hate, war, or betrayal
Down
- 1. Art in which harmony, order, and balance were emphasized
- 2. Thinker who uses logic and reason to explore life's important questions
- 3. The culture that blended Greek with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences
- 4. Wars between Greece and the Persian Empire
- 7. Greek mathematician and pioneer in geometry
- 8. Traditional story that explains why the world is the way it is
- 9. Plato's student who developed a method for testing and organizing ideas
- 12. City-state of ancient Greece
- 14. Rule by the people
- 15. Greek scientist, inventor, and mathematician
- 16. These were often accompanied by lyre music and dealt with emotions and desires
- 19. Egyptian city that was the center of Hellenistic culture
- 20. Socrates's student who wrote the Republic, a view of the ideal society
- 21. Member of a group of people who migrated into the Greek mainland
- 24. Kingdom located just north of Greece
- 25. War where the Mycenaeans attacked the city of Troy
- 26. Fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city
- 27. Heroic story told in the form of a long poem
- 29. Powerful ruler who gained control of a city-state's government by asking the common people for support
