The Early Greek World

3. the Greek word for "city-state"
6. "goddess of beauty and love"
7. "goddess of the hunt, animals, and moon"
11. "goddess of marriage and children
12. Greek religion was _______, as they believed in many gods and goddesses
13. the city of Athens is credited with giving the free world the political concept of ________
14. "goddess of wisdom" patron goddess of Athens
16. the Greek term for "rule of a king"
17. "god of the sun, music, and prophecy
18. Athenian law giver that created HARSH "Draconian" laws for the people

1. this city-state was known for its militarism...focus on building Greece's best warriors
2. Athenian law giver that reformed laws for the people, not as harsh as Draco
4. the epic written by Homer about the Trojan War
5. "king of the gods"
6. the Greeks copied "this" from the Phoenicians...the Romans would later copy them
8. the Greeks viewed themselves as _______ of their state, NOT subjects that merely obey
9. the first true Greeks, warrior people that spoke Greek, conquered the Minoans
10. the Greek political term for "rule of one man" (not a king)
11. the supposed author of the Iliad, the epic concerning the Trojan War
15. the Greek political term for the "rule of a few" or a small group of men
16. the "pre-Greeks," trading people centered on the island of Crete