Chapter Five Vocab Crossword

"Founder of Medicine" During the Golden Age in Greece he was a scientist that believed all diseases came from natural causes. He also had high ideals for physicians & an oath was made that is still used today.
was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic, and moral decline in archaic Athens.
was a rectangular mass military formation
A large temple dedicated to the goddess Athena on the Acropolis in Greece.
a leader who held power through the use of force
any citadel or complex built on a high hill.
A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society
A government ruled by a king or queen
An ancient Greek city-state and rival of Athens
A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
enslaved people in ancient Sparta
A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.
form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class.
the typical structure of a community in the ancient Greek world
a famous battle in 480 BC, where the Persians attacked the Spartans, battle held in a mountain pass
A government ruled by a few powerful people
A citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek City-states. They were primarily armed as spear-men.
Greek Historian, considered the father of History. He came from a Greek community in Anatolia and traveled extensively, collecting information in western Asia and the Mediterranean lands.
A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato
The head librarian at Alexandria during the third century B.C.; he was one of the first cartographers. Performed a remarkably accurate computation of the earth's circumference. He is also credited with coining the term "geography."
(287-212 BCE) Greek mathematician and inventor. He wrote works on plane and solid geometry, arithmetic, and mechanics. He is best known for the lever and pulley.
Athenian sculptor who supervise the building of the Parthenon. built a statue of zeus at olympia was one of the seven wonders of the world
(circa 300 BCE), Greek mathematician. Considered to be the father of modern geomertry.
Alexandrian astronomer who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until Copernicus (2nd century AD)
Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex
Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great.
(470-399 BCE) An Athenian philosopher who thought that human beings could lead honest lives and that honor was far more important than wealth, fame, or other superficial attributes.Plato was his most famous student and would teach Aristotle who would then tutor Alexander the Great
A series of wars between the Greeks (mainly Athens) and the Persians in which the Greeks were usually victorious.
Greek historian. Considered the greatest historian of antiquity, he wrote a critical history of the Peloponnesian War that contains the funeral oration of Pericles
Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem
(430-347 BCE) Was a disciple of Socrates whose cornerstone of thought was his theory of Forms, in which there was another world of perfection.
City in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great, center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization