Ancient Greece Crossword

A vast place that the rulers of this trading empire lived
Watercolor paintings done on wet plaster
Dorians settled and built this city-state
High city, with its great marble temples dedicated to different gods and goddesses
People who gained power by force
Lawmaking body, debated laws before deciding to approve or reject them
Areas dedicated to the honor of gods and goddesses
Narrow water passages
A poet, who lived about 750 B.C. A blind poet singing of heroic deeds.
City-state in ancient Greece
Government by the people
Free residents
A hereditary ruler exercises central power
Rule by a hereditary landholding elite
Power is in the hands of a small, wealthy elite
A massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers
Located in Attica, north of the Peloponnesus
Took place around 1250 B.C. A conflict between Mycenae and Troy
A wise and skillful leader, who led the economy to thrive and government to democracy
Studied causes of illnesses and looked for cures
Most famous Hellenistic scientist
Sun-centered, solar system
A formula to calculate the relationship between the sides of a right triangle
In the heart of the Hellenistic
absorbed, Greek ideas
Murder of a public figure usually for political reasons
Lived in Thebes, and admired Greek Culture. Hired Aristotle as a tutor for son Alexander
Architect of the Greek Culture from Mediterranean to borders of India
"Father of History
Humorous plays that mocked people or customs
Plays that told stories of human suffering that usually ended in disaster
A temple dedicated to the goddess Athena
Plato's student; analyzed all forms of government
Socrates Student
An Athenian stonemason and philosopher
The art of skillful speaking
Rational thinking
Means "Lovers of Wisdom"; thinkers that used observation and reason to find causes for events
Vote to banish, or send away, a public figure whom they saw as a threat to their democracy
Panel of citizens who have the authority to make that final judgement in a trial
Fixed salary
Citizens take part directly in the day to day affairs of government
Formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defense