Mrs. Walton Name_________________________________________ CW Greek Culture ACROSS 1 Greek historian who took a scientific approach to his history of the Peloponnesian wars. 5 After this battle of the first Persian war the Greek runner Phiddipidies ran 26.2 miles to tell Athens of the victory. 6 Rule by the rich upper-class landowners. The second stage of Athenian government. 9 Blind poet who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey. 11 A Greek foot soldier. 12 The Greeks worked together in two wars to battle this empire. 13 The Greek father of history. He wrote "The Histories" which was about the Persian Wars. 16 This man and his followers found the formula for right triangles. 18 Rule by people who take power and make reforms/changes, the third stage of Athenian government. 20 Government where people can vote. This form of government was expanded by Pericles so more men could participate. 21
22 The father of Medicine. 23 Greek theatre began from the worship of this god. 24 Greek playwright who wrote "Oedipus Rex" 25 Father of Geometry. DOWN 1 The Iliad is about this war. 2
8 The two areas of Greek theatre are ______________ and Comedy. 10 Greek philosopher who was the student of Plato. He founded the Lyceum and was the tutor of Alexander the Great. 12 the fighting formation or method of the Greeks. 14 Rule by a king of queen, the first stage of Athenian government. 15 Ruler during the golden age of Athens. 17 Greek Scientist and Mathematician who found the formulas for volume of many geometric figures. He also worked with levers, pulleys, and water displacement. Eureka! 19 Temple built in Athens by Pericles, dedicated to the goddess Athena. 23
3 Greek philosopher, student of Socrates. Believed in a world of forms and wrote "The Republic" 4 Greek philosopher who said, "Know Thyself" and was put to death for corrupting the youth of Athens. 7 This polis was the cultural center of Greece. WORD BANK: Archimedes, aristocracy, Aristotle, Athens, Corinthian, democracy, Dionysus, Doric, Euclid, Herodotus, Hippocrates, Homer, hoplite, ionic, marathon, monarchy, Parthenon, Pericles, Persian, phalanx, Plato, Pythagoras, Socrates, Sophocles, Thucydides, tragedy, Trojan War, tyranny.
