Ancient Greece Crossword Puzzle

Ancient Greece

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In a Greek drama, the ________ was a group of men who recited lines that commented on the actions of the main characters.

one of the forms of Greek drama

Athens is considered to be this form of democracy

The city dedicated to Apollo which had a famous oracle, was known as ___________

In Athens, individual citizens_________ and voted on every issue

Euclid was famous for his creation of a book on the topic of

one of the events of the Panathenaic games in which contestants were allowed to punch, kick, and even choke eachother

Awards were given to playwrites in the following categories: ________ playwrite and comic playwright

games which honored the goddess Athena

the band of sculptures above the columns of a Greek temple or building

�Father of Medicine�

mathematician who created a famous formula regarding the length of the sides of a right triangle

Archimedes measured ____________ using water displacement

philosophers often met in the sheltered spaces on the side of the __________, or the Greek marketplace

Philosopher � Was taught by Socrates � wrote down everything he said � created the Academy (school) and wrote The Republic

In Athens, one had to be ______ in Athens to become a citizen with voting rights.

A key difference in the modern U.S. form of democracy is that citizens __________ representatives to speak for them and make laws.

Greek sculptor who designed the figures that line the frieze on the Parthenon and the statue of Athena

Greek sculptors made more realistic statues in natural poses which often showed detailed ____________

A common _____________________ shared between Athenians and modern citizens in democracies is that of pride to control your own destiny.

In the U.S. there are routes for people from other countries to become ________________.

wrote an account of the Persian Wars

In the Parthenon, Athena's statue had the carvings of two faces: Phidias and ______

first to suggest the Earth revolved around the sun

part of a system of imaginary lines first designed by Ptolemy

According to ____________, the home of the gods was Mount Olympus

The simplest style of Greek columns

the sculptures on a Greek building or temple

Philosopher � Was taught by Plato � took Socrates� method of inquiry and applied it to the sciences � Taught Alexander the Great � Studied humans, plants, & animals � Was a pioneer in Biology, Zoology, & Botany

In both Athenian democracy and our democracy today, citizens have the right to vote and serve on a _______.

As a part of his beautification plan, Pericles commissioned the construction of the __________________.

games held every four years to honor Zeus

famous for his account of the Peloponnesian Wars and for recording Pericles speeches

Philosopher � Taught by asking questions � Accused of corrupting the minds of the youth

Greek ______________ were shaped like a bowl, so that everyone could hear

The word telephone is made up of the Greek words tel, meaning 'far off,' and phone meaning '____________.'

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