Ancient-Greece-Crossword – Flashcards
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Ancient Greek marketplace
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Agora
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Ancient Olympic event
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Wrestling
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Home of the Minoans
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Knossos
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Modern country of which Athens is capital
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Greece
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Snack eaten in Greece
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Pomegranate
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Famous temple to Athens on the Acropolis
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Parthenon
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Column with two swirls at the top
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Tonic
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Five-event Olympic contest
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Pentathlon
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Long, thin pole thrown in Olympics
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Javelin
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People who conquered Athens and Sparta
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Macedonians
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Father of history
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Herodotus
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God of wine
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Dionysus
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King of the gods
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Greek - Zeus Roman - Jupiter
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Goddess of beauty and love
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Greek - Aphrodite Roman - Venus
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God of shepherds and flocks
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Pan
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God of the sea
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Greek - Poseidon Roman - Neptune
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Messenger of the gods
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Greek - Hermes Roman - Mercury
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God of sun, light, and truth
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Greek - Apollo Roman - Apollo
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Conflict between ancient Athens and Sparta
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Peloponnesian War
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Blind Greek poet
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Homer
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Ancient Greek writing instrument
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Stylus
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Fruit snack in ancient Greece
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Fig
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Style of architecture with thick, sturdy columns
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Doric
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Leader of the Stoic school of philosophy
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Zeno
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Mythological Greek who flew too close to the sun
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Icarus
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_______ Age, time of the oldest known shipwreck in the world
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Bronze
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Dominant city-state of Ancient Greece
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Athens
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_______ throw. Olympic sport
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Discuss
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______ horse (Greek military trick)
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Trojan
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Olympic prize
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Olive wreath
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German excavator of Troy
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Schliemann
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Ancient Greek philosopher; promoter of the scientific method
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Aristotle
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Bathtub scientist and pump inventor
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Archimedes
