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Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland (6)
  2. 7. A resident of ___ (7)
  3. 8. A large mass of land projecting into a body of water (9)
  4. 9. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds (4)
  5. 10. A belief accepted as authoritative by some group or school (10)
  6. 11. A place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person (6)
  7. 13. A privileged class holding hereditary titles (11)
  8. 15. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (5)

Down

  1. 1. An event resulting in great loss and misfortune (7)
  2. 2. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen (8)
  3. 3. Relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization (11)
  4. 5. An authoritative person who divines the future (6)
  5. 6. Someone who supports or champions something (7)
  6. 12. In ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it (6)
  7. 13. The marketplace in ancient Greece (5)
  8. 14. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending (6)