The word list prints with the puzzle; the answer key prints on its own page.
Twelve words from the birthplace of democracy fill this medium grid — the Acropolis and its Parthenon, the agora below, and the philosophers who argued in it. With diagonals and reversed words allowed, even the oracle can't tell you which way the marathon runs.
| Y | C | R | P | N | M | U | L | O | C | O | P | N | N |
| H | O | U | I | Y | O | S | R | C | C | E | O | H | O |
| R | M | L | G | Y | E | B | R | N | O | N | A | E | O |
| R | G | C | Y | L | L | L | T | O | E | C | F | O | Y |
| E | Y | R | C | Y | O | P | N | H | U | O | A | Y | M |
| H | T | A | A | T | R | A | T | T | A | S | R | G | T |
| P | R | N | R | U | G | R | E | A | O | A | S | O | I |
| O | R | T | C | A | A | Q | O | R | L | C | P | L | S |
| S | I | L | O | P | O | R | C | A | T | C | A | O | G |
| O | L | Y | M | P | I | C | S | M | R | I | R | H | A |
| L | S | N | E | H | T | A | R | R | N | Y | T | T | T |
| I | N | E | D | A | E | A | G | O | R | A | A | Y | D |
| H | L | D | A | O | A | H | Z | D | M | T | L | M | N |
| P | H | H | O | Y | O | C | H | E | R | E | P | O | I |
| Y | C | R | P | N | M | U | L | O | C | O | P | N | N |
| H | O | U | I | Y | O | S | R | C | C | E | O | H | O |
| R | M | L | G | Y | E | B | R | N | O | N | A | E | O |
| R | G | C | Y | L | L | L | T | O | E | C | F | O | Y |
| E | Y | R | C | Y | O | P | N | H | U | O | A | Y | M |
| H | T | A | A | T | R | A | T | T | A | S | R | G | T |
| P | R | N | R | U | G | R | E | A | O | A | S | O | I |
| O | R | T | C | A | A | Q | O | R | L | C | P | L | S |
| S | I | L | O | P | O | R | C | A | T | C | A | O | G |
| O | L | Y | M | P | I | C | S | M | R | I | R | H | A |
| L | S | N | E | H | T | A | R | R | N | Y | T | T | T |
| I | N | E | D | A | E | A | G | O | R | A | A | Y | D |
| H | L | D | A | O | A | H | Z | D | M | T | L | M | N |
| P | H | H | O | Y | O | C | H | E | R | E | P | O | I |