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Iliad/Odyssey |
These were stories that were written by Homer. The Iliad was a source of information about the Trojan War and the Odyssey was a story about Odysseus and his adventure about getting back home after the fall of his home city Troy. |
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tyrants |
a king who came into power in an ancient Greek polis in an unlawful way and did not rule according to the law. |
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Xerxes |
a Persian emperor who attacked Greece. Xerxes was Darius's successor also. |
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Pericles |
An Athenian leader who was known for promoting democracy. |
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Herodotus |
A Greek historian who wrote about the Persian Wars. |
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Socrates |
A stonemason who believed that the goal of education is to improve the individual. His approach is known as the Socratic method which was a question-and-answer technique. |
