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23 Cards in this Set
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Homer
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"writer" of the Iliad and the Odyssey
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Solon
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Athenian reformer who greatly increased citizenship and created land reforms
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Who was credited with creating a democratic constitution for Athens?
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Cleisthenes
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What was the name of the Athenian reformer whose laws were ultimately too harsh?
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Draco
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What was the purpose of Draco's laws?
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to limit the power of the aristocracy
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Who led Athens during its Golden Age?
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Pericles
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Who was the Athenian philosopher who taught knowledge is power and used questions and answers to achieve truths?
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Socrates
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Who wrote The Republic and The Dialogues?
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Plato
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Who taught Alexander the Great?
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Aristotle
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Who formed The Academy?
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Plato
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Who was the philosopher who applied scientific prinicples and logic to his teachings?
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Aristotle
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Who was considered the Father of Scientific Medicine?
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Hippocrates
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How did the teachings of Hippocrates differ from others?
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He attempted to explain the causes of illness using scientific explanations
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What inventions/discoveries were made by Archimedes?
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improved use of the lever
water screw volume |
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Who was Euclid?
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early teacher of geometry
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Who was Herodotus?
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Father of History
wrote the Persian Wars, Historia |
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Who wrote The Peloponnesian Wars?
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Thucydides
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In what field did Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus excel?
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Greek dramatists/tragic playwrights
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Who was the most famous Greek comic playwright?
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Aristophanes
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Who constructed the famous statue of Zeus at Olympia and Athena for the Parthenon?
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Phidias
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What was the Parthenon?
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temple honoring Athenian goddess Athena
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Who was the Greek philosopher and mathematician who explained the world in numerical terms?
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Pythagoras
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Pericles
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Leader of the Athenian Golden Age
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