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15 Cards in this Set
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Philosopher/Wandering teacher who said "The unexamined life is not worth living." Question...don't assume! Socratic Method
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SOCRATES
(469-399 BC) |
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Philosopher/Said we need workers to produce, soldiers to defend and philosophers to rule. Established the Academy of Athens and wrote The Republic (state should control)
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PLATO
(427-347 BC) |
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Philosopher/Established the Lyceum (for education and research) on which universities were modeled. Tutored Alexander the Great.
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ARISTOTLE
(384-322 BC) |
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Spartan leader
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KING LEONIDES
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Persian emperor
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KING DARIUS
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Early Athenian leader who opened government positions to more citizens. Freed the debt slaves
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SOLON THE GREAT
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Conqueror who spread Hellenistic culture.
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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Athenian ruler who encouraged direct democracy and led a golden age in Athens, Greece.
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PERICLES
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Historian who stressed the importance of research and who wrote The Persian Wars. "Father of History"
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HERODOTUS
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Historian who wrote about the Peloponnesian Wars and who set the standard for unbiased recording of the past.
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THUCYDIDES
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Poet who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey
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HOMER
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Wrote the play "Antigone"
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SOPHOCLES
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Wrote "The Trojan Women"
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EURIPEDES
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Greek god who was believed to rule all other gods.
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ZEUS
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Persian leader who tried to conquer Greece during the Persian Wars. His father was King Darius.
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Xerxes
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