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15 Cards in this Set
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philosopher-taught Alexander the Great; started Lyceneum; first biologist
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Aristotle
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most "modern" of the tragic playwrights; wrote "Medea", "Trojan Wars": his characters struggled with their emotions
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Euripides
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Legendary Greek blind poet
-credited with Iliad and Odeyesy -lived about 800 BC in Ionia on the coast of Asia Minor |
Homer
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First of the tragic playwrights; wrote "Persians", the Orestia; portrayed agony of characters caught in conflict
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Aeschylus
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Athenan General
-his strategy led the Greeks to victory over the Persians at the battle of Maraton in 490 BCE |
Miltiades
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historian known for his accuracy and objectivity in relating events;wrote about Peloponnesian wars
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Thucydides
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Athenian leader who organized the Greek victory over the persians at the Battle of Salamis. He also pushed for Athens to stregthen its navy before the invasion
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Themistocles
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-theban leader
-clever strategy led thebans to win victory over Sparta at Lectura |
Epominonidas
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Legendary king of sparta who died with his troops fighting for the Persian invasion of the battle at Thermopalyae
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Leonidas
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leader of Athens during its golden age pushed the rebuilding of the Acropolis; led Athens into the Peloponnesian wars
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Pericles
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"father of history" who wrote about the persian wars; his research was extensive, his accounts sometimes exaggerated
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Herodotus
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Philosopher who was a pupil of #6 wrote "The Republic" opened the Academy; believed ideas were real
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Plato
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Philosopher who taught by asking questions;was tried and executed for his beliefs; left no writings; "the unexclaimed life..."
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Socrates
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Mathmatician and inventor
-founded pi -invented water screw |
Archimedes
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"greatest" of the tragic playwrights;wrote "Oedipus the King", "Antigone", his proud characters battled fate
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Sophecles
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