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15 Cards in this Set
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Thucydides
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historical writer who wrote about the Peloponnesian War
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Herodotus
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-"Father of History
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Thucydides
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historical writer who wrote about the Peloponnesian War
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Herodotus
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-"Father of History"
-organized historical information |
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Euripides
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tragedy writer who survived the Peloponnesian War
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Socrates
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-outspoken critic of Sophists
-stonemason and philosopher -wrote no books |
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Aristotle
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-Plato's most famous student
-suspicious of democracy -set up Lyceum |
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Sophocles
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great Athenian playwright who wrote OedipusRex an Antigone
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Themistocles
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the Athenian leader who had urged the people of Athens to build a fleet of ships
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Aspasia
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foreign-born woman who helped Pericles turn Athens into the cultural center of Greece
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Pericles
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a statesman who helped the Athenian economy thrive and the government become more democratic
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Marathon
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location of first victory of Athenians agains the Persians (490 B.C.)
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Cleisthenes
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reformer who, in 507 B.C., broadened the role of ordinary citizens in government
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Solon
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wise and trusted leader of Athens who was appointed archon in 594 B.C. He helped reform Athens
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Peloponnesus
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location just south of Athens
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