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27 Cards in this Set
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Myron
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one of history's greatest sculptors. sculpted the famos figure THE DISCUS THROWER
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Phidias
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one of history's greatest sculptor. created the two exquisite statues of Athena that were on the Acropolis and in the Parthenon. greatest work was statue of Zeus.
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Praxiteles
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created sculpters that were lifelike and expressed the Greek admiration for the human body
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Socrates
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one of history's greatest thinkers and teachers
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Plato
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a wealthy young aristocrat and the greatest of Socrates' students. He wrote about government, education, justice, virtue, and religion.
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Aristotle
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founded his own school at Athens in 335 B.C. Was one of Plato's students. Studied all subjects, including, logic, science, drama, and government.
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Pythagoras
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a philosopher most famous for formula involving the triagle.
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Democritus
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developed atomic theory and the idea that the entire universe is made up of tiny particles called atoms
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Hippocrates
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founder of midicine
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Herodotus
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an enthusiastic traveler and the first historian of the westen world
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Thucydides
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became famous for his History of the Pelopnnesian War
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Aeschylus
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a playwiter who wrote of old religious beliefs
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Sophocles
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ploatright who defended traditional values
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Euripides
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a playright who wrote about war
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Aristophanes
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the finest writer of comedies
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Philip II of Madcedonia
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became king of Madcedonia and eventually became king of all Greece
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Demosthenes
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one of the finest orators in all Athenian history
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Alexander the Great
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son of Phillip the II. he set out to conquer the world. conqued Egypt, Persia, and other lands. died at age 33
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Diogenes
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famous philosopher and best known Cynic
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Pyrrho
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famous philosopher, credited as the founder of Skepticism
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Zeno
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established the Stoic philosophy in Athens in the late 300s B.C.
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Epicurus
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famous philosopher, founder of Epicurean philosophy
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Euclid
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a noted Greek mathematician, famous for devloping geometery
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Archimedes
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considered to be the greatest scientist of the hellenistic period, cerated pie, great inventor
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Aristarchus
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scientist who belived that Earth and other planets moved around the sun
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Hipparchus
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of Rhodes who was the first scientist to use trigonometry in a systematic way to claclulate movement of moon
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Eratosthenes
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calculated the circumference of Earth with amazing accuracy
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