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Homer
A great story teller, a blind man. He wrote epics such as the Iliad and The Odyssey
Draco
a Greek lawmaker who wrote the first legal code in 621 BC
Solon
a trusted statesman chosen by aristocrats in 594 BC to head the government to prevent civil war. He outlawed debt slavery.
Cleisthenes
an Athenian leader who in 508BC introduced further reforms. He worked to make Athens a full democracy by reorganizing the assembly to break up the power of nobility, allowed all citizens to submit laws, created Council of Five Hundred
Darius
Persian king who defeated rebels and vowed to destroy Athens
Xerxes
Darius' son and successor who tried to crush Greece. 7,000 Greeks blocked his way at Thermoplyae
Pericles
led Athens during it's Golden Age. He was honest and fair, a skillful politician, an inspiring speaker, and a respected general. His 3 goals: to strengthen Athenian democracy, to hold and strengthen the empire, to glorify Athens.
Phidias
the sculptor who aimed to create figured that were graceful, strong, and perfectly formed
Aeschylus
Wrote 80 plays(only 7 survived),most famous being the Oresteia(a tragedy)
Sophocles
Wrote about 100 plays including Oedipus The King and Antigone
Euripides
Author of the play Medea and often featured sympathetic portrayals of women
Aristophanes
wrote the first great comedies of the stage, The Birds and Lysistrata
Thucydides
an Athenian historian who recalled the Athenians defeat
Phillip II
king of Macedonia who quickly proved to be a brilliant general and a ruthless politician.
Demosthenes
Athenian orator who tried to warn Greeks of Phillip's threat
Alexander the Great
Phillip's son who goes on to conquer many near by lands, including Persia.
Darius III
The Persian king who ran from Macedonians to avoid being caught. He was eventually killed by one of his provincial governors.
Antigonus
became king and took control of city-states
Ptolemy
seized Egypt, took title as Pharaoh, established dynasty
Seleucus
took most of Persian Empire and renamed it the Seleucid Empire
Aristarchus
said sun was 300x the size of the earth, and that the earth and other planets revolved around the sun
Ptolemy (Astronomer)
incorrectly placed the earth at the center of the solar system
Eratosthenes
closely calculated Earth's true size. He was the director of the Alexandrian library.
Euclid
opened a school of Geometry
Archimedes
estimated pi, explained law of lever and invented pulley. Invented Archimedes screw(raised water from the ground) and a catapult.
Zeno
founded school of philosophy: Stoicism
Epicurus
founded school of philosophy: Epicureanisn