5320010993 | Myron | was the most famous Greek sculptor. His most famous work is the Discus thrower. | 0 | |
5320010994 | Phidias | was another famous sculptor who created statues of Athena in Athens and a famous statue of Zeus at the temple of Olympia | 1 | |
5320010995 | Pythagoras | was a great mathematician who stated that everything could be explained or expressed with numbers. He is most famous for his Pythagorean theorem, the geometric theory that stated that the sides that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. (A2+B2=C2) | 2 | |
5320010996 | Euclid | developed geometry into a system. His textbook, Elements, was used for over a thousand years and is the basis for many of today's geometry books | 3 | |
5320010997 | Archimedes | was a great mathematician and scientist. He calculated the value of pi. He also developed the principle of the lever. | 4 | |
5320010998 | Hipparchus | the first person to make systematic use of trigonometry | 5 | |
5320010999 | Democritus | Greek scientist who believed that all matter is composed of moving atoms- small particles that he thought could not be divided | 6 | |
5320011000 | Eratosthenes | calculated the diameter of the earth | 7 | |
5320011001 | Aristarchus | stated that the earth and other planets move around the sun | 8 | |
5320011002 | Herodotus | the first great historian in the world. He wrote a history of the Persian Wars. | 9 | |
5320011003 | Thucydides | was another great Greek historian who is famous for his History of the Peloponnesian War | 10 | |
5320011004 | Hippocrates | known as the founder of medicine. He taught that all diseases come from natural causes, not as punishments from the gods. The best cures were rest, fresh air, and proper diet. The Hippocratic Oath- a pledge based on his teachings- is still used today. | 11 | |
5320011005 | Cynics | taught people that they should seek virtue only. They scorned pleasure, wealth, and social positions. The most famous cynic was Diogenes | 12 | |
5320011006 | Stoics | Believed the world was directed by divine reason. People should accept whatever the laws of nature and might bring and be indifferent to grief, fear, pain, or pleasure. Stoicism was established by the philosopher Zeno | 13 | |
5320011007 | Epicureans | taught that the aim of life was to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Their motto was, "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die." | 14 | |
5320011008 | Drama | two types, tragedies and comedies | 15 | |
5320011009 | Hubris | an arrogant disregard for moral laws. | 16 | |
5320011010 | Aeschylus | the father of Greek tragedy his most famous play was Agamemnon | 17 | |
5320011011 | Sophocles | used tragedies to defend traditional values. His most famous work is Oedipus the Tyrant | 18 | |
5320011012 | Euripedes | questioned many of the old beliefs and ideas with plays like Medea (Jason's wife) | 19 | |
5320011013 | Aristophanes | the Greatest writer of comedy. He wrote Congress Women and The Clouds | 20 | |
5320011014 | Muses | daughters of Zeus | 21 | |
5320011015 | Doric | 22 | ||
5320011016 | Ionic | 23 | ||
5320011017 | Corinthian | 24 | ||
5320011018 | Arthur John Evans | 1893 excavated on Crete | 25 | |
5320011019 | Minoans | advanced civilization on Crete, an island south of Greece | 26 | |
5320011020 | Linear B | Minoan writing that was deciphered | 27 | |
5320011021 | Michael Ventris | linguist who deciphered the Minoan language | 28 | |
5320011022 | Heinrich Schliemann | discovered that Troy exiseted | 29 | |
5320011023 | Sapho | female poet of Ancient Greece | 30 | |
5320011024 | Homer | who wrote the illiad and the oddysey | 31 | |
5320011025 | Peloponnesus | southern tip of greece | 32 | |
5320011026 | Battle of the Marathon | Athens defeats Darius and the Persians | 33 | |
5320011027 | Miltiades | leader of the Athenians at Marathon | 34 | |
5320011028 | Phillipides | runner to Athens | 35 | |
5320011029 | Thermopylae Pass | where Xerxes fought through to get to Athens | 36 | |
5320011030 | Battle of Salamis | When the Athenian fleet destroyed the Persian fleet | 37 | |
5320011031 | Pericles | Athenian who led the Delian League | 38 | |
5320011032 | Historia | researches | 39 | |
5320011033 | Palaestra | outdoor public arena for training | 40 | |
5320011034 | Augur | interpreter of dreams | 41 | |
5320011035 | Peloponnesian War | war between Athens and Sparta | 42 | |
5320011036 | Macedonia | country that conquered Greece | 43 | |
5320011037 | Battle of Chaeronen | When Philip of Macedonia conquered Greece | 44 | |
5320011038 | Alexander the Great | Philip's son who invaded the Persian Empire | 45 | |
5320011039 | Antigonus | Macedonia and Greece | 46 | |
5320011040 | Ptolemy | Egypt and Palestine | 47 | |
5320011041 | Asia | Seleucus | 48 | |
5320011042 | Federalism | power shared between central and city-state government | 49 | |
5320011043 | Socrates | asked questions to gain knowledge. did not write down most of his work | 50 | |
5320011044 | Plato | wrote the Republic pupil of Socrates, he said the ideal form of government would be an aristocracy, founded the Academy of Athens | 51 | |
5320011045 | Aristotle | pupil of Plato teacher of Alexander the Great wrote Politics, Logic, and Poetics, tried to arranged and organize things into systems | 52 | |
5320011046 | helots | spartan slaves | 53 | |
5320011047 | metics | Athenian non-citizens | 54 |
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