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Greek Civilization
Question | Answer |
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Aeschylus | Greek writer that wrote tragedies, he wrote the Oresteia |
Sophocles | Athenian, wrote the Antigone |
Euripides | Wrote about realistic situations. |
Aristophanes | Wrote comedies, poked fun at leaders and issues at the time |
Hera | Zues's wife and God of marriage. |
Zeus | King of all gods and goddess of lightining. |
Hades | God of the underworld |
Poseidon | God of the sea |
Hestia | Goddess of the home |
Artemis | Goddess of the hunt |
Apollo | God of light |
Hermes | Messenger of the gods. |
Aphrodite | Goddess of love |
Athena | Goddess |
Ares | God of war |
Aesop | Lived around 550 B.C. and wrote fable such as the tortoise and the hare. |
Socrates | Created a new way of teaching |
Thales | Studied astronomy and math |
Pythagoras | Studied math |
Hippocrates | Studied medicine and created the Hippocratic oath |
Philip | The father of alexander and ruler of Macedonia |
Battle of Chaeronea | Philip defeats the Greeks |
Alexander (the Great) | Son of Philip |
Battle of Granicus | Alexander defeated the Persians |
Battle of Issus | Fought in Syria against the Persians |
Battle of Gaugamela | Defeats Darius III in Gaugamela |
Darius III | King of Persia |
Hellenistic | when alexander spread Greek culture around to parts that were non-Greek |
Macedonia | Where king Philip and alexander ruled from |