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Question | Answer |
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Pericles | Ruler of Delian League, Democratic reforms, building of Parthenon |
Hesiod | Greek poet, wrote "Works, Days and Theology" |
Archilochus | Greek poet, new poetic forms |
Pindar | Greek poet, wrote odes of victory for athletic contests |
Sappho of Lesbos | Greek poet, woman, wrote about love for other women |
Aeshylus | Greek playwright, plays moral and religious, hubris |
Sophocles | Greek playwright, tragedies, moral and religious concerns, "Oedipus the King" |
Euripides | Greek playwright, last great tragedian, strong female characters |
Herodotus | Greek Historian, called "Father of History" |
Thucydides | Greek Historian, called "Father of Journalism", write on Peloponesian War |
Thales of Miletus | Greek Scientist, debate physics, believe water to be the prime substance of everything, first math guy |
Heracilitus | Greek Scientist, Believe fire to be the prime substance, influence Plato, believe in universality of change |
Pythagoras | Greek scientist, all of reality can be described with math, coin term "philosopher" |
Democritus | Greek Scientist, "father of modern scientist" Atomic Theory |
Hippocrates of Cos | "Father of Medicine" |
Eratosthenes | accurately calculate the circumference of the earth |