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WH1 Vocab #5 Greece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Herodotus | father of history |
| Thucydides | father of scientific history |
| Phidias | Most famous Greek sculptor |
| Pythagoras | Creates the theorem to calculate the relationship between the right sides of a triangle |
| Aeschylus | Greek playwright, author of Prometheus Bound |
| Sophocles | Greek playwright, author of Oedipus Rex |
| Hippocrates | Father of medicine, created Hippocratic oath |
| Phillip II | King of Macedonia who conquered Greece |
| Peloponnesian War | Conflict in which Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies |
| Macedonia | Kingdom located north of Greece that conquers all of the Greek city-states |
| Alexander the Great | Philip II’s son who established a huge empire |
| Euclid | Greek mathematician, & pioneer in geometry |
| Archimedes | Greek scientist, inventor, and mathematician |
| Colossus of Rhodes | Huge bronze statue created on the island of Rhodes |
| Doric | Most simple Greek column, squared at the top |
| Ionic | Style of Greek column, topped with circular scrolls |
| Corinthian | Style of Greek column, most elaborate, with scrolls & leaves |
| Darius III | Last Persian king, finally defeated by Alexandria the Great |
| Hellenistic | Relating to the culture that blended Greek with Egyptian, Persian & Indian influences |
| Alexandria | Egyptian city that was the center of Hellenistic culture |