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Greek Civilization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |