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Who was King Minos?

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First king of Crete in the Minotaur story

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Who was The Minotaur?

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Mythical Half-Man Half-Beast monster

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Who was Theseus? (Thee-see-is)

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Hero who slays the Minotaur

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Who was Ariadne? (Ar-ree-ad-nee)

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Daughter of King Minos, who fell in love with Theseus and helped him defeat the Minotaur

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Who was H. Schliemann?

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Archeologist who discovered Troy

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Who was Homer?

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Ancient Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

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Who was Hesiod? (Hee-see-id)

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Ancient Greek poet who wrote the Theogony

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Who was King Agamemnon? (Ag-uh-mem-non)

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Greek King in the story of the Trojan War

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Who was Odysseus?

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Hero of Homer’s Odyssey. He is trying to get home after the Trojan War

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Who was Aesop? (Ee-sop)

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Greek Fabulist (He wrote fables)

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Who were the Dorians?

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One of the 4 main ethnic groups in Ancient Greece. Their influence brought about the decline of Mycenean civilization and the Greek Dark Ages

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Who was The Oracle at Delphi?

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Called Pythia. The King of Lydia asked her if he should go to war, and she answered that if he did a great nation would fall

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Who was Herodotus?

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Biased Greek historian who wrote about the Greek and Persian Wars. Known as the “Father of History”

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Who was Cypselus? (Sip-see-lis)

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First Greek tyrant

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Who was Draco?

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First archon of Athens. Created the law code

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Draco?

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DRAAAACCOO MEATEEEEOOOOORRRRRRR

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Who was Solon?

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Archon who created the council of 400

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Who was Peisistratus? (idk)

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Athenian general who became tyrant

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Who was Hippias? (Hip-ee-us)

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Tyrant of Athens after Peisistratus

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Who was Cleistenes? (Clie-stun-neez)

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Archon who replaced the Council of 400 with the Council of 500

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Who were the Helots?

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Spartan State Slaves

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Who was Perioikoi? (Pear-ee-i-coy)

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Second tier citizens of Sparta (after Spartans)

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Who was Aristagorus? (Ar-is-tuh-gor-as)

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Tyrant who led a the Ionian Revolt against the Persians

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Who was Darius?

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King of Persia who punished Greek in their part of the Ionian Revolt

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Who was *Pheidippides*? (fie-dip-i-dees)
**Ran a 26 mile run to Athens from Marathon**. Marathon guy
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Who was *Miltiades*? (Mull-tee-ay-deez)
Led Athens to victory at the battle of Marathon
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Who was *Xerxes*?
King of Persia who led mostly unsuccessful attacks against Greek and brought about the decline of the empire
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What is the order of Persian kings who invaded Greece?
1. Cyrus 2. Darius I 3. Xerxes 4. Darius III
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What were the 3 battles against Greece led by King Xerxes?
1. Battle of Salamis 2. Battle of Thermopylae 3. Battle of Plataea
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Who were the *Immortals*?
The elites of the Persian Army
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Who was *Themistocles*? (thuh-mist-i-cleez)
Prominant **general in the Battle of Salamis*
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Who was *Leonidas*? (Lee-on-eye-dus)
King of Sparta who led the Battle of Thermopylae
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Who was *Aristodemus*? (Ar-is-toe-dee-mus)
Spartan who left the Battle of Thermopylae because he was sick. He was considered a coward ever after. At the Battle of Platea he charged headfirst before the battle started to regain his reputation
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Who was *Eurytus*? (Yur-ee-tus)
Character from the Odyssey who taught Heracles to use the bow
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Who was *Ephialtes*? (Eh-fee-al-teez)
Traitor who betrayed the Greek at the Battle of Thermopylae and showed the Persians how to attack them from behind
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Who was *Mardonius*? (Mar-don-e-us)
Persian commander who was defeated at the Battle of Plateae
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Who was *Helen*?
Daughter of Zeus who fell in love with Paris of Troy starting the Trojan War. From the Iliad
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Who was *Cyrus*?
First and greatest Persian King to attack Greece
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Who was *Croesus*? (Cree-sus)
Asked the Oracle if he should attack Persia. He does and looses badly
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Who was *Pheidias*? (Fie-dee-us)
Sculptor who was ostracized from Athens on an accusation of Embezzlement of his grand statue of Athena
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Who was *Lycurgus*? (lie-cur-gis)
**Spartan who originally created the Spartan System** (their laws and government and all that)
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Who was *A. Evans*?
Archaeologist who discovered the Minoan Civilization
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Who was *Aristeides*? (Ar-ist-i-dees)
Athenian general who decided how much each city-state would pay in the Delian League
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Who was *Cimon*?
Athenian general who helped form the Delian League
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Who was *Pericles*?
Transformed the Delian League into an Athenian Empire and brought about Athens Golden Age
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Who was *Thucydides*?
Greek historian who wrote about the Peloponnesian War and the Plague
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Who was *King Brasidas*? (Braa-see-dus)
King of Sparta during the Peloponnesian War
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Who was *Cleon*? (Clee-on)
Leader of Athens during the Peloponnesian War
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Who was *Alcibiades*? (Al-suh-bye-uh-dees)
Athenian general who led Athens after Cleon in the Peloponnesian War. He continuously switched sides in the war.
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Who was *Lysander*?
Spartan General who led Sparta to victory against Athens in the Peloponnesian War
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Who were the *Thirty Tyrants*?
Leaders of Athens after losing the Peloponnesian War. Put in by Sparta
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Who was *Sophocles*?
Greek playwright
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Who was *Aeschylus*?
**Greek playwright who is known as the Father of Tragedy** (wow that is not a very good title)
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Who was *Euripides*?
Greek Playwright
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Who was *Aristophanes*?
Greek playwright who is known as the father of comedy's
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Who was *Ictinus*?
Athenian architect who made the Parthenon
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Who was *Epaminondas*?
Greatest Theban general who brought about Theban dominance in Greece
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Who was *Sir Francis Bacon*?
Philosopher who brought about the Scientific Method
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Who was *Demetrius*?
Athenian governor who took a census of all the slaves
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Who was *Thales*?
Father of Western Philosophy. Was able to predict an eclipse. Thought up the *Arche* and believed it was water
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Who was *Alexander the Great*?
Greatest Macedonian general ever
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Who was *Anaximenes*?
Greek philosopher who believed the arch was actually air
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Who was the *Oracle of Amon*?
Oracle who told Alexander the Great he was a god
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Who were the *Companions*?
Friends of Alexander the Great who led an elite Cavalry Unit
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Who was *Kleitos*?
General who saved Alexander’s life during a nettle and then was latter killed by him while Alexander was drunk
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Who was *Philotas*?
Commander of the Cavalry Companion who was accused of conspiring against Alexander and executed
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Who was *Parmenio*?
One of Alexander’s greatest generals
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Who was *Kallisthenes*?
Greek historian who wrote about Alexander’s deeds
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Who was *Diogenes*?
Greek Philosopher and cynic. He carried a lantern in daylight and once told Alexander to move out of his sun
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Who was *Protagoras*?
Greece philosopher who believed that man decided what was right and wrong. He is known as the Father of Humanism
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Who was *Socrates*?
Greek philosopher who questioned everything. Was executed by drinking poison for questioning even the gods and corrupting the youth
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Who was *Plato*?
Student of Socrates who create the allegory of the cave and idea of forms
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Who was *Aristotle*?
Student of Plato who taught Alexander the Great
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Who was *Hippocrates*?
Greek philosopher who is known as the Father of Medacine, and he created the Hippocrates Oath
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Who was *Pythagoras*?
Greek philosopher who discovered the Pythagoras Theorem
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Who was *Euclid*?
Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry
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Who was *Philip the Great*?
Father of Alexander the Great. He redeveloped the Phalanx
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Who was *Archemedes*?
Greek mathematicians who discovered buoyancy in his bathtub. He’s the one who said “Eureka!”
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Who was *Anaximander*?
Greek philosopher who believed in Monism and proposed the idea of geocentrism
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What is monism?
The belief that the whole universe is ultimately one. Ex. People who say everything is God/the universe is God
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Who was *Heraclitus*?
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Who was *Parmenides*?
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Who was *Olympias*?
Mother of Alexander the Great
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Who was *Pausanias*?
Greek geographist who wrote about the geography of Greece
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Who was *Darius III*?
Persian king who went up against Alexander. He would flee if he was loosing the battle
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Who was *Ptolemy*?
Diadochi who took over the *African parts* of the empire after Alexander’s death. Starting the Ptolemaic Dynasty
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Who was *Antigonus*?
Diadochi who took over the *Asian Minor parts* of the empire after Alexander’s death. Known for being One-Eyed
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Who was *Cassander*?
Diadochi who help Macedonia for a little while after Alexander’s Death
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Who was *Lysimachus*?
Diadochi who took over the *Most Strategic parts* of the empire after Alexander’s death.
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Who was *Seleucus*?
Diadochi who took over the *Asianic parts* of the empire after Alexander’s death.

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