Names Flashcards

(36 cards)

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Paris

A

Trojan Prince

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Menelaus

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Greek king during Trojan war

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3
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Draco

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draconian rule
all people are equal

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4
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solon

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all citizens could participate in the athenian assembly
4 groups based on wealth

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5
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Cleisthenes

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10 groups based on where they lived
Council of 500

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6
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Darius I.

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Persian king during the battle of Marathon

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7
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Pheiddipides

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runner from Marathon to Athens

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8
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Leonidas

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King of Sparta

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9
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Xerxes the I.

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Persian king, son of Darius

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10
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Themistocles

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Athenian general during the battle of Salamis

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11
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Pericles

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statesman, respected general
3 main goals
he strengthened the athenian democrasy

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12
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The parthenon

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most iconic building
served as a symbol of Athenian power and culture
dedication to the goddes Athena

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13
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Phidias

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srafted a giant statue of Athena

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14
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Aeschylus

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tragedy
Oresteia

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15
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Sophocles

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tragedy
Antigona
Oidipus the king

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16
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Euripides

17
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Aristophanes

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Comedy
The birds
Lysistrata

18
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Herodotus

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accurate record keeper (even gossips)

19
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Thucydides

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made record keeping professional, checked facts

20
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Socrates

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phylosopher
encouraged students to examine their believes, asked them questions

21
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Plato

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Philosopher
student of Socrates
2 works

22
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Aristotle

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Phylosopher
Main phylosophy (3)

23
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Philip II.

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King of Macedonia
Military reforms (3)
League

24
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Alexander the great

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Macedonian king
unexpected actions
created the biggest empire

25
Darius III.
Persian king during the invasion of Persia
26
Antigonus
one of the 3 leaders of the empire
27
Ptolemy
one of the 3 leaders of the empire Astronomy incorrectly placed the Earth as the centre of the solar system
28
Seleucus
one of the 3 leaders of the empire
29
Aristarchus
Astronomy the Erath and the other planets are orbiting around the Sun
30
Erathostenes
Astronomy tried to calculate Earths true size
31
Euclid
Mathematist geometry prepositions and proofs
32
Archimedes
pi explained the law of lever
33
Zeno
Stoicist who had his phylosophy
34
Epicurus
Epicureanism who had their phylosophy
35
Colossus of Rhides
Bronze statue one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
36
winged victory of samothrace
created to commerce a Greek naval victory