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when was Aristotle born

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384 BC

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where was Aristotle born

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Stagira

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Where did Aristotle spend his childhood

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The court of King Amyntas II of Macedonia

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Where did Aristotle study

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At Platos academy

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Who did Aristotle tutor

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Alexander the Great from 342-335. BC 7 years

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How long was Aristotle Alexander the Greats tutor

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Seven years

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What did Aristotle open in the Lycean Apollo precinct

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A school called Lyceum

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What did Aristotles school and system become known as

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Peripatetic

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Why was Aristotles school system called Peripatetic

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B/c of Aristotles habit of walking up and down while he was lecturing

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How many of Aristotles works survived

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50 works

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What kind of subjects did Aristotle cover

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Biology, physiology, politics, economics, grammar, rhetoric, literary criticism, meteorology, physics, metaphysics, ethics, theology

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What study originated from Aristotle

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The study of logic

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What were some of Aristotles works

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On Metaphysics, poetics

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When did Aristotle die

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322 BC he was 62

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When was Menander born

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343 BC

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What was Menander considered to be

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The Father of Greek New Comedy

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Menander: Dyskolos

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The Grouch

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Menander: Aspis

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The Shield

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Menander: Georgos

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The Farmer

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Menander: Dis Exapaton

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The double deceiver

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Menander: Encheiridion

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The Handbook

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Menander: Epitrepontes

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Men of Arbitration

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Menander: Heros

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The Hero

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Menander: Hypobolimaios

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The Changling

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Menander: Kitharistes
The Harpists
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Menander: Kolax
The Toady or the Flatterer
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Menander: Koneiazomenai
The Drugged Women
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Menander: Methe
Drunkenness
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Menander: Misoumenos
the man she hated
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Menander: Naukleros
The ships captain
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Menander: Orge
Anger
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Menander: Perikeiromene
The girl who had her hair chopped
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Menander: Plokion
The necklace
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Menander: Pseudherakles
The Fake Heracles
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Menander: samia
Girl From Samos
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Menander: Sikyonios
Sicyonians
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Menander: Synaristosai
The Ladies who Lunch
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Menander: Phasma
The Phantom
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Menander: Theophoroumene
The Possessed Girl
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Menander: Trophonios
Trophonius
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When did Menander die
291 BC he was 52
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When was Euclid born
4th Century
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What was Euclid considered to be
The father of Geometry
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Who did Euclid study under
Plato
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What subjects was Euclid educated in
Music, art, optics, and mathematics
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What were Euclids works
Elements, books on Geometry, Optics, music. All lost
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Euclid: Elements
Textbook for Geometry, still used
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When was Theocritus born
3rd century BC
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When did Euclid die
300 BC
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What did Theocritus develop
Pastoral poetry/ poetry about shepherds life's
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What did Theocritus create
Bucolic poetry | Poetry about the countryside
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Where did Theocritus spend his time at
Court of Ptolemy of Alexandria
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Who did Theocritus influence
Virgil in his Eclogues
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What was Theocritus work
Idylls
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Theocritus: Idylls
Laments, love songs, and short dialogues between shepherds
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When was Polybius born
201 BC
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Where was Polybius born
In The city of Megalopolis
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Who was Polybius the son of
Lycortas
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Why did Polybius live in Rome
Was a hostage during the Macedonian wars
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Who was Polybius the tutor of
Scipio Aemilianus
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What was Polybius the developer of
The Polybius Square, used for cryptography
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What is Polybius best known for
His History
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What was Polybius work
The Histories
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Polybius: The Histories
Covers the period of 220-146 BC | It's a history of his own time, not of the one country, but of the world
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When was Dionysius of Halicarnassus born
The 1st century
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When did Polybius die
120 BC he was 81
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When did Dionysius of Halicarnassus come to Rome
At the end of the civil wars of the republic
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How long did Dionysius of Halicarnassus spend learning Latin and Latin Literature
22 years
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What was the work of Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Roman Antiquities
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities
History of early Rome to the beginning of the first Punic War
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When was Strabo born
63 BC
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What was Strabo known as
The Human Geographer
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What was Strabos work
Geography
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Strabo: Geography
Provides valuable info about the ancient world
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When did Strabo die
21 ad. Was 84 years old
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When was Plutarch born
46 AD
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Where was Plutarch born
In Chaeronea
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What was Plutarch trained in
Philosophy
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Who did Plutarch possibly tutor
Hadrian
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What special title did Plutarch have
Roman citizen of the consular rank
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What position did Plutarch earn under Hadrian
The governed of Greece
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What was Plutarchs work
Parallel Lines, Opera Moralia
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Plutarch: parallel lines
Biographies of 50 famous Greeks and Romans, comparing similar men
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Plutarch: Opera Moralia
60 essays on various subjects
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When did Plutarch die
120 AD he was 74
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When was Pausanias born
2nd Century AD
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Who was Paisanias
A Greek geographer
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What did Pausanias write
Description of Greece
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When was Lucian born
125 AD
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Where was Lucian born
In Syria
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What did Lucian do in Antioch
Practiced law
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What kind of writer was Lucian
A Greek satyrical writer
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What were Lucians works
Dialogues, the Dialogues of the gods, the dialogues of the dead, criticisms of writing and writers
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Lucian: Dialogues
Ridiculed gods and philosophers
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Lucian: Dialogues of the Gods
Shows humorous side of Greek mythology
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Lucian: Dialogues of the Dead
Conversations of great men meeting in Hades
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What things did Lucian criticize
Writers and the art of writing history
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When did Lucian die
190 AD. He was 65

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