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Names Flashcards

1
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Paris

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Trojan Prince

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Menelaus

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Greek king during Trojan war

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Draco

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draconian rule
all people are equal

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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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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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Leonidas

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King of Sparta

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Xerxes the I.

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Persian king, son of Darius

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Themistocles

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Athenian general during the battle of Salamis

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Pericles

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

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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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Euripides

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Tragedy
Medea

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
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Darius III.

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Persian king during the invasion of Persia

26
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Antigonus

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one of the 3 leaders of the empire

27
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Ptolemy

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one of the 3 leaders of the empire
Astronomy
incorrectly placed the Earth as the centre of the solar system

28
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Seleucus

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one of the 3 leaders of the empire

29
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Aristarchus

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Astronomy
the Erath and the other planets are orbiting around the Sun

30
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Erathostenes

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Astronomy
tried to calculate Earths true size

31
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Euclid

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Mathematist
geometry prepositions and proofs

32
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Archimedes

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pi
explained the law of lever

33
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Zeno

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Stoicist who had his phylosophy

34
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Epicurus

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Epicureanism who had their phylosophy

35
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Colossus of Rhides

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Bronze statue
one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

36
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winged victory of samothrace

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created to commerce a Greek naval victory

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