Set: Famous Greek people

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to make Athens the most beautiful city in the world what was pericles' beautification goal
what was pericles' military goal to protect athens from its enemies. he extended the walls to the sea and named them the Long Walls
what was pericles' political goal to make athenian democracy stronger by spreading the power more evenly through the rich and the poor as many as 20,000 citizens were paid by the government during the golden age
who was socrates socrates was a philosopher who became know for questioning his pupils to examine their own beliefs
who was plato plato was one of socrates students
where did king philip rule king philip ruled in macedonia who later ruled greece as well
who was alexander alexander was king philip's son who took over when he died
who is aristotle aristotle is one of greece's greatest philosophers who wasa hired by king philip to teach alexander about liturature, philosophy, and science
homer wrote what poems the oddysey and the illiad
who was sappho sappho was one of greece's greatest philosophers. she wrote poems celebrating friendship and love
who was aristaphanes aristaphanes was one of the most popular comedy writers. heoften made fun of important people in his plays
who was herodotus herodotus was often called the father of history. he wrote about the persian wars
who was thucydides he wrote about the pellopenisian wars
who was thales thales was a greek philosopher who looked for an explanation rather than blaming the gods
who was aristarchus aristarchus was an astronamer who expressed a theory that the Earth revolved around the sun
who was pythagorus pythagorus was a mathematician who created the pythagoric theorm in geometry. it was "a squared+b squared=c squared"
who was euclid euclid is a mathematician who was sometimes called the father of geometry. he also wrote a book explaining geometry
who was hippocrates hippocrates was one of the first doctors who looked for a natual cause instead of blaming the gods. he also wrote a plegde called the hippocratic oath.

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Created May 17, 2007
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