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- homer
- ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
- euclid
- He is the father of geometry and wrote a book explaining geometry that was used as a text book till the 1900
- socrates
- ancient Athenian philosopher died by drinking hemlock for curupting the youth
- pericles
- Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athen's political and cultural supremacy in Greece
- trojan war
- (Greek mythology) a great war fought between mycean peolpe and the city of troy
- xerxes
- Persian leader who invaded Greece
- oligarchy
- Government run by a small group of people
- darius
- the great king of persia. he was able to become king after a year of a civil war following the death of someone.
- Trojan horse
- a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War
- solon
- founder of athenian greatness, forbid slavery of free athenians, founder of full democracy
- aesop
- Made many fables that teach lessons
- herodotus
- wrote about persian war, father of history, word history comes from name, 1st to gather facts and write them down
- archimedes
- Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC)
- philip of macedonia
- king of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great, Macedonian ruler that first united greece but was murdered at daughters wedding.
- alexander the great
- Greek military leader whos armies conquerd vast amounts of land, ruler of 1st great European Empire of the ancient world