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Important Greek Names: Matching

Match the name with the correct description

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PlatoStudent of Socrates. Wrote "The Republic"
Tyrant that gave loans to the farmers and jobs to the poorPisistratus
ThucydidesAthenian who wrote about his experiences in the Peloponnesian Wars
The god of warAres
EuripedesWrote plays that suggested people were the cause of human misfortune
HomerBind Poet
XerxesRuler of the Persian Empire. Burned the city-state of Athens during the Persian Wars
King of the gods.Zeus
Goddess of LoveAphrodite
Famous philosopher put to death for corrupting the youthSocrates
SolonChief Ruler (594 B.C.) Outlawed debt slavery
PoseidonGod of the Sea
Herodotus"Father of History"
HeraWife of Zeus. Goddess of marriage
SophoclesWrote plays that dealt with the conflict between an individual's moral duty and the laws of the state
Set up the Council of 500Cleisthenes
Goddess of the city-state of AthensAthena
Plato's student. Alexander the Great's tutorAristotle
PericlesPaid the office holders a salary and believed all male citizens should take part in government regardless of wealth or social class
Macedonian whose empire streched from Greece all the way to the Hindu-Kush MountainsAlexander the Great


World History/World Geography I
Pulaski County High School
Pulaski, VA

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