| A | B |
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| Homer | a poet who wrote an epic about the trojan war |
| Solon | made laws for the Athenians, he made them into a democracy |
| Pericles | member of the aristocratic family but supported democracy. Led the Athenians in peace and war |
| Achilles | mythical hero |
| Thales | believed that water was the basic material of the world, one of the first philosophers |
| Democritus | thought everything was made of tiny particles he called atoms |
| Socrates | taught in Athens. "Know thyself" was his important lesson |
| Plato | wrote about Socrates. Wrote that society should be made up of 3 groups: workers, soldiers and philosopher-rulers |
| Aristotle | believed that reason should guide the pursuit of knowledge. He later founded his own school The Lyceum |
| Zeus | The king of the gods, ruler of all gods and humanity |
| Athena | goddess of wisdom and war. the patron goddess of Athens |
| Apollo | God of music, poetry |
