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King Minos | Legendary king of Minoans; father of the minotaur |
King Agamemnon | Legendary king of Mycenae; leader of the Greek Army in the Trojan War |
Homer | Greek poet who wrote about the Trojan War 500 years after it happened |
Pythagoras | Famous Greek mathematician; most known for his work in geometry |
Hippocrates | Famous Greek doctor; known as the Father of Medicine |
Socrates | Famous philosopher; known as the father of western philosophy |
Draco | First to write down the laws of Greece; extremely strict laws |
Pericles | Leader of Athens during the Golden Age; credited for having the Parthenon built |
Solon | Famous leader of Athens who reformed laws and ended slavery based on debts |
Pisistratus | Known as a tyrant since he took power in Athens through military force |
Alexander the Great | Macedonian King who created an empire from Greece to India (east) and Egypt (south) |
Aristotle | Famous philosopher who taught Alexander the Great |