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Greek Battles and Wars
Philosophers
Arts and Sciences
Athenian Leaders
Golden Age Athens
100
This plain was the site of an early battle in the Persian Wars.
What is Marathon or the Plain of Marathon?
100
He founded the Academy in Athens.
Who is Plato?
100
This Egyptian city housed the finest library in the ancient world.
What is Alexandria?
100
He outlawed debt slavery in Athens.
Who is Solon?
100
This general and politician is typically associated with the resurgence of Athens.
Who is Pericles?
200
The film 300 is inspired by this battle.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
200
He was tried and sentenced to death for practicing philosophy
Who is Socrates?
200
He first proposed the heliocentric (the earth revolves around the sun) theory of the solar system.
Who is Aristarchus?
200
He first led Athens in the Delian League before being overthrown.
Who is Cimon?
200
Funds to rebuild Athens came from this source primarily.
What is the Delian League?
300
The Mycenaeans might have served as the inspiration for Homer's story about this legendary war.
What is the Trojan War?
300
This Macedonian-born philosopher founded his own school the Lyceum after spending many years studying at the Academy.
Who is Aristotle?
300
His work, The Elements, serves as the basis for the field of Geometry.
Who is Euclid?
300
He established one of the first Athenian law codes.
Who is Draco?
300
He is the principal architect of the Parthenon.
Who is Phidias?
400
He led the Greek forces in the Battle of Salamis.
Who is Themistocles?
400
This philosophy taught that one should live with as little pain as possible.
What is Epicureanism?
400
Archimedes discovered the value of this mathematical concept.
What is Pi?
400
He divided society into ten groups based not on wealth, but on geography.
Who is Cleisthenes?
400
This playwright preferred to write trilogies.
Who is Aeschylus?
500
He helped the Persians defeat the Spartans at Thermopylae through his treachery.
Who is Ephialtes?
500
Stoicism was founded by this Greek philosopher.
Who is Zeno?
500
Eratosthenes attempted to calculate this concept using geometry.
What is the circumference of the earth?
500
He ruled as the tyrant of Athens after Solon.
Who is Pisastratus?
500
This author of Antigone introduced a third actor into Greek theater.
Who is Sophocles?