Famous Greeks

2. ancient Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry
4. Euripides was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles
5. Greek philosopher and mathematician
6. mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor
7. of Persia Darius, commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
8. Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known heliocentric model that placed the Sun at the center of the universe
11. Phillip of Macedon Philip II of Macedon was the king of the ancient kingdom of Macedon from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC
15. Thucydides was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC
16. Herodotus was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus
17. of Persia Xerxes, commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire

1. Pericles was a Greek statesman and general during the Golden Age of Athens
2. A brilliant ancient Greek scholar known for being the first to accurately calculate the Earth's circumference
3. Aristophanes was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens.
5. Philippides is the central figure in the story that inspired the marathon race
8. the Great Alexander III of Macedon, most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon
9. Greek philosopher and polymath
10. Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedian, one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full
12. Athenian philosopher, scholar, and teacher
13. Athenian philosopher and student of Socrates who is considered a founder of Western philosophy
14. Leonidas Leonidas was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta