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  1. 2. 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.
  2. 3. Euripides was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three authors of Greek tragedy for whom any plays have survived in full.
  3. 6. Greek- city of Halicarnassus, under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.
  4. 7. of Persia- Darius I, commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.
  5. 10. philip of macedon - Philip II of Macedon was the king of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty, founders of the ancient kingdom, and the father of Alexander the Great.
  6. 12. Greek philosopher and polymath who made significant contributions to many fields of knowledge.
  7. 15. 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
  8. 16. Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedian, one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full.
  9. 17. of Persia- Xerxes I, commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC. He was the son of Darius the Great and Atossa, a daughter of Cyrus the Great.
  10. 18. Pheidippides or Philippides is the central figure in the story that inspired the marathon race.
  11. 19. - ancient Greek mathematician known as the "father of geometry,
  12. 20. the Great- Alexander III of Macedon, most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon
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  1. 1. Eratosthenes of Cyrene was an Ancient Greek polymath: a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist.
  2. 4. ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, and the founder of the philosophical movement known as Pythagoreanism
  3. 5. Pericles was an influential Athenian statesman and general credited with leading Athens during its "Golden Age,"
  4. 8. Athenian philosopher, scholar, and teacher
  5. 9. Athenian philosopher and student of Socrates who is considered a founder of Western philosophy.
  6. 11. brilliant ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, and inventor
  7. 13. important Greeks:
  8. 14. Leonidas- Leonidas I was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta.
  9. 15. democracy, art, and architecture