Very Important Greeks

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  1. 3. an Athenian messenger that ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the message the Persians were defeated
  2. 5. Greek mathematician, astronomer, and geographer known for being the first to calculate the Earth's circumference accurately
  3. 6. Greek mathematician that created the Pythagorem Theorem
  4. 7. Greek general ad historian who wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
  5. 9. created the Socratic method
  6. 10. one of the three greatest Athenian tragedians, famous for revolutionizing Greek drama
  7. 13. Greek historian considered the "Father of History"
  8. 14. Athenian statesman and general who made democracy more accessible to the public
  9. 16. a philosophers who created the field of formal logic
  10. 17. Famous Greek playwright who wrote comedies
  11. 18. Greek mathematician know as the "Father of Geometry"
  12. 19. father of Alexander the Great and transformed Macedon into a powerful kingdom
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  1. 1. king of ancient Macedonia who became one of history's most successful military commanders
  2. 2. Ancient Greek playwright, highly successful tragic dramatist
  3. 4. a king of Persia famous for his massive invasion of Greece in 480 BC
  4. 8. Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, and inventor from Syracuse
  5. 11. a powerful Achaemenid king who reigned from 522 to 486 BC
  6. 12. Greek astronomer and mathematician who was the first to propose the Earth revolves around the Sun
  7. 15. a student of Socrates who wrote many philosophical texts