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- 1. King of Persia who organized a vast army that defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae and destroyed Athens. After the defeat of his navy at Salamis and of his army at Plataea he retreated to Persia.
- 5. One of the critics of the Sophists. A sculptor whose true love was philosophy. Used a teaching method known by his name using a question and answer format.
- 6. Greek sculptor regarded as one of the greatest of sculptors. He executed the sculptures of the Parthenon and the colossal statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
- 12. Was the author of "History of the Persian Wars".
- 14. Cretans who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 b.c.
- 15. A great Athenian playwright whose most famous play was "Oedipus Rex".
- 17. In ancient Greece, a cruel and oppressive absolute ruler.
- 18. Greek mathematician, astronomer, and geographer who devised a map of the world, estimated the circumference of the earth and the distance to the moon and the sun, and constructed a method for finding prime numbers.
- 21. The chief temple of the goddess Athena built on the acropolis at Athens between 447 and 432 b.c. and considered a supreme example of Doric architecture.
- 22. King of Sparta, hero of the Battle of Thermopylae, in which he was killed by the Persians under Xerxes.
- 23. Greek mathematician who applied the deductive principles of logic to geometry, thereby deriving statements from clearly defined axioms.
- 24. The main gathering place on top of a hill. A fortified area that served as a place for refuge during an attack or religious center.
- 25. An ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula. Now a region in Greece.
- 28. An island of Greece in the Saronic Gulf east of Athens. In an important naval battle off the island's northeast coast the Greeks, led by Themistocles, defeated the Persian fleet in 480 b.c.
- 30. An ancient region of east-central Greece around Athens. According to Greek legend, the four Attic tribes were unified into a single state by the Athenian king Theseus.
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- 2. The art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people.
- 3. Greek epic poet. Two of the greatest works in Western literature, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are attributed to him.
- 4. A Greek philosopher. Pupil of Plato, tutor of Alexander the Great, and founder of the Peripatetic school at Athens. Author of works on logic, ethics, politics, poetics, rhetoric, biology, zoology, and metaphysics.
- 7. The city-state that was the central focus of Greek life. The word politics is derived from this Greek word.
- 8. A dialect of ancient Greek spoken in the Peloponnesus, Crete, certain of the Aegean Islands, Sicily, and southern Italy.
- 9. A person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
- 10. Greek philosopher and founder of the Cynic school who advocated self-control and the pursuit of virtue through simple living.
- 11. Greek settlers established colonies here before 1000 b.c. The seaports of Ionia flourished from c. 8th century b.c. until the Turkish conquest of the 15th century a.d.
- 13. a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- 16. The first Greek drama. Presented in a trilogy built around a common theme.
- 19. An Athenian general who fought in the Great Peloponnesian War. Wrote "History of the Peloponnesian War".
- 20. Greek physician who laid the foundations of scientific medicine by freeing medical study from the constraints of philosophical speculation and superstition.
- 26. A two-handled jar with a narrow neck used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to carry wine or oil.
- 27. One of Socrates students. Considered by many the greatest philosopher of Western civilization.
- 29. A hall in which public lectures, concerts, and similar programs are presented. The grove at Athens where Aristotle taught.