Famous Greeks

5. Third Persian Monarch.
8. The greatest historian of the ancient world. Thucydides was an Athenian general who fought in the Great Peloponnesian War and later wrote its history.
10. A mathematician who wrote a textbook on plane geometry known as the Elements.
11. (online search) Greek philosopher, he was known for his use of logic.
12. A great Athenian playwright. His most famous play was Oedipus Rex
15. The next King of Macedon, after his fathers death, he was motivated for vengeance.
16. (online search) He was the most famous King in Sparta.
17. He built a powerful army and turned Macedonia into the chief power of the Greek world.
19. (online search) Greek mathematician and physicist, he was known for being one of the leading scientists.

1. Athenian runner who dropped the news that Athens won before his death.
2. Athenian Dramatist. His style was mostly directed with real life scenarios.
3. An astronomer who determined that the earth was round.
4. (online search) Greek politician in Athens, he was known for his influence on the Persian and Pelloponoisiean war.
6. (online search) A Greek play writer, he was known for his many plays.
7. Forth Persian Monarch.
9. Greek philosopher, he believed in the power of argument over writing. He was known for his constant debating.
13. Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, he made an academy after his teacher (Socrates) death.
14. He wrote History of the Persian Wars, often seen as the first real history in Western civilization.
15. An astronomer who theorized that the center of the universe was the center of the sun.
18. A Greek philosopher who taught his students that the universe could be found in music and numbers.