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| Leader of Athens during the Golden Age; died of plague during the siege of Athens |
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| Pupil of Socrates who wrote "The Republic" and founded a school called "The Academy" |
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| a twenty-six mile footrace |
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| harsh laws; named for the Athenian tyrant, Draco |
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| Macedonian general; conquered the known world by the time of his death at age 33 |
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| short, abrupt speech named for the speech patterns of Laconia, the province that included the military state, Sparta |
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| blind author of "The Illiad |
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| blind author of "The Illiad |
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| leader who seizes power; now considered corrupt |
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| fortified Greek city-center |
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| Greek philosopher who lived like an animal; called himself a "citizen of the world" |
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| Persian king whose fleet was destroyed during the Battle of Salamis during the Persian Wars |
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| Greek philosopher; possibly the smartest man in the world; tutor to Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; wrote "Ethics" and "Poetics" |
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| Original inhabitants of Crete |
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| Greek god of wine; honored by drama contests |
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| Died after he ran the 26 mils from Marathon to Athens to report that the city had been saved |
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| professinals who swear the Hippocratic Oath |
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| A play with an unhappy ending about a tragic hero who is a good man except for one tragic flaw which brings about his destruction |
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| Fathre of History (sometimes stretched the truth) |
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