Matching Pairs Who's Who?Online version Match important people from Ancient Greece culture and history with their descriptions. by Hannah Ross 1 Socrates 2 Sophocles 3 Zeus 4 Xerxes 5 Alexander the Great 6 Plato 7 Homer 8 Aristotle 9 Pericles 10 King Darius 11 Archimedes 12 King Phillip II of Macedonia Son of Philip II and student of Aristotle; conquered Persia, Egypt, the Middle East and Northern India and created Hellenistic culture The second of the big 3 Greek philosophers who wrote dialogues between his teacher and other wise men The third of the big 3 Greek philosophers who taught Alexander the Great A playwright who wrote classic Greek tragedies that are still read today Mathematician who advanced a method of measuring circumference Alexander the Great's father who conquered the Greek city states The Olympics started as a religious festival to honor this king of gods Writer of epics (long poems) including The Iliad and The Odyssey Persian leader who started the Persian War by conquering the Greek city-state Ionia and punishing Athens for their attempt to help Ionia resist conquest Athenian leader who brought about the Golden Age Persian leader who continued attempting to expand borders and conquer Greece during the Persian Wars The first of the big 3 Greek philosophers who taught by asking questions
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