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