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 Pericles 3 Plato 4 Xerxes 5 Alexander the Great 6 Archimedes 7 Zeus 8 Sophocles 9 King Phillip II of Macedonia 10 King Darius 11 Homer 12 Aristotle 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 Writer of epics (long poems) including The Iliad and The Odyssey The third of the big 3 Greek philosophers who taught Alexander the Great Persian leader who continued attempting to expand borders and conquer Greece during the Persian Wars Alexander the Great's father who conquered the Greek city states Athenian leader who brought about the Golden Age The Olympics started as a religious festival to honor this king of gods 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 Mathematician who advanced a method of measuring circumference The first of the big 3 Greek philosophers who taught by asking questions The second of the big 3 Greek philosophers who wrote dialogues between his teacher and other wise men