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