This famous Athenian was a politician and general who led Athens against the Spartans, developed Athenian democracy, and started building projects like the Parthenon. There is an period of time, or "Age", named after him.
Pericles
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This Ancient Greek physician was one of the first to believe that disease was came from natural rather than supernatural causes. The oath he created for doctors (starts with 'H') is still used today.
Hippocrates
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This Greek Goddess was the God of Wisdom and war strategy. She is the patron of a famous Greek city that shares her name.
Athena
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This Greek philosopher was taught by Plato. Although his works ranged from astronomy, geography and politics, he is probably best known for rhetoric - the use of persuasive language.
Aristotle
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This Greek was a geographer and writer, but is best known as "The Father of History." In his book, Histories, he documents many different cultures as well as the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.
Herodotus
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This powerful Greek city was known for its famous acropolis, as the leader of the Delian League and as the birthplace of democracy.
Athens
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This battle took place during the first Persian invasion of Greece. In the end, the army of King Darius I was slaughtered on a beach north of Athens ending the Persian invasion.
The Battle of Marathon
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This war was a continuation of an earlier war between Sparta and the Delian League, led by Athens. It ended with the surrender of Athens and the end of the Golden Age of Greece.
The Peloponnesian War
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This Greek goddess was in charge of love and beauty. She was the patron god of many Greek cities and in mythology was known for her love affairs with the Greek god of war, Ares.
Aphrodite
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This Greek city in Anatolia was the center of Homer's epic poem the Iliad, where Greek soldiers used a horse to break into and destroy the city.
Troy
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This was the mythological Greek god of thunder, wife of Hera and the King of the Gods.
Zeus
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This was one of the most powerful empires of the ancient world. It fought several wars against Greece, which it lost.
Persia
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This powerful Greek city was known for its elite warrior society, its series of wars against Athens & its last stand against the Persians at Thermopylae.