Transcript Summer School Language Arts Class

ANCIENT
GREEK DEAD
DUDES
REVIEW
SOCRATES
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Greek philosopher (a
thinker or lover of wisdom)
Wanted people to think for
themselves
Socratic Method – Question
Everything!!!
Sentenced to death
PLATO
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Greek Philosopher
Was a “realist” – Don’t believe it
unless you can see it!
Wrote The Republic, which
stated that the wealthy must
always have control of the state
ARISTOTLE
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Greek philosopher
Wrote 200 books on astronomy
and political science at his school,
Lyceum
Believed a good government
should have a balance of
monarchy, aristocracy, and
democracy
PERICLES
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Known as the “Father of the
Golden Age”
Allowed Greek culture to thrive
and encouraged artists,
philosophers and scientists to
work freely
PHEIDIPPEDES
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Delivered the news that the
Athenians had won at Marathon
(Persian War) but the rest of the
Persian army was heading for
Athens
Ran 280 miles in 4 days before
dying of exhaustion
CLEISTHENES
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Created a constitution for Greece
Created the Council of 500 – who
made 90% of the decisions for
Greece
DRACO
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Wrote an extreme code of laws
that everyone had to abide by –
written down!
SOLON
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Cancelled all land debts and
freed debtors from slavery
Allowed all men of Greece to
participate in the Assembly
HOMER
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A Bard of the dark ages
Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
– an account of how the Trojan
War played out
HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN
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Found the city of Troy, which
made the Trojan War a reality,
not a myth
PEISISTRATUS
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Divided large estates of rich
and gave the land to the poor
Gave poor jobs building
temples and buildings
DARIUS I
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Persian leader who tried to
conquer Greece
Lost at the Battle of Marathon
PHIDIAS
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Sculpted the Parthenon
and the statue of Athena
inside the Parthenon
AESCHYLUS
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Greek playwright
Wrote Greek tragedies – serious
plays with an unhappy ending
Wrote Oresteia – moral stated
that in punishment, law rules not
revenge
SOPHOCLES
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Greek playwright
Wrote tragedies
Oedipus Rex – king is forced to
kill his father and marry his
mother by the gods
EURIPIDES
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Wrote Greek Tragedies
Rarely put god’s and goddesses
in plays – focused on man
HERODOTUS
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Greek historian
Known as the “Father of
History”
Wrote Historia, a book with
great detail about the Persian
war
THUCYDIDES
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Greek historian
Wrote a book with great detail
about the Peloponnesian war
THALES
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Greek Scientist
Studied and wrote about the
solar eclipse
HIPPOCRATES
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Made advancement in medicine
First to pinpoint bad hygiene as
a spreader of diseases
PYTHAGORAS
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Greek mathematician
Worked with Geometry and
developed a theorem that shows
the relationship between the
angles of a triangle
PHILIP II
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King of Macedonia that built an
army to conquer Greece
Father of Alexander the Great
ERATOSTHENES
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Greek scientist
Estimated the earth’s
circumference – just 1 percent
off!
ARCHIMEDES
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Invented the pulley, cylinder
screw, and the lever – all made
jobs much easier to do!
EUCLID
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Greek Scientist
Wrote The Elements of
Geometry – organized
elements of Geometry
XERXES
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Persian ruler, son of Darius I
Attempted to destroy Greece but
was defeated in the Persian wars
MYRON
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Sculpted The Discus Thrower
Showed complete and minute
detail of athletes body
DEMOCRITUS
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Greek Scientist
First to find and name an atoma solid particle of matter
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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Son of King Philip II
Conquered Greece for
Macedonian and blended the
two cultures
Great military commander who
conquered all of Persian Empire