20 Greek Greats

Mix and Match. Complete list 1 from the slate of names in list 2.

List 1

1. __________     He created one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
2. __________     He was regarded, even during his lifetime, as the ideal physician.
3. __________     The Oracle at Delphi called him the wisest man. The father of ethics.
4. __________     He laid the foundations of western philosophy and founded the Academy.
5. __________     The founder of Greek tragedy. Fought in the Battle of Marathon.
6. __________     The greatest Greek comic poet. Author of the Lysistrata.
7. __________     He was considered to be the greatest Athenian orator.
8. __________     Renowned for his victory odes celebrating athletic achievement.
9. __________     The greatest Greek female poet. Only fragments of her work survives.
10. __________     While in exile, wrote the history of the 2nd Peloponnesian War.
11. __________     Soldier, philosopher and historian. Wrote March of the Ten Thousand.
12. __________     His paintings were so realistic the birds flew down to eat the grapes.
13. __________     A famous sculptor who produced “the Discus-Thrower”.
14. __________     Philosopher and zoologist. Founder of school called “the Lyceum”.
15. __________     Leading political figure. The Parthenon is one of his legacies.
16. __________     Responsible for the Greek victory at Salamis, but later ostracized.
17. __________     Athenian statesman, lawmaker & poet who reformed the constitution.
18. __________     Credited as being the father of Athenian democracy. Introduced ostracism.
19. __________     Regarded by Cicero and others to be “the father of History”.
20. __________     Called the greatest Greek poet. Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

List 2

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