20 Greek Greats - Solution

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

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