Chapter 8 - Greek People Review

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Wrote epic Poems - Iliad & Odyssey

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Homer

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Wrote fables with talking animals and morals.

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Aesop

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earliest dramatist / father of tragedy

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Aeschylus

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wrote about suffering - a dramatist

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Sophocles

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wrote about ordinary humans - a dramatist

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Euripides

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wrote comedies - made fun of leaders - encouraged thinking & laughing

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Aristophanes

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philosopher = absolute truth

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Socrates

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philosopher - rejected democracy - favored philosopher kings

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Plato

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"golden mean" - his political ideas still used today

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Aristotle

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Father of History - wrote about Persian Wars

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Herodotus