Some Greek Names

Father of the greek gods

Greeks favorite god. God of the sun, art, and mediche.

Discovered the city of Troy.

King of Crete

The body of a man and the head of a bull

He was ruler of Athens for 32 years, which was called the age of pericles. He had 3 goals: to glorify Athens, to make Athens' democracy stronger, and to build a commercial empire. He died from a fever while being attacked by Sparta.

He was a poet and philosopher. He became ruler of Athens and cancled all debts and freed the debt slaves. Set up a code of laws which treated all as equal.

Ruler of Athens. He set up the council of 500 to make laws for Athens. His laws made Athens a full democracy. He took land away from the nobles to give to the poor.

Father of Geometery

Father of tragedy

Father of modern mediche

Wrote Oedipus Rex

Father of history. Wrote the history of the persian wars.

First to measure for volume, value of pi, and use of levers.

Nicknamed the Gadfly. Rich sons were his students. All they do all day is discuss why. He is a trouble maker according to the leaders of Athens. He made up the Socratic method of teaching, which is to answer a question with a question. He was put on trial and was forced to poisen himself with hemlock.

The student of Plato. Logic and a rigid system of organizing and testing ideas.

Wrote Clouds. The first comedy for the stage. It made fun of politicans.

The student of Socrates. He set up the Academy. A school in Athens that lasted 900 years, that was based on the teachings of Socrates. Wrote The Republic. It said only well educated people should run a government.

He took over all of the greek city-states except Sparta. In 336 B.C., he is killed at his daughters wedding by his wife. His son is Alexander the great.