This is just the rest of the study guide things for the test
Homer- blind poet who composed the iliad and Odyssey and he went around singing his stories
Odysseus- hero in The Odyssey- trying to find his way home and kept having to face strage obstacles by the gods
Zeus- ruler of the sky and all the gods
Athena- patron god of Athens, goddess of wisdom
Pisistratus- came to Athens with a long haired, tall women he claimed to be Athena, Declared himself a king, gave common people rights to succeed
Cleisthenes- created democratic republic, people put him in charge after Isagoris
Darius the Great - king of Persia during the Persian wars, tried to conquer Greece lost the battle of marathon, people had to cover their mouths in his presence as to not taint the air
Xerxes- Darius’s son who sent two Greek expeditions to the mainland, he sought for revenge because of the straits of salamis
Pidipoties- runner in Athens, ran from Athens to sparta
Themistocles- ruled Athens, defeats Persians. not an aristocrat, was ostrisized
Pericles- aristocrat who was leader of Athens after victory over Persia, built the Parthenon Delian league,
Espeja- "high class prostitute" but she was a refined, intelligent, beautiful women "high class escort"
Aristophanes- Greek play write that specialized in comedies tragedy-Edopis
Socrates-well known Greek philosopher
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