CLCV 114 EXAM 2
Apollonius of Rhodes (Author)
Wrote The Argonautica. The myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis
Aratus (Author)
Wrote Phaenomena. A didactic (teaching something) poem about astronomy. Describes constellations and other celestial phenomena.
Aristophanes (Author) wrote The Clouds, The Frogs, Lysistrata, old comedy, native Athenian, attacks politicians, harsh critic of various governments
Aristoxenus (Author) music, science, wrote the Elements of Harmony, pupil of Aristotle
Arrian (Author) wrote Expedition of Alexander, The Campaigns of Alexander, historian, military commander, and philosopher
Demosthenes (Author)
First Philippic, makes a speech warning people about Phillip II of Macedon
Euclid (Author)
Geometry, the elements of Geometry
Euripides (Author) wrote Medea native Athenian, criticized by comic writers, often uses deus ex machina, tragedy includes everyday emotions
Isocrates (Author) wrote Panegyricus (speech written for the festival of the Olympic games, Panhellenic expedition against Persia
Plutarch (Author)
Historian and biographer; famous for his biographical series, Parallel Lives, where he documented the lives of Alexander, Caesar, and Pyrrhus
Socrates (Author)
One of the founders of Western philosophy, teacher of Plato, served as President of the Assembly
Theocritus (Author)
First poet that did Pastoral poetry, wrote Idyll I (Thyrsis) and XI-Cyclops
Thucydides (Author)
The Peloponnesian War, wrote down the symptoms of the Plague so people in the future would be able to recognize it, was removed and exiled, participant in the Peloponnesian war
Ictinus (art)
Architect of the Temple of Bassae, co-architect with Callicrates of the Parthenon, Temple of Apollo
Callicrates (art)
Parthenon (with Ictinus), architect of the "Temple of Nike" in the sanctuary of Athena Nike on the Acropolis
Mnesicles (art)
The designer of the propylaea, or the entrance gateway to the
Wrote The Argonautica. The myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis
Aratus (Author)
Wrote Phaenomena. A didactic (teaching something) poem about astronomy. Describes constellations and other celestial phenomena.
Aristophanes (Author) wrote The Clouds, The Frogs, Lysistrata, old comedy, native Athenian, attacks politicians, harsh critic of various governments
Aristoxenus (Author) music, science, wrote the Elements of Harmony, pupil of Aristotle
Arrian (Author) wrote Expedition of Alexander, The Campaigns of Alexander, historian, military commander, and philosopher
Demosthenes (Author)
First Philippic, makes a speech warning people about Phillip II of Macedon
Euclid (Author)
Geometry, the elements of Geometry
Euripides (Author) wrote Medea native Athenian, criticized by comic writers, often uses deus ex machina, tragedy includes everyday emotions
Isocrates (Author) wrote Panegyricus (speech written for the festival of the Olympic games, Panhellenic expedition against Persia
Plutarch (Author)
Historian and biographer; famous for his biographical series, Parallel Lives, where he documented the lives of Alexander, Caesar, and Pyrrhus
Socrates (Author)
One of the founders of Western philosophy, teacher of Plato, served as President of the Assembly
Theocritus (Author)
First poet that did Pastoral poetry, wrote Idyll I (Thyrsis) and XI-Cyclops
Thucydides (Author)
The Peloponnesian War, wrote down the symptoms of the Plague so people in the future would be able to recognize it, was removed and exiled, participant in the Peloponnesian war
Ictinus (art)
Architect of the Temple of Bassae, co-architect with Callicrates of the Parthenon, Temple of Apollo
Callicrates (art)
Parthenon (with Ictinus), architect of the "Temple of Nike" in the sanctuary of Athena Nike on the Acropolis
Mnesicles (art)
The designer of the propylaea, or the entrance gateway to the