Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _____________________________ Page: _____
WORKSHEET: Greek People Matching
Directions: Using the word bank, write the name of a person next to the correct statement.
Word Bank
Alexander the Great
Aphrodite
Apollo
Archimedes
Aristotle
Artemis
Athena
Euclid
Hera
Herodotus
Hippocrates
Homer
Pericles
Philip II of Macedon
Plato
Pythagoras
Socrates
Solon
Thucydides
Zeus
1. _________________________: Athenian reformer who attempted to legislate against political,
economic and moral decline
2. _________________________: Epic poet
3. _________________________: Founder of medicine
4. _________________________: God of music/light
5. _________________________: Goddess of love/beauty
6. _________________________: Goddess of marriage
7. _________________________: Goddess of the hunt
8. _________________________: Goddess of wisdom
9. _________________________: Historian, writer of The Histories
10. _________________________: Historian, writer of Histories of the Peloponnesian War
11. _________________________: King of the gods
12. _________________________: King who conquered Greece, father of Alexander the Great
13. _________________________: Leader of Golden Age of Athens
14. _________________________: Mathematician, father of geometry
15. _________________________: Mathematician, wrote the Pythagorean theorem
16. _________________________: Philosopher, student of Plato
17. _________________________: Philosopher, mentored by Socrates, founder of the Academy in
Athens
18. _________________________: Philosopher, focused on ethics, epistemology (knowledge), and logic
19. _________________________: Scientist, explained the principle of the lever
20. _________________________: World conqueror and spreader of Hellenistic Culture
Greek People Matching
Name
Draco
Solon
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Homer
Hippocrates
Apollo
Aphrodite
Hera
Artemis
Athena
Herodotus
Thucydides
Zeus
Philip II
Pericles
Euclid
Pythagoras
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
Archimedes
Phidias
Alexander the Great
Significance
Athenian tyrant and reformer who developed unforgiving rules/laws
Athenian reformer who attempted to legislate against political, economic and moral
decline
Dramatist
Dramatist
Epic poet
Founder of medicine
God of music/light
Goddess of love/beauty
Goddess of marriage
Goddess of the hunt
Goddess of wisdom
Historian, writer of The Histories
Historian
King of the gods
King who conquered Greece, father of Alexander the Great
Leader of Golden Age of Athens
Mathematician, father of geometry
Mathematician, wrote the Pythagorean theorem
Philosopher, student of Plato
Philosopher, mentored by Socrates, founder of the Academy in Athens
Philosopher, focused on ethics, epistemology (knowledge), and logic
Scientist, explained the principle of the lever
Sculptor of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia
World conqueror and spreader of Hellenistic Culture