Classical Greek Authors - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Epic poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey	Homer	100%
Dialogue-writing philosopher, wrote The Republic, The Apology, Symposium, Euthyphro, Crito, etc.	Plato	70%
Female lyric poet who focused on romantic themes	Sappho	65%
Philosopher who wrote on a range of subjects, wrote Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Poetics, Politics, etc.	Aristotle	64%
Slave who wrote Fables	Aesop	63%
Father of History, wrote account of the Persian Wars	Herodotus	61%
Tragedian, wrote Oedipus/ Theban trilogy	Sophocles	58%
Father of Comic Drama who was especially critical of Socrates, wrote The Clouds, The Birds, The Frogs, Lysistrata	Aristophanes	53%
Tragedian who was particularly sympathetic to women's issues, wrote Medea, Heracles, Electra, The Bacchae	Euripides	49%
Poet, author of Theogony and Works and Days	Hesiod	46%
Father of Tragedy, wrote Orestes trilogy, Prometheus Bound, The Persians	Aeschylus	44%
Arguably the greatest historian of the Classical period, wrote The Peloponnesian War	Thucydides	40%
Historian who wrote Anabasis (Persian Expedition) and several works on Socrates	Xenophon	32%
Lyric poet whose Odes are especially focused on human achievement	Pindar	20%

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