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| student of the above and philosopher who founded The Academy in Athens which has influenced Western morality and thought to the modern day | Plato | 100%
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| orator and philosopher whose "method" for finding the truth involved questioning everyone and everything; was eventually unjustly executed for "impiety corrupting the youth" | Socrates | 100%
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| statesmen and general who led Athens into the Golden Age; acclaimed as the "First Citizen of Athens" | Pericles | 55%
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| the mythical founder of Athens; entered the Labyrinth and slew the Minotaur | Theseus | 55%
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| general and historian who led "the Ten Thousand" Greek mercenaries out of Mesopotamia in a cleverly executed retreat from the Persians | Xenophon | 55%
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| playwright who wrote many famous Greek tragedies such as Medea | Euripides | 45%
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| charismatic general who fought in the Peloponnesian War for the Athenians, then the Spartans, then the Persians, then the Athenians again before finally being exiled and murdered | Alcibiades | 36%
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| statesman and general who led the Athenians against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon; the father of Cimon | Miltiades | 36%
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| exiled statesman and general who recorded the events of the Peloponnesian War | Thucydides | 36%
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| statesman and general who was the rival of the above; known as "The Just" | Aristides | 27%
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| remembered as the "Father of Democracy" | Cleisthenes | 27%
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| general who organized the "Peace of ______" truce with the Spartans during the Peloponnesian War that was meant to stop fighting for at least 50 years; forced to lead the expedition to Syracuse in which he was ultimately captured and executed | Nicias | 27%
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| statesman and general who led the Athenians against the Persians in the Battle of Salamis; was eventually exiled before defecting to Persia | Themistocles | 27%
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