Statistics for Ancient Greeks by Accomplishment

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Ruler of ancient Macedonia, established the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen	Alexander the Great	95%
Wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey	Homer	95%
Father of medicine	Hippocrates	79%
Famous leader during the Golden Age of Athens	Pericles	74%
Philosopher who famously quoted, "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing,"	Socrates	74%
Father of geometry	Euclid	68%
Father of History	Herodotus	68%
Famously battled Persian King Xerxes in 480 BC	Leonidas	68%
Adjective, "named," after this dictator. This adjective means overly harsh or strict.	Draco	63%
Philosopher who preached unity; taught by another famous philosopher	Plato	63%
Philosopher who believed living happily was the main goal of human life; taught by another famous philosopher	Aristotle	58%
Famous Sculptor	Phidias	53%
Spartan general renowned for his efforts in The Archidamian War	Brasidas	42%
Reformist and benevolent dictator who laid the grounds for Athenian democracy	Solon	42%
Creator of the geocentric theory	Eudoxus	32%