Classics Midterm - Authors

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Who wrote about the division of gender roles in the home

Xenophon

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Who wrote about the victors of the olympics

Pindar

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Who wrote about female protagonists with emotional realism

Europides

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Who wrote about the description of Greece and the Olympics

Pausanias

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Who wrote about gymnastics in the Olympics

Philostratus

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Who wrote abut the birth of the gods

Hesiod

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Who wrote about the trojan war

Homer

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8

Who wrote about lesbian sexual fantasy

Sappho

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Who wrote about Homer creating the beginning of plot and tragedy

Aristotle

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10

Who wrote that some people are slaves by nature

Aristotle

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11

Who wrote about how with the advent of hoplites, democracy was started

Aristotle

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12

Who wrote plays with scenery

Sophacles

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13

Who wrote about the ideas of fate

Sophacles

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14

Who wrote about the fall of troy being related to the fight between Achilles and Memnon

Smyrnaeus

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15

Who wrote about tragedy and humour

Aeschylus

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Who wrote about mythical stories and the battle of Salamis

Aeschylus

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Who wrote about the architects of the Parthenon

Plutarch

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Who wrote about Solon’s impact on Athens

Plutarch

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Who wrote about Spartan war customs and beliefs

Plutarch

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Who wrote about Aristotle teaching Alexander the Great

Plutarch

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21

Who wrote about Lycurgus travelling around the world and meeting with the gymnosophists

Plutarch

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22

Who wrote about Greek art overlooking anatomy for emotional prevalence

Darwin

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Who wrote about Achilles relationship with Patroclus

Plato

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Who wrote about the Socratic Paradox

Plato

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25

Who wrote about the death of Socrates

Plato

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26

Who wrote about the symposium, high love (man and man) and reproductive love (man and woman)

Plato

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27

Who wrote about Homer “educated the Greeks”

Plato

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28

Who wrote about Spartans oiling themselves for the Olympics

Thucydides

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29

Who wrote about the common nudity at the Olympics

Thucydides

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Who wrote that slaves are a byproduct of war

Thucydides

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Who wrote that philosophy became the backbone of the polis

Thucydides

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