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Spartan king who led Greek forces at Thermopylae |
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Persian Emperor during battle of Marathon |
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Oedipus killed him on the road from Delphi to Thebes |
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Ionian city captured by Persains after Ionian Revolt |
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Originally produced in sets of three for the Dionysia |
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His idea to use silver windfall to fund Athenian fleet |
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Wrote The Clouds, The Frogs, and The Birds |
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The place where Oedipus' life came to an end |
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Persian Emperor at Thermopylae |
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A kind of theatre thought to have evolved from banter |
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A dithyramb was a song in his honor |
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Capital of Lydia burned during ionian Rebellion |
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His name means "swollen foot" |
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He marched against Cyrus and lost his own Empire |
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A kind of comic relief after watching much tradgedy |
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city of which Oedipus becomes king |
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Kidnaps Oedipus' daughters from Colonus |
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"Great" emperor of Persia who takes throne in 559 |
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The blind prophet of Thebes |
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Hangs herself when she learns she has slept with her son |
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Ran from Athens to Sparta to Marathon to Athens |
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Archaic name of Athenian magistrate |
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Tragedy writer who served in the persian wars |
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Only elected office in Athens after about 487 |
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According to Athenian tradition, the first actor |
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Harmodius and Aristogeiton |
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Final naval battle of Persian wars |
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Parody is evident in some of the tragedies he wrote |
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Here Persian ships were held back from Thermopylae |
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