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This was the first Olympic honoring Zeus the Olympics would take place every four years
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The Athens met at a plain at Marathon 26 miles from Athens the Athens won the Persians retreated and a messenger had to run 26 miles to tell every one that's why marathons are 26 mile footraces.
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The Greeks won and the Persian king was not yet done, in 479 BC They fought again and the Greeks won again.
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Socrates was one of the most famous Greek philosophers.
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Sparta was a harsh city when you were a kid you had to go threw military training when they were 7.
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Pericles the leader of Athens avoided the war when the Spartans went to Athens no one was their and the Spartans burned the crops but they needed food so they retreated
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He was taught by Plato he loved to study about plants, animals and insects he liked to come up with theories and analyzing facts.
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Alexander was a smart handsome king that conquered more land than any else in his time
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This is were Alexander dies and the Romans started to gain power and the Greeks started to loose power
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The Spartan army held up the Persians but they burned the city to the ground but in 479 BC the Spartans drove the Persians out of Greece.
