Here are the matched pairs:
- Student of Socrates; believed human mind should be rational, orderly, and virtuous. - Plato
- Greek poet who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey - Homer
- Student of Plato; believed logic and deduction using evidence should always be used in research; used a very early form of the scientific method. - Aristotle
- Roman academic who translated works of Greek philosophers for future generations. Executed for criticizing the Roman government. - Cicero
- King of Macedonia; conquered land from Greece to Pakistan. Student of Aristotle. - Alexander the Great
- Explored the power of human thought and executed for questioning the status quo. - Socrates
So, the final answer is:
- Plato
- Homer
- Aristotle
- Cicero
- Alexander the Great
- Socrates