| MALACHI | Book Of ---, part of the Old Testament attributed to a Hebrew prophet of the 5th Century BC (7) |
| OBADIAH | Shortest book of the Old Testament, attributed to a Hebrew prophet of either the 6th or 9th century BC (7) |
| GLEEFUL | Exuberantly joyous, like a book of part-songs? |
| AMOS | Third of the twelve minor prophetic books of the Old Testament, attributed to 'a shepherd from the town of Tekoa' (4) |
| PHIDIAS | Athenian sculptor of the 5th century BC whose statue of Zeus at Olympia (c. 430 BC) was one of the Seven Wonders of the World (7) |
| IKTINOS | Athenian architect of the 5th century BC who co-designed the Parthenon with Callicrates and the sculptor Phidias (7) |
| INTRUTH | One part of the Bible: part of the Old Testament, actually |
| ARAMAIC | Common language of the 5th-century BC Persian empire |
| CORINTH | Ancient Greek city-state, an ally of Sparta in the 5th-century BC Peloponnesian War (7) |
| JOEL | Book of the Old Testament attributed to the son of Pethuel |
| GAUTAMA | Siddhartha _ Indian sage and ascetic who founded Buddhism c. the 5th century BC (7) |
| SOPHOCLES | Greek tragic dramatist of the 5th century BC to whom such innovations as the addition of a third actor and the use of painted scenery are attributed (9) |
| EZRA | Jewish priest of the 5th century BC after whom a book of the Old Testament is named |
| AMNESIA | Partial or total loss of memory often attributed to a head injury |
| CORIOLANUS | Legendary Roman general of the 5th Century BC, the inspiration for a Shakespeare tragedy of the same name (10) |
| MICAH | In the Old Testament, a Hebrew prophet of the late 8th Century BC (5) |
| HOSEA | In the Old Testament, a Hebrew prophet of the 8th Century BC (5) |
| HERODOTUS | Greek historian of the 5th-century BC known as The Father of History (9) |
| SUN | Chinese general and strategist credited with writing the 13-chapter military treatise The Art of War in the 5th century BC (3) |
| TZU | Chinese general and strategist credited with writing the 13-chapter military treatise The Art of War in the 5th century BC (3) |
