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PlatoPlato 400 BC 400 BC
Socrates’ student
Wrote The Republic – allegory of the cave
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Archimedes Archimedes c. 200 BCc. 200 BC
Archimedes Principle “Eureka!”Calculated π closely
Great inventor – Archimedes’ screw
Killed while doing Math
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PericlesPericles 450 BC450 BC
Leader of Athens at its height
Ordered the Parthenon built
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Pythagoras Pythagoras c. 600 BC?c. 600 BC?
Pythagorean Theorem a2+b2 = c2
Math “cult” – power of numbers
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EuclidEuclid300 BC300 BC
Collected all Geometry in “The Elements” used for Euclidean
geometry
Lived in Alexandria – center of learning
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SophoclesSophocles 400 BC400 BC
Famous Tragedy writer
Wrote Oedipus, Antigone
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SocratesSocrates400 BC400 BC
Most Famous Philosopher
Died for his beliefs - hemlock
“unexamined life is not worth living”
Socratic method- questioning
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Euripides Euripides 400 400 BCBC
Tragedian
“Meaty” women’s roles - Medea
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Aristophanes Aristophanes 400 BC400 BC
Greek Comedy – grandfather of Comedy
The Frogs, The Birds, The Clouds
Made fun of everyone
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Zeno Zeno (of Citium(of Citium
philosophy)philosophy)
200 BC200 BC
Stoic Philosophy
Stoika poikilethe painted porch
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AristotleAristotle 400 BC400 BC
Student of Plato
Tutor of Alexander the Great
Prolific writer, thinker biology, drama, physics, nature, ethics,
philospohy, logic
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Eratosthenes Eratosthenes 200 BC200 BC
Measured Earth’s Circumference
Knew Earth was round
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CleisthenesCleisthenes
Set up Democracy
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LeonidasLeonidas
Spartan 300
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Zeno (of Elea)Zeno (of Elea)mathematicianmathematician 500 BC500 BC
Mathematical paradoxes
Achilles and the Tortoise
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HomerHomer 600 BC? 600 BC?
Wrote Iliad and Odyssey
Was blind?
Legendary?
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Demosthenes Demosthenes 350 BC350 BC
Great Orator – The Philippics
Speech impediment Practiced with stones in mouth
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SolonSolon600 BC600 BC
Eliminated slavery for indebtedness
Set stage for Athenian Democracy
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Herodotus Herodotus 500 BC500 BC
Father of History
Wrote about the Persian Wars
Used eyewitness interviews
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DracoDraco 700 BC700 BC
Harsh Laws
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AlexanderAlexander“The Great”“The Great”
350350 BCBC
Conquered the Persian Empire
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SapphoSappho 600 BC 600 BC
Woman poet – love poetry
Called the “tenth muse”
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Hippocrates Hippocrates 400 BC400 BC
Father of medicine
Hippocratic Oath ”Do no harm”
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Democritus Democritus 400 BC400 BC
Atomic Theoryatom= “uncuttable”
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ThalesThales 600 BC? 600 BC?
First PhilosopherTried to figure natural causes of things
Predicted an eclipse
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EpicurusEpicurus 400 BC400 BC
Preached epicureanism
Pleasure over pain
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LycurgusLycurgus
Sparta lawmaker
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ThemistoclesThemistocles
Led victory at Salamis
Convinced athenians to abandon Athens