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Famous Greeks
Philosophers, scholars, kings and politicians
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Socrates | Father of Greek philosophy who taught through questioning. |
| Plato | Greek philosopher who wrote about political philosophy in "The Republic"; Student of Socrates and Aristotle's teacher. |
| Aristotle | Greek philosopher who was a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great; he taught logic, science, politics and poetry. He taught the world was made up of 4 elements: earth, wind, |
| Aeschylus | Playwright considered the father of Greek tragedy |
| Sophocles | the most popular playwright during Greek times |
| Pythagoras | A scientist and philosopher; he came up with the Theorem still used today in much of geometry |
| Alexander | King of Macedonia, known as the "Great"; he conquered Persia and ancient Egypt, and invaded India before his death at age 28. He spread Greek culture, or Hellenism. |
| Leonidas | King who led the 300 Spartans against overwhelming Persian forces at battle of Thermopylae |
| Philip | King of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great who unified Greece |
| Themistocles | Athenian admiral who destroyed the Persian navy at the Artemesian Straits and Salamis |
| Pericles | Athenian leader and politician during the Golden Age who played a major role in the development of democracy |
| Solon | Athenian statesman and politician |
| Herodotus | Greek writer and historian who traveled throughout the ancient world |
| Eratosthenes | Greek scholar who headed the Library of Alexandria; astronomer who calculated the circumference of the Earth |
| Democritus | Greek philosopher who developed the radical theory that the universe is made up of atoms. |
| Euripides | The last of the great Greek tragedy writers, known for having strong women characters and intelligent slaves. |
| Aristophanes | Known as the father of Greek comedy |
| Aesop | Known for writing fables with both talking animals as well as teaching a moral. |
| Pindar | the greatest of Ancient Greece's lyric poets |
| Thucydides | great Greek historian who was known for the exact science of his research, he wrote about the war between Athens and Sparta. |
| Hippocrates | scholar considered the "father of medicine" |
| Demosthenes | Considered the greatest orator (speech giver) of Greek times. |
| Homer | blind poet credited with writing the Greek epics, the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" about the Trojan War |
| Euclid | Mathematician known for his book "The Elements", about geometry |
| Thales | Greek who is the first recorded Western philosopher |
| Aristarchus | Greek astronomer who was the first to theorize that the Earth orbited the Sun |
| Archimedes | Greek inventor and mathematician; invented the formulas for the surface area and volume of a sphere |
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