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Famous Ancient Greek

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Socrates First of the great Greek Philosophers; founder of Western philosophy.
Plato philosopher; student of Socrates; founded the Academy in Athens.
Aristotle philosopher/scientist; student of Plato; teacher to Alexander the Great.
Aeschylus Greek playwright; the Father of the Tragedy.
Sophocles playwright; thought to have written over 100 plays.
Euripides last of the great Greek tragedy writers; used strong women characters and intelligent slaves as characters.
Aristophanes Greek playwright; considered the Father of the Comedy.
Aesop writer/poet; wrote fables that included both talking animals and a moral.
Hesiod writer/poet; wrote Works and Days about Greek rural life; wrote Theogany, which explained Greek Mythology.
Homer Greek epic poet; the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Pindar poet; most known for his odes.
Sappho female poet; wrote romantic poetry.
Herodotus historian; chronicled the Persian Wars; the Father of History.
Thucydides historian; wrote about the war between Athens and Sparta.
Archimedes mathematician/scientists; made discoveries in math and physics including many inventions.
Aristarchus astronomer/mathematician; first to put the sun at the center of the known universe.
Euclid The Father of Geometry; wrote Elements-most famous mathematical textbook in history.
Hippocrates scientist of medicine; Father of Western Medicine.
Pythagoras scientist/philosopher; created the Pythagorean Theorem used in geometry.
Alexander the Great military commander; expanded the Greek empire; never lost a battle.
Cleisthenes Father of Athenian Democracy; helped to reform the constitution so the democracy could work for all.
Demosthenes statesman; considered the greatest orator of Greek times.
Draco created Draconian law; made many offences punishable by death.
Pericles leader/statesman; helped democracy to flourish; led great building projects in Athens.
Solon leader/statesman; credited with the foundations/ideas for democracy.
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