8 Important People from Ancient Greece
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| Archimedes | Bath experiment - water overflowed figured out how to find volume. He was a thinker, observant, and curious.
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| Herodotus | Legacy in Language and Literature
A Greek writer. Known as the "father of history" because he liked to write about history.
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| Thucydides | Legacy in Language and Literature
Greatest historian. Liked to write about the wars between Athens and Sparta.
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| Hippocrates | Legacy in Medicine
Known as "father of medicine". Believed that diseases had natural causes. Thought health and medicine very important. Observed his patients. Hippocratic Oath - promise to be honest, preserve life, & keep info about patients.
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| Pythagora | Legacy in Mathematics
Numbers were key to understanding nature, Started School for mathematical theories, Geometry to measure land, Area (shape & spaces to measure for seeds for crops
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| Euclid | Legacy in Mathematics
Math mathematician, Created geometry textbook used for 2,000 years
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| Hypatia | Legacy in Mathematics
Woman, respected mathematician, Taught philosophy and mathematics in Alexandria
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| Aristotle | Legacy in Understanding Plants and Animals
Philosopher (Plato was his teacher), Fascinated by living things, classified (made groups) information about plants/animals
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