Greek Philosophers
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- Heraclitus
- fire is the basic element
- Thales
- astronomer, heavenly bodies were controlled by fixed laws, everything comes from water
- Pericles
- came from distinguished families, helped strengthen the democratic system in Athens, service in Boule and law courts was paid
- Herodotus
- "father of history", wrote about Persian Wars which were caused by hubris
- Sophocles
- tragedian, served in public office several times, received many 1st and 2nd place prizes, wrote more than 100 plays but we only have 7
- Euripides
- tragedian, wrote more than 100 plays but we only have 19, passionate plays, more famous than Sophocles and Aeschylus's plays but didn't receive many prizes
- Phidias
- Sculptor of Athena in Parthenon and other Parthenon sculptures, Sculpted 60 feet Zeus for the Temple of Olympia
- Hippocrates
- diseases were caused by natural causes, "Hippocratic Oath" = ethical guide
- Aristotle
- BUilt the Lyceum, Alexander's tutor, peripatetic education (walking around), biology - 5000 specimens and labeled, flora and fauna, spider is as divide as a star, moderation in all things
- Hecataeus
- Geography book, Mediterranean sea = center, genealogies
- Socrates
- philosopher, "KNow Yourself", Socratic Method (learn by asking ?s), accused of corrupting children by the Athenian Assembly and he was poisoned
- Anaximenes
- air is the basic element
- Scopas
- sculptor, vigorous and intense sculptures
- Aeschylus
- tragedian, in military, wrote more than 80 plays but we only have 7
- Lyssipus
- sculptor, casts of living models in studio, free-standing sculptures that could be viewed from every angle, sculpted models of Alexander the Great and Socrates
- Sappho
- Lesbian poet, accompanied by lyre
- Pythagoras
- relationship bet. music and math is important to his theories, earth + sun + moon revolve around a central fire
- Plato
- The Academy (1st school), all human perceptions are imperfect, The Republic - perfect polis (3 categories, 5000 citizens)
- Anaximander
- "The Boundless" - earth, air, fire, water
- Praxiteles
- sculptor, grace and ease in sculptures, " Aphrodite of Cnidus" and "Hermes and Dionysus"