Greek People
Significant Individuals in Ancient Greece
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- Euripides
- Author of "Medea" and other tragegies
- Darius III
- King of Persia defeated by Alexander theGreat
- Archimedes
- The greatest mathematician of antiquity
- Democritus of Abdera
- Philosopher who helped originate atomic theory
- Epicurus
- Philosopher who strove for tranquility
- Zeno
- Founder of the Stoic school of philosophy
- Thales Of Miletus
- Early Philosopher who taught everything was made of water
- Aristophanes
- Satiric Playwright
- Pythagoras of Samos
- Philosopher who focused on mathematics
- Eratosthenes
- Astronomer who calculated the earth's circumference
- Philip II
- King of Macedonia who established dominance over most of Greece
- Herodotus
- Historian of the Persians Wars
- Alexander the Great
- King of Macedonia who conquered Persia
- Thuscydides
- Historian of the Peloponnesian Wars
- Plato
- Philosopher who wrote the "Republic"
- Ptolemy of Alexandria
- Astronomer who geocentric model of the universe was accepted for over 1500 years
- Socrates
- Philosopher who redirected philosophy from natural to moral issues
- Aristotle
- Philosopher who focused on the study of nature
- Aristarchus
- Astronomers who championed the heliocentric theory of the universe
- Aeschylus
- Author of the "Oresteia" trilogy of plays
- Sophocles
- Author of the plays "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone"
- Euclid
- Geometer whose theorems are still taught