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Ancient Greece

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Historical Figures

  • SophoclesBorn in 495 B.C. about a mile northwest of Athens, Sophocles was to become one of the great playwrights of the golden age. The son of a wealthy merchant, he ...

  • AeschylusThe "Father of Tragedy," Aeschylus was born in 525 B.C. in the city of Eleusis. Immersed early in the mystic rites of the city and in the worship of the ...

  • HippocratesHippocrates (460?–377? B.C.), a Greek physician called “the father of medicine.” Nothing reliable is known of his life, but it is said he studied at ...

  • EpictetusEpictetus (about 50–130 A.D.), a Greek Stoic philosopher. Like other Stoics, he resembled the Christians in his love of good and hatred of evil. He taught ...

  • EuclidEuclid of Alexandria a Greek mathematician who lived about 300 B.C. He is called the Father of Geometry. Euclid profited by work done in geometry by the ...

  • DracoDraco, an Athenian statesman of the seventh century B.C. He is remembered mainly for the severity of his laws, which, according to tradition, formed Athens' ...

  • CimonCimon, (507-449 B.C.), an Athenian general and statesman. He was the son of Miltiades, the general who won fame at the Battle of Marathon. ...

  • Archimedes(287?-212 B.C.), a Greek mathematician and physicist. He was the greatest mathematician of ancient times and ranks as one of the great scientists of all ...

  • PtolemyPtolemy, or Claudius Ptolemaeus, (90?–168? A.D.), a Greek astronomer and geographer. Ptolemy was born at a Greek settlement in Egypt and became a scholar ...

  • DemosthenesDemosthenes (384?–322 B.C.), the greatest of Greek orators. The “Philippics,” his speeches against Philip of Macedon, are among the finest examples of ...

Historical Timeline

  • Socrates I was put on trial for just speaking my mind! Apparently nowadays teaching students to think critically and question things equals corrupting the youth. Do you guys feel like your thoughts are valued? What do you stand for?

    Tue, Nov 13, 2012 11:30PM