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Plato 400 BC

Plato 400 BC. Socrates’ student. Wrote The Republic – allegory of the cave. Archimedes c. 200 BC. Archimedes Principle “Eureka!”. Calculated π closely. Great inventor – Archimedes’ screw. Killed while doing Math. Pericles 450 BC. Leader of Athens at its height. Ordered the

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Plato 400 BC

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  1. Plato 400 BC Socrates’ student Wrote The Republic – allegory of the cave

  2. Archimedes c. 200 BC Archimedes Principle “Eureka!” Calculated π closely Great inventor – Archimedes’ screw Killed while doing Math

  3. Pericles450 BC Leader of Athens at its height Ordered the Parthenon built

  4. Pythagoras c. 600 BC? Pythagorean Theorem a2+b2 = c2 Math “cult” – power of numbers

  5. Euclid300 BC Collected all Geometry in “The Elements” used for Euclidean geometry Lived in Alexandria – center of learning

  6. Sophocles 400 BC Famous Tragedy writer Wrote Oedipus, Antigone

  7. Socrates400 BC Died for his beliefs - hemlock Most Famous Philosopher “unexamined life is not worth living” ? Socratic method- questioning

  8. Euripides 400 BC Tragedian “Meaty” women’s roles - Medea

  9. Aristophanes 400 BC Greek Comedy – grandfather of Comedy The Frogs, The Birds, The Clouds Made fun of everyone

  10. Zeno (of Citiumphilosophy)200 BC Stoic Philosophy Stoika poikile the painted porch

  11. Aristotle400 BC Student of Plato Tutor of Alexander the Great Prolific writer, thinker biology, drama, physics, nature, ethics, philospohy, logic

  12. Eratosthenes 200 BC Knew Earth was round Measured Earth’s Circumference

  13. Cleisthenes Set up Democracy

  14. Leonidas Spartan 300

  15. Zeno (of Elea)mathematician500 BC Mathematical paradoxes Achilles and the Tortoise

  16. Homer 600 BC? Legendary? Wrote Iliad and Odyssey Was blind?

  17. Demosthenes 350 BC Great Orator – The Philippics Speech impediment Practiced with stones in mouth

  18. Solon600 BC Eliminated slavery for indebtedness Set stage for Athenian Democracy

  19. Herodotus 500 BC Father of History Wrote about the Persian Wars Used eyewitness interviews

  20. Draco700 BC Harsh Laws

  21. Alexander“The Great”350BC Conquered the Persian Empire

  22. Sappho 600 BC Woman poet – love poetry Called the “tenth muse”

  23. Hippocrates 400 BC Father of medicine Hippocratic Oath ”Do no harm”

  24. Democritus 400 BC Atomic Theory atom= “uncuttable”

  25. Thales 600 BC? First Philosopher Tried to figure natural causes of things ? Predicted an eclipse

  26. Epicurus400 BC Preached epicureanism Pleasure over pain

  27. Lycurgus Sparta lawmaker

  28. Themistocles Led victory at Salamis Convinced athenians to abandon Athens

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