Set: Signifigant Individuals in Greek History

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Term Definition
Aeschylus Author of the ORESTEIA trilogy of plays
Sophocles Author of the plays OEDIPUS REX and ANTIGONE
Euripides Author of MEDEA and other tragedies
Artistophanes Satiric playright
Herodotus Historian of the persian wars
Thucydides Historian of the Peloponnesian wars
Thales of Miletus Early philosopher who taught that everything is made of water
Pythagoras of Samos Philosopher who focused on mathamatics
Democritus of Abdera Philosopher who helped origionate atomic theory
Socrates Philosopher who redirected philosophy from natural to moral issues
Plato Philosopher who wrote the REPUBLIC
Aristotle Philosopher who focused on the study of nature
Zeno Founder of the Stoic school of philosophy
Epicurus Philosopher who strove for tranquillity
Philip 2 King of Macedonia who established dominance over most of Greece
Alexander the Great King of Macedonia who conquered Persia
Darius 3 King of Persia defeated by Alexander the Great
Aristachus Astronomer who championed the heliocentric theory of the universe
Eraosthenes Astronomer who calculated the earth's circumference
Ptolemy of Alexandria Astronomer whose geocentric model of the universe was accepted for over 1500 years
Euclid Geometer whose theorems are still taught
Archimedes The greated mathematician of antiquity

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Creator Lonsterrr1219
Created October 25, 2007
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