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Flashcards: Significant Individuals

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AeschylusAuthor of the Oresteia trilogy of plays
SophoclesAuthor of the plays Oedipus rex and Antigone
EuripidesAuthor of Medea and other tragedies
AristophanesSatiric playwright
HerodotusHistorian of the Persian Wars
ThucydidesHistorian of the Peloponnesian Wars
Thales of MiletusEarly philosopher who taught that everything is made of water
Pythagoras of SamosPhilosopher who focused on mathematics
Democritus of AbderaPhilosopher who helped originate atomic theory
SocratesPhilosopher who redirected philosophy from natural to moral issues
PlatoPhilosopher who wrote the republic
AristotlePhilosopher who focused on the study of nature
ZenoFounder of the Stoic school of philosophy
EpicurusPhilosopher who strove for tranquillity
Philip IIKing of Macedonia who established dominance over most of Greece
Alexander the GreatKing of Macedonia who conquered Persia
Darius IIIKing of Persia defeated by Alexander the Great
AristarchusAstronomer who championed the heliocentric theory of the universe
EratosthenesAstronomer who calculated the earth's circumference
Ptolemy of AlexandriaAstronomer whose geocentric model of the universe was accepted for over 1500 years
EuclidGeometer whose theorems are still taught
ArchimedesThe greatest mathematician of antiquity