Quizlet Significant Individuals

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  1. Aeschylus: Author of the Oresteia trilogy of plays
  2. Alexander the Great: King of Macedonia who conquered Persia
  3. Archimedes: The greatest mathematician of antiquity
  4. Aristarchus: Astronomer who championed the heliocentric theory of the universe
  5. Aristophanes: Satiric playwright
  6. Aristotle: Philosopher who focused on the study of nature
  7. Darius III: King of Persia defeated by Alexander the Great
  8. Democritus of Abdera: Philosopher who helped originate atomic theory
  9. Epicurus: Philosopher who strove for tranquillity
  10. Eratosthenes: Astronomer who calculated the earth's circumference
  11. Euclid: Geometer whose theorems are still taught
  12. Euripides: Author of Medea and other tragedies
  13. Herodotus: Historian of the Persian Wars
  14. Philip II: King of Macedonia who established dominance over most of Greece
  15. Plato: Philosopher who wrote the republic
  16. Ptolemy of Alexandria: Astronomer whose geocentric model of the universe was accepted for over 1500 years
  17. Pythagoras of Samos: Philosopher who focused on mathematics
  18. Socrates: Philosopher who redirected philosophy from natural to moral issues
  19. Sophocles: Author of the plays Oedipus rex and Antigone
  20. Thales of Miletus: Early philosopher who taught that everything is made of water
  21. Thucydides: Historian of the Peloponnesian Wars
  22. Zeno: Founder of the Stoic school of philosophy