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Aesop |
created fables that taught a moral lesson |
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Anaximander |
philosopher; student of astronomy and geography; sun-dial |
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Aristarchus |
Astronomer who believed that the earth and planets revolved around the sun |
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Cleisthenes |
Athenian leader who was thought to be the founder of democracy |
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Aristotle |
Philosopher; pupil of Plato; developed scientific method |
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Euclid |
mathematician; used logic to do geometry and created basic principles of geometry |
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Herodotus |
"Father of history"; explored the known world |
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Hippocrates |
"Father of medicine"; developed principles of modern medicine; "Hippocratic Oath" |
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Pericles |
Athenian leader who brought democracy to Athens; constructed the Parthenon |
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Plato |
Philosopher and student of Sacrates; wrote a book called the Republic |
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Pythagorus |
philosopher and mathematician who discovered the Pythagorean theorem |
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Socrates |
philosopher; searched for ethical knowledge; taught by asking questions |
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