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Aeschylus
Greek tragic dramatist whose
plays were the first to include
two actors in addition to the
chorus. Only 7 of his 90
dramas survive
Aesop
Known for his fables taught as
moral lessons
Archimedes
Greek mathematician,
engineer, and physicist
Aristophanes
Athenian playwright considered
to be the greatest ancient
writer of satirical comedy
Aristotle
Student of Plato; Philosopher,
Mathematician, Scientist;
tutored Alexander the Great;
wrote about “logic” and how the
world works
Aspasia
Became the “First Lady of
Athens” because of her close
relationship with Pericles
Cleisthenes
Credited with having
established democracy in
Athens
Euclid
Greek mathematician who
created the fundamentals of
modern geometry
Euripides
Greek classical dramatist who
wrote more than 90 tragedies
Herodotus
Known as the ‘Father of
History’ his writings of the
Persian Wars are considered
the earliest forms of narrative
history
Hippocrates
Called the ‘The Father of
Medicine’ he laid down the
principles of modern medicine
Homer
Greek epic poet who wrote the
great epic poems, The Iliad
and The Odyssey
Pericles
Athenian leader noted for
advancing democracy in
Athens and for ordering the
construction of the Parthenon
Plato
Student of Socrates; set up a
school called “The Academy”
which survived for 900 years;
rejected Athenian democracy
Ptolemy
Astronomer who based his
findings on the idea that the
heavens revolved around the
Earth
Pythagoras
Greek philosopher and
mathematician who discovered
the Pythagorean Theorem
Socrates
Philosopher; used the
marketplace as a classroom
with the Socratic Method;
sentenced to death by “forced
suicide”
Solon
Athenian lawgiver who restored
democracy to Athens
Sophocles
Greek dramatist, considered
one of the greatest dramatists
of ancient Greece. His
surviving plays include
Oedipus Rex and Antigone
Thucydides
Considered the greatest
historian of the classical world;
he wrote a critical history of the
Peloponnesian War.