Plato 400 BC
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Plato Plato 400 BC 400 BC Socrates’ student Wrote The Republic – allegory of the cave
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Plato 400 BC. Socrates’ student. Wrote The Republic – allegory of the cave. Archimedes c. 200 BC. Archimedes Principle “Eureka!”. Calculated π closely. Great inventor – Archimedes’ screw. Killed while doing Math. Pericles 450 BC. Leader of Athens at its height. Ordered the - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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PlatoPlato 400 BC 400 BC
Socrates’ student
Wrote The Republic – allegory of the cave
Archimedes Archimedes c. 200 BCc. 200 BC
Archimedes Principle “Eureka!”Calculated π closely
Great inventor – Archimedes’ screw
Killed while doing Math
PericlesPericles 450 BC450 BC
Leader of Athens at its height
Ordered the Parthenon built
Pythagoras Pythagoras c. 600 BC?c. 600 BC?
Pythagorean Theorem a2+b2 = c2
Math “cult” – power of numbers
EuclidEuclid300 BC300 BC
Collected all Geometry in “The Elements” used for Euclidean
geometry
Lived in Alexandria – center of learning
SophoclesSophocles 400 BC400 BC
Famous Tragedy writer
Wrote Oedipus, Antigone
SocratesSocrates400 BC400 BC
Most Famous Philosopher
Died for his beliefs - hemlock
“unexamined life is not worth living”
Socratic method- questioning
Euripides Euripides 400 400 BCBC
Tragedian
“Meaty” women’s roles - Medea
Aristophanes Aristophanes 400 BC400 BC
Greek Comedy – grandfather of Comedy
The Frogs, The Birds, The Clouds
Made fun of everyone
Zeno Zeno (of Citium(of Citium
philosophy)philosophy)
200 BC200 BC
Stoic Philosophy
Stoika poikilethe painted porch
AristotleAristotle 400 BC400 BC
Student of Plato
Tutor of Alexander the Great
Prolific writer, thinker biology, drama, physics, nature, ethics,
philospohy, logic
Eratosthenes Eratosthenes 200 BC200 BC
Measured Earth’s Circumference
Knew Earth was round
CleisthenesCleisthenes
Set up Democracy
LeonidasLeonidas
Spartan 300
Zeno (of Elea)Zeno (of Elea)mathematicianmathematician 500 BC500 BC
Mathematical paradoxes
Achilles and the Tortoise
HomerHomer 600 BC? 600 BC?
Wrote Iliad and Odyssey
Was blind?
Legendary?
Demosthenes Demosthenes 350 BC350 BC
Great Orator – The Philippics
Speech impediment Practiced with stones in mouth
SolonSolon600 BC600 BC
Eliminated slavery for indebtedness
Set stage for Athenian Democracy
Herodotus Herodotus 500 BC500 BC
Father of History
Wrote about the Persian Wars
Used eyewitness interviews
DracoDraco 700 BC700 BC
Harsh Laws
AlexanderAlexander“The Great”“The Great”
350350 BCBC
Conquered the Persian Empire
SapphoSappho 600 BC 600 BC
Woman poet – love poetry
Called the “tenth muse”
Hippocrates Hippocrates 400 BC400 BC
Father of medicine
Hippocratic Oath ”Do no harm”
Democritus Democritus 400 BC400 BC
Atomic Theoryatom= “uncuttable”
ThalesThales 600 BC? 600 BC?
First PhilosopherTried to figure natural causes of things
Predicted an eclipse
EpicurusEpicurus 400 BC400 BC
Preached epicureanism
Pleasure over pain
LycurgusLycurgus
Sparta lawmaker
ThemistoclesThemistocles
Led victory at Salamis
Convinced athenians to abandon Athens
