Greek Prople Flashcards
Euclid
Math- father of geometry
Thales
Science-explained natural events without mythology
Pythagoras
-math- made the Pythagorean theorem
Herodotus
Writings of history-father of history
Thucydides
Writings of history-wrote about the peloponnesian war
Plato
Philosophy-made the academy-follower of Socrates
Socrates
Philosophy -father of philosophy -Socratic method
Aristotle
Philosophy- Lyceum
Hippocrates
Medicine- Hippocratic oath
Homer
Literature -epic poetry-Iliad and odyssey
Aeschylus
Literature-father of Greek tragedies
Sophocles
Literature-Antigone
Aristophanes
Literature-father of Greek comedies
Euripides
Literature-made heroes as ordinary people
parthenon
The Most classical thing of the Greeks-to honor Athena