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Eratosthenes

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Geography, figured out circumference of Earth

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Aristarchus

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Astronomy, heliocentric mode, sun is center of universe, no one believed him

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Herophilis

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Medicine- studied anatomy and physiology of different body parts

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Erisistratus

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Medicine- mapped the digestive system

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Euclid

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Math- geometry

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Archimedes

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Simple machines (lever,pulley,wedge), relative volume of sphere/cylinder, Archimedean death ray

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Antiochus

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Seleucid king, tried to assimilate the Jews and take over their temple

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Judas Maccabaeus

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Rebel leader of Jews

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Pours

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King of India during battle of hydapses (Alexander’s time)

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Demosthenes

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Gave passionate speeches about defying Philip (wins vote)

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Isocrates

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Says Philip taking over wouldn’t be a bad thing, he can make Greece better again

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Aspasia

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Educated woman from militias, moved to Athens, falls for Pericles, advisor to him, very opinionated, has a son w/ him

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Pericles

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Expansion of democracy, leaves wife and son for aspasia

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DRAMA WRITER- (tragedy) Aeschylus

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Wrote oresteia trilogy - man sacrifices daughter, wife kills him, son kills her

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DRAMA WRITER (tragedy) Sophocles

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Oedipus Rex- man kills dad, marries him mom, gouges out his eyes

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DRAMA WRITER (tragedy) Euripides

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More realistic plots, regard for women

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DRAMA WRITER (comedy) Aristophanes

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Lysistrata, protest play about war, women abstaining from sex

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Herodotus

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Historian, bias in favor of Greeks, brought gods into stories, fought at marathon, grandfather of historians, the Persian wars

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Thucydides

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Historian, the peloponnesian wars, does not bring gods into story, tried to eliminate bias, more boring to read

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COSMOLOGIST- Thales

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Believed water was eternal substance

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COSMOTOLOGIST- Empedocles

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Air, fire, water, earth, 4 elements give rise to everything

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COSMOLOGIST- Pythagorus

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Numbers give rise to everything, pythagorean theorem

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COSMOLOGIST- Democratis

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The idea of the atom

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Socrates

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Interested in human minds, reason and logic to understand absolutes, answered questions with questions, killed himself

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Plato

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Mathematician, taught Aristotle, cannot make a perfect square on earth, true blue, allegory of the cave, no perfect mate on earth, theory of ideals and forms

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Aristotle

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Taught Alexander the Great, reality is in front of us, use senses to get to the truth, look at different aspects, ask questions

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Miletus

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Lead Ionian revolt

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Miltiades

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3 stages of battle of marathon
Stage 1: get out of range of Persians
Stage 2: outer phalanx charge, middle go slower
Stage 3: surround Persians

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Sappho

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Bisexual poet cryptaia and lycurgas

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Solon

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Sole archon, canceled land debt, outlaw new loans, 4 classes based on wealth, top 2 classes get political power

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Pisistratus

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Tyrant, base of support was the common people, promised lower taxes, jobs and land, develop public works system

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Cleisthenes

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Democracy, wanted to encourage participation from all, council of 500

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PHILOSOPHY (Hellenistic) Diogenes

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Material possessions make people unhappy

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PHILOSOPHY (Hellenistic) Epicurus

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People and fearful of gods, we should live surround by friends, good food/drinks, deep conversations, shouldn’t worry about the gods too much

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PHILOSOPHY (Hellenistic) Zeno

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The gods have a plan, we should always do our best with everything, if failure occurs it’s part of the divine plan

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Xerxes

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Leader of Persia during battle of salamis, tricked into fighting with false message that Greeks were fighting each other

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Kyniska

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Owner of Olympic chariot team, but did not get to see them compete

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Pheidippedes

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Ran 26.2 miles to tell Athens about success, died on arrival

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