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Socrates
Asked lots of questions, father of philosophy
Plato
Write book the republic, establish Plato’s academy
Aristotle
Focus on political science, with book called politics
Zeno
Believer in stoicism
Pythagoras
Came up with Pythagorean theorem, was a philosopher
Archimedes
Circumference of circle, levers and pulleys
Euclid
Father of geometry, write Elements, first teaching text for geometry
Eratosthenes
Earths circumference, earth to sun, longitude and latitude, leap year
Ptolemy
Earth is center of universe, believed 1500 years
Aristarchus
Knew heliocentric, not believed
Democritus
All matters made up of moving atoms
Hippocrates
Father of scientific medicine, based on observation
Herodotus
Travel and interview, not accurate, write histories
Thucydides
First scientific historian, very accurate, book: history of Peloponnesian wars
Sophocles
Develop character, 3 actors
Aeschylus
Father of tragedy, explain Persian wars
Aristophanes
Portray average Athenian, roaster, roast Plato
Euripides
Plays show ordinary people doing extraordinary things, romance, woman actors
What were the 2 big events that shaped Sparta
-Take territory and people from Messina
-Helots revolt, 17 years
What government did Sparta have
Oligarchy
Male roles in Sparta
1-train to fight
2-as many kids as possible
3-beat on helots
Female roles
Everything else
Women roles in Athens
Not citizens, no education, don’t go anywhere
Draco
First law giver
Solon
Try to please everyone law giver
Pisistratus
Want to get job
Wounded soldier
Actress Athena
Tyrant
