Ancient Greece - Contributors

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Who sculpted the statues of Athena at the Parthenon and Zeus at Olympia?

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Phidias

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Who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey"?

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Homer

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Who was known as the "Father of History"?

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Herodotus

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Which dramatists wrote Greek tragedies like "Antigone"?

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Aristophanes and Sophocles

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Which historian was famous for writing the history of the Peloponnesian War?

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Thucydides

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Who was the father of medical science?

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Hippocrates

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Who was a philosopher who taught through asking questions?
*He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of Philosophy"

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Socrates

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Which mathematician wrote a theorem about right triangles?

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Pythagoras

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Which philosopher wrote "The Republic"?

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Plato

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Which dramatists wrote Greek comedies, like "Oresteia"?

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Aristophanes and Sophocles