Greek Geeks

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Philosopher who was tried and sentenced to death for corrupting the youth

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Socrates

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Wrote "The Republic" where he thought Athens gave too much power to the lower class.

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Plato

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A student of Plato, he was also the teacher of Alexander the Great

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Aristotle

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The Father of History - he wrote about the Persian Wars

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Heroditus

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Historian known for his work, "The History of the Peloponnesian War"

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Thucydides

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Mathematician known for "Elements of Geometry"

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Euclid

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A mysterious blind poet who wrote the epic tale of the Trojan War called "The Iliad"

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Homer

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The "Father of Tragedy"

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Aeschylus

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Author of "Oedipus Rex" - a famous Greek tragedy

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Sophocles

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Scientist who invented many things, including a famous cylinder screw to move water uphill

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Archimedes