People of Ancient Greece

One of the greatest writers in Ancient Greece who influenced western literature. He wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey.

• Plato
• Aristotle
• Socrates
• Homer

His drama "Oresteia" showed how the wrath of the gods could bring misfortune to people of all social classes

• Aeschylus

• Antigone
• Medea
• Sophocles

This writer had a play "Antigone" which showed how moral duded and duty to the gods could conflict with laws of the state

• Sophocles
• Homer
• Aristophanes
• Euripides

This person is known as the Father of History and wrote about the Persian Wars. His writings stressed the importance of research.

• Thucydides
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Herodotus

This historian described the Peloponnesian War and wanted to avoid bias in his research and writings.

• Herodotus
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Thucydides

This greek sculptor is responsible for two major works including the statutes of Athena and Zeus

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Phidias

• Vincent van Gogh
• Picasso

This Greek is known as the Father of Medicine.

• Hippocrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Socrates

This Greek is known for his work in Mathematical Physics. He invented the pully, lever, pi, and water lifts for irrigation.

• Euclid
• Archimedes
• Pythagoras
• Aristotle

The Father of Geometry

• Newton
• Pythagoras
• Euclid
• Archimedes

This Greek is known for his work in math by creating the Pythagorean Theorem

• Euclid
• Pythagoras
• Archimedes
• Aristotle