IMPRORTANT GREEKS

DRAMA

AESCHYLUS- He was the first person in Europe to get his plays preserved. He
was also one of the first great Greek playwrights.

SOPHOCLES- His most famous play was Oedipus the King. He also wrote 123
plays in his lifetime.

POETRY

HOMER- He wrote Iliad and The Odyssey. His poems had a big impact on
western culture.

HISTORY

HERODOTUS- He was known for writing a book called The Histories.

THUCYDIDES- He wrote about the Peloponnesian Wars.

SCULPTURES

PHIDIAS- He was a sculptor who made a statue of Zeus that was once one of
the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

ARCHITECTURE

DORIC- One of the plainest types of columns.
IONIC- A column that is in between fancy and plain.

CORINITHIAN- The fanciest type of column.

SCIENCE

ARCHIMEDES- He was a mathematician and also a physicist, engineer,
inventor, and astronomer.

HIPPOCRATES- He is said to be the Father of Science.

MATHMATICS

EUCLID- Father of Geometry.

PYTHARGORAS- Father of the Pythagorean Theorem.

PHILOSOPHY

PLATO- He was the founder of Academy of Athens.

SOCRATES- He is credited as one of the founders of Western Philosophy.

ARISTOTLE- He is also credited as one of the founders of Western
Philosophy.