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Ancient Greek Historical Figures
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Hippocrates
Ancient Greek Historical Figures
The Ancient Philosophers Broken Down
- Most famous Physician of Ancient Greece
- Combined medical observation and philosophy to cure illnesses
- Believed that the human body has the power to heal itself
Pericles
Portrait of Hippocrates
Archimedes
- He was a famous Greek statesman
- became the ruler of Athens in 461 B.C
- Organized the construction of the Acropolis and the Parthenon
- Was famous as the greatest mathematician, engineer, inventor, and astronomer in ancient Greece
- Most famous theory was the Principle of Archimedes, the centre of hydrostatics
- Also famous for discovering how to mesasure the circle
Acropolis
Sculpture of Pericles
Portrait of Archimedes
Homer
Plato
- A famous poet who wrote The Illiad and The Odyssey
- Believed by the Greeks to have been the first and the greatest of the epic poets
- He was born sometime between the 12th and 8th centuries B.C
- One of the 3 most famous Athenian Philosophers
- Was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle
- Theories were very innovative for his time
Painting of Plato
Ancient Greek Historical Figures
Image from The Illiad
Sculpture of Homer
Alexander the Great
Socrates
- Was born to King Philip the Second and Queen Olympia
- Conquered the Persian Empire
- Became King and leader of the Connthian League
- Considered to be the founder of Western philosophy
- Founded the Socratic Method-a questioning process still used today
- Was accused of corrupting the youth because of his teachings and was sentenced to death
Famous Mosaic of Alexander the Great
Sculpture of Socrates
Sculpture of Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Solon
- Was the student of Plato
- Founded Lyceum, a school of philosophies and other sciences
- Taught the son of King Phillip of Macedon, Alexander the Great
Leonidas
- Was an Athenian politician, lawmaker, and poet
- In 594 B.C, he was elected an Archon (a governor) in Athens
- He made reforms to improve Athens by reforming three domains: constitution, economy, and morality
Sculpture of Aristotle
- Was the king of the city-state Sparta
- Famous for his heroic death at the Battle of Thermopylae against the Persians in 480 B.C
- Was the son of the Spartan King Anaxandrides
Sculpture of Solon
Statue of Leonidas, located in Greece
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