Polybius
Greek historian of Hellenistic period.
Author of “the Histories”
His idea of political balance in govt was later used in Montesquieu “the spirit of laws”.
He is one of the first historian to attempt to present history as a sequence of causes and effect based on criticism.
One of the founding fathers of Roman historiography.
To some as successor of Thucydides.
To polybiyes “truth as the eyes of history”.
Phydias
Famous Greek sculpture
Built statue of Zeus at Olympia
This statue was considered as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
He created symbol and statue of Athens.
He also designed the statue of goddess Athena on the Athenian Acropolis ;called Athena Parthenon.
ARISTOTLE
Famous Greek philosopher
Student of Plato
Teacher of Alexander the great
Socrates as the plato's teacher.
Founding figure of western philosophy.
To him man is a social as well as political animal.
To him poetry is superior to history
Studied at plato's academy
Appointed as the head of the royal academy of Macedonia.
Father of political science.
Established the school of lyceum.
Arcon-famous Greek king
Clesthanes
Architect of Athenian democracy
Father of Athenian democracy
Introduced ostracism.
As per Ostracism ,whereby a vote from more than 6000 of the citizen would exile a citizen for 10 years.
Solon
Athenian states men,law maker and poet.
First time democratized the administration.
Pheidippides- general of Athens who defeated Persians in marathon.
Dame-a small govt in ancient Greece.
Athens
Capital of Greece.
One of the worlds oldest city.
Home of plato's academy
Home of Aristotle lyceum.
To some cradle of western civilization.
Birth place of democracy
Center of first modern Olympics.
Plato
Famous Greek philosopher.
Student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle.
Founder of academy in Athens
Academy is the first institution in western world.
Author of the book “the republic”.
Socrates
Classical Greek philosopher
Founder of western philosophy.
Teacher of Plato and xenophone
Questioning and discussion method introduced.
He was sentenced to death by drinking a mixture of poison “hemlock”.
Periplus
Golden age of literature and democracy in Athens
To Thucydides Pericles as the first citizen of Athens
Xenophone
Famous Greek historian
Contemporary of socrates.
Wrote the book “anabasis”
Known as “attic muse”.
Hesiod
-Famous Greek poet
-To some as first economist
-wrote a poem entitled “works and days”
-another poem “catalog of women”
Zeus-father Gods of Greeks.
Demosthenes-great Greek orator and statesmen
Cicero considered Demosthenes as the perfect orator.
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