10 ancient Greek writers you should know


	10 ancient Greek writers you should know
Aribeth
7-11-2009 10:47 AM
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Archimedes was a mathematician, engineer, inventor, physicist and astronomer. He is known for the invention of The Archimedes’ Screw, a mechanism for moving water that is still in use today. He also calculated the value of pi very precisely. Archimedes discovered how to define the volume of irregular objects by submerging them in water. According to legend, this discovery made him run out on the street naked (he was so excited that he forgot to get dressed) and cry “Eureka!” – I have found it.
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7-11-2009 11:15 AM
abailart
Euripides wrote one of my favourite plays
. I am reading Thucydides at the moment, and Plato always.
7-13-2009 5:47 PM
carrerinyes
The real Founding Fathers
I like your new avatar
7-13-2009 5:54 PM
Aribeth
The real Founding Fathers
I like your new avatar
Thx,I was sick of my previous one.I have kept it for more than a year I think.It was about time for a change.I found this one in foxsaver.
7-21-2009 8:40 AM
apgalea
That's were we come from!
Excellent.
7-21-2009 8:43 AM
apgalea
That's were we all come from!
11-23-2009 1:10 PM
GridIron
Nice job on the summaries.
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<DIV class="itemmore">ca. 8th century BC</DIV>
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<DIV class="itemtitle"><SPAN><SPAN class="IL_SPAN"><INPUT type="hidden" name="IL_MARKER" />Sophocles</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">ca. 496 – 406 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/8B900E0D-E48D-4EC4-8BFE-B91B77746B0B" alt="Sophocles" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/">a tragedian who wrote 123 plays</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">8</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Herodotus</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">ca. 484 – 425 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/76CE92AD-C856-4B5F-92DC-8EED0571AC8D" alt="Herodotus.Jpe" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/"><SPAN>is <SPAN class="IL_SPAN"><INPUT type="hidden" name="IL_MARKER" />considered</SPAN> the father of history in </SPAN><SPAN class="IL_SPAN"><INPUT type="hidden" name="IL_MARKER" />Western</SPAN><SPAN> culture</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/">approached history as a science by collecting his material systematically and testing its accuracy</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">7</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Euripides</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">ca. 480 – 406 BC</DIV>
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<DIV class="itemtitle">Hippocrates</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">ca. 460 – 370 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/D6F0563C-CCF4-44BE-9534-0ED7F9F2351B" alt="Hippocrates" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/">the father of medicine</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/">most famous work is the Hippocratic Oath</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/">about doctoral ethics</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/">Derivatives of this oath are still taken by doctors today.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">5</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Aristophanes</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">ca. 446 – ca. 386 BC</DIV>
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<DIV class="itemtitle">Plato</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">ca. 424 – 348 BC</DIV>
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<DIV class="itemtitle">Aristotle</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">384 – 322 BC</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/0EB8B278-6C64-4959-900F-B52A41FA8C5C" alt="Aristotle-2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/">student of Plato and the first to criticize him</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/">founded logic as a science</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/05/10-ancient-greek-writers-you-should-know/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">2</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Euclid</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">fl. 300 BC</DIV>
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<DIV class="itemtitle">Archimedes</DIV>
<DIV class="itemmore">ca. 287 – 212 BC</DIV>
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