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Solon

History; Ancient Greece

Athenian politician who in 594-593 BC was assigned the task of asserting city authority over the powerful aristocratic families of Attica. His stated aim was to bring 'go ¯od order'. He curbed ...

Democritos

History; Ancient Greece

Greek philosopher from Abdera in Thrace famous for the theory (c.420 BC) that all matter consisted of atoms which moved through empty space in different combinations, making the substances of the ...

Aegean island and important cult center of Apollo and Artemis from the 8th century BC onwards. It was the headquarters of the Delian league between 478 and 454 BC. In Roman times the island became a ...

Euclid

History; Ancient Greece

Greek mathematician (fl.300 BC) remembered for his Elements, a textbook of elementary mathematics, which remained in use for 2,000 years.

Euripides

History; Ancient Greece

Major tragedian of Athens (c.480-407 BC) whose plays explore human emotions: from religious ecstasy (the Bacchae) to the desperation of a thwarted woman driven to infanticide (Medea), and obsessive ...

Epaminondas

History; Ancient Greece

General and leader of Thebes in the 370s BC. His victory at Leuctra in 371 broke Sparta and made Thebes the leading Greek city-state, but it collapsed with his death in the Battle of Mantinea.

Epicuros

History; Ancient Greece

Greek philosopher (341-270 BC) who believed that the search for pleasure is the true purpose of life. By 'pleasure' Epicuros meant peace of mind through friendship and intellectual pursuits. He ...