Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

History of Ancient Greece.

Contributors in Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

Cimon was an Athenian general of the 5th Century BC, who gave up his illicit lover when an opportunity presented to marry her off to someone who could pay off a family debt. Cimon is one of the few ...

Eudoxus

History; Ancient Greece

Eudoxus was an important mathematician who lived around the time of Plato and Aristotle.

Hippocrates of Chios

History; Ancient Greece

Hippocrates of Chios, who lived about the same time as the medical Hippocrates, wrote the first known work on geometry.

Pelopidas

History; Ancient Greece

Pelopidas came from a wealthy family, but was noted for his generosity and the frugal lifestyle he adopted from his lifelong friend, Epaminondas, another Theban general and statesman. Their ...

Philopoemen

History; Ancient Greece

Philopoemen of Megalopolis in Arcadia was orphaned at an early age and brought up by one of his father's friends, Cleander. He was attracted to the military life from childhood, despising the then ...