Tuesday, 31 March 2026

Ancient Greece - 35 personalities

 GOLDEN AGE OF ANCIENT GREECE – The Cradle of Western Civilization

Fig. 1 The life span of 35 personalities who shaped the Golden Age of Ancient Greece

Battle of Marathon 499 BC

POLITICS
Miltiades the Younger 550-489 (61)
Aristides 530-468 (62)
Themistocles 524-459 (65)
Pericles 495-429 (66)
DELIAN LEAGUE 478-404 (74)
Alcibiades 450-404 (46)
Alexander the Great 356 – 323 (33)

HISTORY
Herodotus 484-425 (59)
Thucydides 460-400 (60)
Callisthenes of Olynthus 360-337 (33)

MEDICINE
Hippocrates 460-370 (90)

PHILOSOPHY
Heraclitus 544-484 (60) 
Anaxagoras 500-428 (72)
Protagoras 490-420 (70)
Zeno of Elea 490-430 (60)
Gorgias 483-375 (108)
Socrates 470-399 (71)
Democritus 460-370 (90)
Platon 428-348 (80)
Diogenes of Sinope 413-324 (89)
Aristoteles 384-322 (62)
Theophrastus 371-287 (84)
Crates of Thebes 365-285 (80)
Epicurus 341-270 (71)

THEATRE
Aeschylus 525-455 (70)
Euripides 480-406 (74)
Sophocles 496-406 (90)
Aristophanes 446-386 (60)
Menander 342-290 (52)

SCULPTURE
Polycleitus 490-420 (70) 
Phidias 480-430 (50) 
Praxiteles 395-326 (69)
Lysippos 390-300 (90)

RHETORIC
Lysias 460-380 (80)
Demosthenes 384-322 (62)

SCIENCE
Cleostratus of Tenedos 520-432 (88)
Euclid 350-270 (80)

 

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