Who am I Golden age of Greece
Hippocrates
I am considered the "father of medicine." I thought the body could heal itself. I also created a code of ethical and moral conduct for doctors called the Hippocratic Oath.
Epicurus
I am the person behind the term epicureanism which means people should avoid joy and pain by accepting the world as it is.
Zeno
I articulated the idea of stoicism. This is the idea that what happens to people is governed by natural laws.
Socrates
I believed in absolute truth rather than relative truth.
Pythagoras
I came up with the Pythagorean Theorem
Aristarchus
I concluded that the sun is larger than the earth, the earth revolves around the sun, and that stars lie an immense distance from the sun and earth.
Praxiteles
I created life size statues.
Socrates
I created the Socratic Method. I asked my students questions then opposed the students' answers with clear and logical arguments forcing my students to defend their statements and clarify their thinking.
Phidias
I created the sculptures in the Parthenon.
Eratosthenes
I estimated the earth's circumference within 1%.
Archimedes
I invented the compound pulley, the principle of buoyancy, and the lever.
Myron
I sculpted Discus Thrower. My sculptures were based on what the human body should look like, not reality.
Aristotle
I studied under Plato and tutored Alexander the Great.
Diogenes
I was a cynic. I criticized materialism and believed people would be happier if they gave up luxuries and lived in accord with nature.
Euripides
I was a playwright who showed the tragedy of war.
Socrates
I was a sculptor by trade, but spent most of my time teaching.
Socrates
I was interested by the process that enabled people to think for themselves.
Plato
I was one of Socrates students and opened a school after his death.
Aeschylus
I wrote 90 plays, mostly tragedies.
Sophocles
I wrote Oedipus Rex, a play where the king is doomed by fate.
Plato
I wrote The Republic . This presented a plan for the ideal society that gave more importance to the state than the individual and allowed only the most intelligent and best educated citizens to participate in government.
Thucydides
I wrote about the Peloponnesian War. My accounts were accurate and impartial.
Aristotle
I wrote and edited more than 200 books on a wide range of topics.
Aristophanes
I wrote comedies.
Euclid
I wrote the Elements of Geometry which organized the information about geometry.
Herodotus
I wrote the history of the Persian Wars. My accounts include exaggerations and supernatural explanations of events.
Socrates
In 393 BC, I was accused of corrupting the young and not worshipping the gods of the states. I argued my own defense, was found guilty, and was sentenced to death.
Aristotle
In Politics, I wrote that democracies and oligarchies were workable depending on the circumstances. Additionally, I thought the power should rest with the middle class because they know how to both command and obey.