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.