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This category lists sites specifically to people of historical significance who lived during the period of ancient Greece.

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• Aeschylus
• Alexander the Great
• Archytas of Tarentum
• Aristophanes
• Aristotle
• Callicrates
• Crates
• Democritus
• Diogenes of Sinope
• Epictetus
• Euripides
• Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual
• Heraclitus
• Herodotus
• Heron of Alexandria
• Hippocrates
• Homer
• Hypatia of Alexandria
• Menander
• Plato
• Proclus
• Pythagoras of Samos
• Quintus of Smyrna
• Sappho
• Socrates
• Sophocles
• Thales
• Thucydides
• Women
• Xenophon

Resources in This Category

• Anthemius of Tralles

  http://www.crystalinks.com/anthemius.html
  A brief biography of a mathematician and an architect.

• Anyte and the Muses

  http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa021301b.htm
  Contributions of a poet.

• Apollonius of Perga

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius_of_Perga
  An article on the writings of a geometer and astronomer of the Alexandrian school.

• Aspasia of Miletus

  http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/philosophers/a/Aspasia.htm
  Ancient female philosopher and teacher of Athens.

• Corinna

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korinna
  Brief biography of the female poet.

• Demosthenes

  http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greekmenandwomen/p/Demosthenes.htm
  His troubles as an orator

• Diocles

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocles_(mathematician)
  A brief article on a Greek mathematician and geometer.

• Eratosthenes

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes
  Life and works of a mathematician, geographer and astronomer.

• Korinna

  http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greekmenandwomen/g/korinna.htm
  Biographical information on the fifth century Boeotian poet.

• Lycurgus

  http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/lycurgus.html
  Story as written by Plutarch in 75 A.C.E., and translated by John Dryden

• Pappus of Alexandria

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus
  An article on the works of a mathematician.

• Posidonius

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posidonius
  Biographical article on a philosopher, politician, astronomer, geographer, historian, and teacher.

• Praxiteles

  http://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/history/ancient/praxiteles.htm
  Brief biography on the artist.

• Solon of Athens

  http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/solon.html
  Excerpts from writings of various ancient authors.

• The Beginning of Philip of Macedon's Reign

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/justin-philip.asp
  A portion of the works of Justin, 3rd Century C.E.

• The Great Rhetra

  http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/rhetra.htm
  Life of Lycurgus of Sparta as written by Plutarch.

• Women in Medicine

  http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/artifacts/antiqua/women.cfm
  Article on Agnodice who disguised herself as a man to become a doctor.

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