Publisher's Synopsis
Ancient Greece (Hellas) was in many ways the birthplace of Western civilization. It was Greece that gave the world the idea of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympics, and influential works of Western literature. Situated at the junction of North Africa, Western Europe, and Asia, Greek culture and philosophy have played a large role in shaping the development of Western and world history.Over the years, the boundaries of Greece have shifted, but the country is made up of key regions - Macedonia, Athens, Central Greece, the Peloponnese, Thessaly, Epirus, the Aegean Islands, Thrace, Crete, and the Ionian Islands.Below is a list of some famous people from Ancient Greece discussed in this book:1. Homer (c. 8th Century B.C. )2. Solon (638 BC - 558 BC) 3. Sappho( c 570 BC)4. Pythagoras (c. 570 BC - c 495 BC)5. Cleisthenes ( 570 BC - 558 BC )6. Aeschylus (524 BC - c.455 BC)7. Sophocles (497 BC - 406 BC)8. Pericles (495 - 429 BC)9. Herodotus (c. 484-425 BC) 10. Euripides c. 480 - 406 BC)11. Socrateswriter (469 - 399 BC)12. Hippocrates 460BC - 377BC)13. Aristophanes 446 BCE - c. 386 BCE14. Platohistorical (424 - 348 BC) 15. Dionysius I, (c.432-367)16. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) 17. Alexander the Great (356 - 323 BC)18. Euclid (c. 325 - 265 BC) 19. Archimedes (287 B.C - 212)20. Cleopatra (69 -30 BC)
