Epicurus

Epicurus

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Epicurus (Greek) (341 BC, Samos - 270 BC, Athens) was an ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of Epicureanism, a popular school of thought in...

Theophrastus

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Theophrastus, a native of Eressos in Lesbos, was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. All the biographical information we have of...
Alcaeus

Alcaeus

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Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene (c. 620 BCE-6th century BCE), Greek lyric poet who supposedly invented the Alcaic verse; he was an older contemporary...
Mikis Theodorakis

Mikis Theodorakis

male, 84 years old
Mikis Theodorakis is one of the most popular Greek composers. He is known internationally for his scores in the films, "Zorba the Greek"(1964), "Z"...

Cleostratus

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Cleostratus (ca. 520 BC; possibly 548 BC to 432 BC) was an astronomer of ancient Greece. He was a native of Tenedos, and the Chaldean astronomer...
Aristarchus Of Samos

Aristarchus Of Samos

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Aristarchus was a Greek astronomer and mathematician, born on the island of Samos, in ancient Greece. He was the first person to present an...
Petros Molyviatis

Petros Molyviatis

male, 81 years old
Petros G. Molyviatis is a Greek politician, and from 2004 to 2006 was the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs. Born in Chios, he studyied Law at the...
Pythagoras

Pythagoras

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Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian (Greek) philosopher and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. He is often revered as a great...
Hellanicus Of Lesbos

Hellanicus Of Lesbos

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Hellanicus of Lesbos (in Ancient Greek) (born in Mytilene on the isle of Lesbos in 490 BC) was an ancient Greek logographer who flourished during...
Constantine Kanaris

Constantine Kanaris

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Constantine Kanaris ("or Canaris", Greek: was a Greek admiral, freedom fighter and politician.