Louis Segond

Louis Segond

male, deceased (1885)
hebrew, Theologian, Swiss, French, pastor, old testament…greek
Louis Segond was a Swiss theologian who translated the Bible in French from the original texts in Hebrew and Greek. He was born in Plainpalais,...
Maimonides

Maimonides

male, 874 years old
Jewish, andalusian, moses maimonides, philosopher, Aristotelian philosopher, Sephardi Jew…greek
Moses Maimonides and his Arabic name was أبو عمران موسى بن ميمون بن عبد الله القرطبي الإسرائيلي ("Abu Imran Mussa bin Maimun ibn Abdallah al-Qurtub...
Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes

male
death by starvation, circumference of the earth, Geometer, Egyptian, Hellenistic Egyptian, Librarian of Alexandria…greek, Greek and Roman astronomer, ancient greek
Eratosthenes (Greek ; 276 BC - 194 BC) was a Greek mathematician, geographer and astronomer. His contemporaries nicknamed him "beta" (Greek for...

Oedipus

male
Laius, sphinx, pronounce, greek mythology, greek, homer…Greek mythological
Oedipus ("'"' - "Oidĭpous" [<font/>pronounce ], most likely meaning "swollen-footed") was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. Oedipus was the son of L...

Porphyry

male, deceased (309)
Isagogue, writer, Aristotle's "Categories", Categories, Roman-era Greek, introduction…greek, Greek and Roman astrologer, ancient greek
Porphyry of Tyre (Greek: ", c. A.D. 233-c. 309) was a Neoplatonic philosopher. He is important in the history of mathematics because of his "Life...
Polybius

Polybius

male
Ancient Greek statesmen, The Histories, Hellenistic civilization, The Rise of the Roman Empire, mediterranean, mediterranean sea…greek, ancient greek
Polybius (ca. 203-120 BC, Greek) was a Greek historian of the Mediterranean world famous for his book called "The Histories" or "The Rise of the...

Epictetus

male, deceased (135)
Roman era philosopher, Nicopolis, Roman Imperial era slaves and freedmen, Phrygia, death, Stoic philosopher…greek, ancient greek
Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was probably born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia, and lived in Rome until his exile to Nicopolis in...

Paris

male
greek, trojan, Alexander, Alexandros, Alaksandus, Greek legends…Greek mythological, greek mythology
Paris (Greek: ; also known as Alexander or Alexandros, c.f. "Alaksandus of Wilusa"), mythological son of Priam, king of Troy, appears in a number...
Herodotus

Herodotus

male
historian, ". He is almost exclusively known for writing, Greco-Persian Wars, Black Sea, Hērodotos Halikarnāsseus, known for writing…Dorian Greek, greek, ancient greek
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: "Hērodotos Halikarnāsseus") was a Greek historian from Ionia who lived in the 5th century BC (484 BC-ca. 425 BC...
Protagoras

Protagoras

male
agnostic, Abdera, Thrace, pre-Socratic, Pre-Socratic philosophy, craters of the Moon named after them, relativism…greek, ancient greek
Protagoras (Greek:) (ca. 490- 420 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and is numbered as one of the sophists by Plato. In his dialogue...