Hesiod biography Hesiod (750 – 600 b.C.), poet. He was born in Ascra, Boeotia, Greece. His family settled in Boeotia, after leaving behind Cumas, home of...
Friedrich Nietzsche biography Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) philosopher, poet, musician, and philologist. He was born in Röcken, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Friedrich...
Eurípides biography Euripides (September 23, 480 – 406 b.C.), poet and dramatist. He was born on the island of Salamis, just as the famous battle of...
Empedocles biography Empédocles of Agrigento (484 b.C. – 424 b.C.) philosopher and poet. He was born in Agrigento, Sicily. He came from a well-to-do family, so...