Sophocles biography Sophocles (495 b.C.-406 b.C.) Greek tragic poet. Born in the Colona region, Greece. Son of a rich gunsmith named Sophilo. During his youth he...
Parmenides biography Parmenides of Elea (530 BC – 470 BC) philosopher and founder of ontology. He was born in the city of Elea, a southern colony...
Hippocrates biography Hippocrates of Kos (460 BC – 370 BC) doctor. He was born on the island of Kos, Ancient Greece. It is said that Hippocrates...
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...
Plato Biography Plato probably was born in Athens or in Aegina in 427 b.C. and died in Athens in 347 b.C. He was an apprentice philosopher...
Alexander the Great Biography Alexander III of Macedon, better known worldwide as Alexander the Great, was born in Pela, Greece, around July 20 or 21 of...
Socrates Biography Socrates was a Greek philosopher considered one of the most important of Western and world philosophy, and founder of moral philosophy. He was a teacher...
Homer Biography Homer was an ancient Greek poet, who was recognized as the author of the main Greek epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. Homer was...