greek gods and goddesses

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  1. 2. discovery of the relation between the surface and volume of a sphere and its circumscribing cylinder
  2. 4. responsible for the full development, in the later 5th century bce, of both the Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire, making Athens the political and cultural focus of Greece
  3. 5. most famous work is the Republic, which details a wise society run by a philosopher
  4. 7. one of the best-known and most influential dramatists in classical Greek culture
  5. 11. author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
  6. 12. is best known for his plays. He is often called the "Father of Comedy" and is credited as a pioneer of Old Comedy.
  7. 13. the first to propose a sun-centred universe
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  1. 1. Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex)
  2. 3. invented a system of longitude and latitude and made a map of the known world
  3. 6. Glorious, renowned. Inspire baby's future success with the name Euclid. This masculine name has Greek roots, coming from the name Eukleídēs.
  4. 8. He taught that people should care less about their bodies and possessions and more about their souls
  5. 9. was credited with many mathematical and scientific discoveries, including the Pythagorean theorem, Pythagorean tuning, the five regular solids, the Theory of Proportions, the sphericity of the Earth, and the identity of the morning and evening stars as the planet Venus.
  6. 10. was the first writer to perform systematic investigation of historical events. He has been described as "The Father of History"