•
Thales,
pre-Socratic philosopher, considered the father of philosophy and science, one of the
Seven Sages of Greece •
Homer, poet, the father of Western literature, his origin is disputed, but the most widespread account was that he was from
Ionia •
Hesiod, poet, the father of Greek
didactic poetry •
Herodotus, historian and geographer, the father of history •
Hecataeus of Miletus, historian and geographer, the father of geography •
Strabo, geographer and historian •
Hipparchus, astronomer, geographer, and mathematician, considered the father of astronomy and founder of
trigonometry •
Apollonius of Perga, geometer and astronomer, one of the greatest mathematicians of antiquity •
Eudoxus of Cnidus, astronomer, mathematician, doctor, and lawmaker •
Hippodamus, architect, urban planner, physician, mathematician, meteorologist, the father of European
urban planning •
Galen, physician and surgeon, one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity •
Herophilos, physician, one of the earliest
anatomists •
Dioscorides, physician, pharmacologist, botanist, the father of
pharmacognosy •
Aretaeus of Cappadocia, physician, wrote eight treatises on
diseases •
Soranus of Ephesus, physician, most notably his four-volume treatise on
gynecology •
Apelles, renowned
painter •
Bias of Priene, one of the Seven Sages of Greece •
Anaximander, pre-Socratic philosopher, first to attempt making a map of the known world •
Anaximenes, pre-Socratic philosopher •
Heraclitus, pre-Socratic philosopher •
Xenophanes, pre-Socratic philosopher, theologian and poet •
Anaxagoras, pre-Socratic philosopher and mathematician •
Leucippus, pre-Socratic philosopher, the founder of
atomism •
Nausiphanes, atomist philosopher •
Diogenes, philosopher and one of the founders of
Cynicism •
Eubulides,
Megarian philosopher •
Diodorus Cronus, Megarian philosopher •
Xenocrates,
Platonic philosopher and mathematician •
Crantor, Platonic philosopher •
Strato of Lampsacus,
Peripatetic philosopher, called the Physicus •
Alexander of Aphrodisias, Peripatetic philosopher •
Cleanthes,
Stoic philosopher and
boxer •
Chrysippus, Stoic philosopher •
Epictetus, Stoic philosopher •
Antipater of Tarsus, Stoic philosopher •
Metrodorus of Lampsacus,
Epicurean philosopher •
Diogenes of Oenoanda, Epicurean philosopher •
Arcesilaus, philosopher, the founder of
Academic Skepticism •
Apollonius of Tyana,
Neo-Pythagorean philosopher, became a mythical hero during the Roman Empire •
Proclus,
Neoplatonic philosopher •
Simplicius of Cilicia, Neoplatonic philosopher •
Scylax of Caryanda, explorer and writer •
Anacreon,
lyric poet •
Alcman,
choral lyric poet •
Aratus, didactic poet •
Mimnermus,
elegiac poet •
Callinus, elegiac poet •
Hipponax,
iambic poet •
Diphilus, one of the greatest poets of
New Comedy •
Quintus Smyrnaeus,
epic poet •
George of Pisidia, Byzantine poet •
Chariton, novelist, wrote
Callirhoe, arguably the earliest surviving Western
novel •
Xenophon of Ephesus, novelist, wrote
Ephesian Tale •
Heraclides Ponticus, philosopher and astronomer, possibly the originator of the
heliocentric theory •
Philo of Byzantium, engineer, physicist and writer on
mechanics •
Autolycus of Pitane, astronomer, mathematician, and geographer •
Callippus, astronomer and mathematician •
Crates of Mallus, constructed the earliest known
globe of the Earth •
Theodosius of Bithynia, astronomer and mathematician •
Theon of Smyrna, mathematician and philosopher •
Bryson of Heraclea, mathematician •
Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine mathematician and astronomer •
Sostratus of Cnidus, architect and engineer, probably designed the
lighthouse of Alexandria •
Pythius of Priene, architect, designed the
Temple of Athena Polias and the
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus •
Isidore of Miletus and
Anthemius of Tralles, two main Byzantine architects and mathematicians, designed the
Hagia Sophia •
Sinan, chief Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician •
Asclepiades of Bithynia, physician •
Rufus of Ephesus, physician •
Nicander, physician and poet •
Oribasius, physician •
Alexander of Tralles, one of the most eminent physicians in the Byzantine Empire •
Alexander Polyhistor, scholar •
Serenus Sammonicus, savant and tutor, owned one of the largest private libraries of antiquity •
Michael Psellos, Byzantine savant, historian and music theorist •
Cadmus of Miletus, the oldest of the
logographers •
Xanthus, historian •
Ctesias, historian •
Ephorus, historian •
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, historian and teacher of
rhetoric •
Pausanias, geographer and historian •
Arrian, historian and philosopher •
Agatharchides, historian •
Cassius Dio, historian •
Dio Chrysostom, historian and orator •
Diogenes Laertius, biographer of the Greek philosophers •
Eunapius, historian •
Philostorgius, historian •
Aelius Aristides, orator and author •
Themistius, statesman, rhetorician and philosopher •
Thrasymachus,
sophist •
Alcidamas, sophist and rhetorician •
Polemon of Laodicea, sophist •
Zenodotus, grammarian, the first librarian of the
Library of Alexandria •
Michael Attaleiates, Byzantine chronicler •
Niketas Choniates, Byzantine historian •
Maximus Planudes, Byzantine grammarian and theologian •
Artemidorus,
diviner and dream interpreter •
Ulfilas, creator of the
Gothic alphabet •
Saint Nicholas, early Christian bishop, the prototype for
Santa Claus •
Saint George, Roman soldier and early Christian
martyr •
Basil of Caesarea, Bishop and theologian •
Gregory of Nazianzus,
archbishop of Constantinople and theologian •
Aspasia, the most important woman in the history of fifth-century
Athens •
Gordian I, Roman emperor •
Helena,
Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor
Constantine the Great •
Basilina, mother of Emperor
Julian the Apostate •
Maurice, Byzantine emperor •
Michael II the Amorian, Byzantine emperor •
Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor •
John Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor •
Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor •
Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor •
Constantine X Doukas, Byzantine emperor •
Romanos IV Diogenes, Byzantine emperor •
Alexios I of Trebizond, Komnenian ruler of the Empire of Trebizon •
Theodore I Laskaris, first emperor of Nicaea •
Michael VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor •
Alexios Philanthropenos, Byzantine general •
Arsenios the Cappadocian •
Saint Paisios of Mount Athos (1924–1994) born
Arsenios Eznepidis, a well-known
Athonite monk from
Pharasa, Cappadocia. •
Leonidas Kestekides •
Aristotle Onassis •
Giorgos Seferis ==References==