Classical Era

Pythagoras

THE FOUR CROWNS OF ANCIENT TIMES

570–322 BCE

c. 570–c. 495 BCE

Socrates

THE FOUR CROWNS OF ANCIENT TIMES

570–322 BCE

470/469–399 BCE

Plato

THE FOUR CROWNS OF ANCIENT TIMES

570–322 BCE

428/427–348/347 BCE

Aristotle

THE FOUR CROWNS OF ANCIENT TIMES

570–322 BCE

384–322 BCE

Leonidas

GREAT RULERS & COMMANDERS

500–338 BCE

died 480 BCE

Aristides

GREAT RULERS & COMMANDERS

500–338 BCE

c. 525–c. 467 BCE

Themistocles

GREAT RULERS & COMMANDERS

500–338 BCE

c. 524–459 BCE

Pericles

GREAT RULERS & COMMANDERS

500–338 BCE

c. 495–429 BCE

Xenophon

GREAT RULERS & COMMANDERS

500–338 BCE

c. 430–354 BCE

Epaminondas

GREAT RULERS & COMMANDERS

500–338 BCE

c. 418–362 BCE

Aeschylus

POETS & ARTISTS

525–406 BCE

525/524–456/455 BCE

Pindar

POETS & ARTISTS

525–406 BCE

c. 518–438 BCE

Sophocles

POETS & ARTISTS

525–406 BCE

c. 496–406 BCE

Phidias

POETS & ARTISTS

525–406 BCE

active 5th century BCE

Parmenides

PHILOSOPHERS & PHYSICIANS

515–370 BCE

born c. 515 BCE

Empedocles

PHILOSOPHERS & PHYSICIANS

515–370 BCE

active mid-5th century BCE

Democritus

PHILOSOPHERS & PHYSICIANS

515–370 BCE

born c. 460 BCE

Hippocrates

PHILOSOPHERS & PHYSICIANS

515–370 BCE

c. 460–c. 370 BCE