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A brief history of the The Philosophers of the Agora (Hellenic Greece).
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Cultural Connection III:
The Philosophers of the AgoraHellenic Greece (800-336 B.C)
Greece
• The greatest scientists of the Ancient World
• City-States, democracy• Literate Culture• Grew olive trees and grapes for
wine
Corinth and Argos
Other Important Cities
Sparta
• Faced food shortage so invaded other city-states
• Had a large standing army• Boys were taken from home and
put in the army at a young age• Almost no intellectual
accomplishments
Athens
• Located by the sea• Place of great intellectual growth• Started creating Athenian olive oil
and wine• Athenian Agora - marketplace
The Agora at Athens
Famous Athens Citizens
Socrates AristotleThales of Miletus
Hippocrates
Sophocles Aristophanes
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