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300
Euclid studies and writes about mathematics and geometry (c. 300 BCE)
Euclid was a very famous greek mathematician. He was known as the Father of Geometry. He also discovered many things in math about prime numbers, and came up with a method to find the greatest common divisor of two numbers. Euclid is an important person because without him we wouldn't have math, or understand it. He has a great impact on our lives because we use math frequently. -
400
Hippocrates practices and studies medicine (400s BCE)
Medical historians generally look up to Hippocrates as the founder of medicine as a rational science. Hippocrates helped people understand that the practice of medicine was not magic, superstitious, and supernatural. He collected data and conducted experiments to show that disease was natural process. His contributions to medicine then, are still relevant now. This is why Hippocrates is an important figure from Ancient Greece. -
431
The Peloponnesian War begins between Sparta and Athens (431 BCE)
The Peloponnesian War took place in Mainland Greece, Asian Minor, and Sicily. Athens and Sparta were the two city-states involved in the war. To this day no one knows why this war began. Some think it began because of conflict between competing political ideologies (aka. political theories). In the end Sparta defeated Athens. This war was important because the battle changed the lives of everyone living in Ancient Greece. -
447
The construction of the Parthenon in Athens (447 BCE)
The Parthenon is a former temple in Athens, Greece. The land that was the site of the Parthenon had been a sacred place of other cultures. The Parthenon was built for the temples of the earlier cultures and to both experience and praise the Greek goddess Athena. This building was important because it gave Athenians a place to worship Athena, and practise their religion. -
Jan 1, 776
The first Olympic Games take place (776 BCE)
The ancient Olympic Games was a religious and athletic festival held every four years at the sanctuary of Zeus in Olympia, Greece. All free male citizens were entitled to participate in the ancient Olympic Games. Married women were not allowed to watch or participate in the games. However, unmarried women could attend the competition. Even though the Olympics were not fair to women, the Olympics were an important festival because it encouraged good relations between the cities of Greece. -
The blind poet Homer writes the Iliad and the Odyssey (800-700 BCE)
These poems were an important part of Greek culture because they were written during the Trojan war era. Also, both poems are about the Trojan war, and give us a glimpse into his life back then. -
Plato opens an academy of learning in Athens (c.380 BCE)
Plato was a Greek philosoper and a mathematician. Plato wanted to give his knowledge to other people by becoming a teacher, so he opened up an academy of learning, in Athens, Greece. This is important because Plato's academy educated many people when that was the only place to go to, to learn math.
