Chapter 6 set 2
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- Zeno
- established the Stoic philosophy in Athens in the late 300's
- Pyrrho
- the founder of Skepticism
- Aristarchus
- believed that the earth and other planets moved around the sun
- Philip II of Macedon
- recruited and organized the best-disciplined army in Macedonian history; organized his infantry into phalanxes; his goal was to restore order in Macedon
- Alexander the Great
- got formal education from the Greek philosopher Aristotle and military training in the Macedonian army which prepared him well for leadership; strong military commander; watned to conquer the known world; wanted to spread Greek culture
- Demosthenes
- led Athenian opposition to Philip; used speeches to drive people to fight for liberty
- Eratosthenes
- calculated the distance around the earth with amazing accuracy
- Euclid
- contributed extremely important work to the development of geometry; showed how geometric statements flow logically from one another
- Epicurus
- the founder of Epicurean philosophy
- Diogenes
- the best known Cynic
- Hellenistic Culture
- combined ideas and values; the new Greek like way of life
- Archimedes
- calculated the value of pi; invented many machines, including the compund pulley; the Archimedes screw