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Although better known for a math theorem, I also believed that numbers are the true expression of reality, and that every celestial body produced a distinct tone. |
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Although I do deserve to be called "The Father of Medicine" I was totally mistaken about body humors. |
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Thales here. I am the earliest known philosopher. I thought all things in nature derive from this substance because it comes in many forms - liquid, solid, and vapor. |
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Perhaps the greatest ancient Athenian statesman, I made a major political blunder when I fell in love with a courtesan named Aspasia. |
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Some say I drank the hemlock to prove a point, while others say it was the action of a sick old man. |
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I became one of the leaders of Athens after Pericles died. I almost persuaded the Assembly to order the massacre of all of the people in Mytilene because they wanted to withdraw from the Delian League. |
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People may know me as the Father of Scientific History. However, I also was an Athenian general who was banished for the fall of Amphipolis during the Peloponnesian War. |
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Known as the Father of Greek Tragedy, I got into all kinds of trouble because some people thought I revealed some sworn secrets in my plays. |
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The leader of the Argo, I persuaded Medea to help me steal the Golden Fleece. |
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Socrates was my teacher, but it was NOT his fault that I turned out to be a traitor to Athens. |
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