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1. I'm known as the first philosopher. I was born in Milete (Greece) about 624 B.C. and I thought that everything consisted of water. I was not only a philosopher, but also a mathematician and a scientist.

Answer: Thales

Thales predicted an eclipse of the Sun in 585 B.C. and he measured the height of a pyramid by using the length of his own shadow. He predicted so many things that the people thought he was very, very special.

2. I was a Greek tragedy-writer. I was born about 480 B.C. I was very popular and wrote about many things, like personal issues and the state.

Answer: Euripides

Euripides presented his first tragedies at the Great Dionysia 455 B.C. but his first victory at these games was in 441 B.C. He wrote plays like Medea, The Bacchae, Hippolytes and many others. It is said that women were not allowed to see his plays because they were sometimes shocking.

They were very emotional, and they apparently caused women to have abortions because of the shocking parts.

3. I am a Greek philosopher, but I'm better known for my association with the statement: "A squared, plus B squared, equals C squared". But it would be a shame if that was the only thing you know about me. I set up a school with a few very strange rules, like: 'Don't touch white cocks' and the most important rule: 'Don't eat bread beans!'

Answer: Pythagoras

Pythagoras was not only a mathematician but also a well-known philosopher. He was born about 596 B.C. in Samos. He thought that everything consisted of numbers, although it's quite difficult to understand. He set up a school, although it was more like a sect.

He taught behind a sheet, and only a few people were allowed to see 'the master'. His teaching was secret, the tutors weren't even allowed to say his name. The only thing they could say while talking about him was 'ipse dixit' or, in Greek: 'Autos efe'. (Which means something like: He said it himself).

He died because some people set his school on fire, and he didn't want to run over a field with bread beans.

4. I was an Italian composer who worked for Louis XIV. I composed ballets and I collaborated with Moli�re on com�die-ballets. I'm also the inventor of the French Opera.

Answer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

His real name was Giovanni Battista Lulli. He was born in Florence in 1632. His pieces were very succesful and it is said that the people in Paris even sang his operas on the street. He died in 1687. He injured his foot with the point of a stick that he was using to beat time while performing his Te Deum to celebrate the recovery of Louis XIV.

He got Gangrene and within three months, he died.

5. I was the person who rediscovered the ancient city Troje (Troy). I'm from Germany.

Answer: Heinrich Schliemann

Heinrich Schliemann found out where the ancient city of Troy was. He studied several books about Troy and guessed where the city had to be. Unfortunately, he didn't find the city there and everyone said that it was a city that Homeros had made up. But he kept looking and found out that the world had changed since the Trojan War, and that Troy was a lot more inland now than it used to be. So he found Troy.

It's modern name is Hissarlik.

6. I was the person who created the gardens of Fontainebleau and Versailles, but that's not the only thing I've done. I created many parks and I lived during the 17th century.

Answer: Andr� le N�tre

Le N�tre was the greatest French garden and landscape designer. He was born in 1613. He worked for King Louis XIV, and was known all over the world. He also collaborated with Louis Le Vau (an architect who worked for Louis XIV) and Charles Le Brun (painter and art theorist).

7. I was a Dutch painter. I used to be very, very poor, but now I'm one of the most famous painters in the world. I'm known for my sunflowers and self-portraits.

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh was born in 1853, in the Netherlands. He traveled a lot and was not very successful during his life, but now he's one of the most famous painters in the world.

8. I was a Greek person who wrote about almost everything. I was the philosopher who invented the idea of logic.

Answer: Aristoteles

Aristoteles (Aristotle) has written about almost everything, and about almost every other philosopher. He also had his own philosophy. He was born in 384 B.C.

9. I was a composer, born in 1810 in Poland. I had already written pieces when I was only seven years old. I composed many pieces for the piano.

Answer: Fryderyk Chopin

Chopin was born in Poland but later he moved to Paris. He was one of the greatest composers of his time and was very famous. He performed before the aristocracy and several kings. He composed many pieces, only for the piano.

10. I appear in a famous epic poem. I am the king of Ithaca, a little Greek island. My father is called La�rtes, my son is called Telemachus and my wife's name is Penelope. The Trojan Horse was my idea.

Answer: Odysseus

Odysseus appears in the famous epic poems of the Greek poet Homeros. 'The Odyssey' deals with his long journey back home after the famous Trojan War.

Source: Author IK-MDK

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