Statistics for Greek philosophers and scientists

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Athens Academy founder. Theory of Forms. Atlantis. (423 - 347 BC)	Plato	96%
Tutor of Alexander the great. Logic. Golden Mean. (384 - 322 BC)	Aristotle	91%
Teacher of the above. Ethics. Sentenced to death by drinking hemlock. (469 - 399 BC)	Socrates	90%
Philosopher, mathematician, religious movement founder. a2 + b2 = c2. (570 - 495 BC)	Pythagoras	85%
Mathematician, physicist, astonomer, inventor. From Syracuse. Eureka! (287 - 212 BC)	Archimedes	71%
Physician. Father of western medicine. His oath is still in use today. (460 - 370 BC)	Hippocrates of Cos	64%
Alexandria. Father of Geometry. "Elements". His name in greek means "Good glory".	Euclid	57%
From Miletus. He measured the height of pyramids. 5 Theorems (624 - 546 BC)	Thales of Miletus	55%
Born in Abdera. Atomism. Father of modern science. (460 - 370 BC)	Democritus	43%
Philosopher born in Sinope. Cynic philosophy. Asceticism. (412 - 323 BC)	Diogenes of Sinope	43%
Pleasure and Pain. Materialism. Infinite and Eternal Universe. (341 - 270 BC)	Epicurus	39%
Born in Ephesus. The Obscure philosopher. "Everything flows" (panta rhei) (c.535 - 475 BC)	Heraclitus	38%
From Citius Cyprus. Stoic school. Stoicism: Goodness and Peace of mind. (334 - 262 BC)	Zeno of Citium	34%
Eleatic school. 2 views of reality: the way of Truth and the way of Opinion. (c.515 - 450 BC)	Parmenides	26%
Born in Abdera Thrace. Sophist. "Man is the measure of all things". (490 - 420 BC)	Protagoras	23%
Philosopher from Agrigentum. Cosmogenic theory. The 4 Elements. (490 - 430 BC)	Empedocles	16%
Mathematician. First calculation of earth circumference. Prime numbers sieve. (276-194 BC)	Eratosthenes of Cyrene	16%
Astronomer from Samos. He put the planets in their correct order of distance around the Sun. (310 -230 BC)	Aristarchus of Samos	11%
Conics. Gave the names Ellipse, Parabola, Hyperbola. Moon crater with his name (262 - 190 BC)	Apollonius of Perga	4%
Astronomer, mathematician. Star catalog. Method to predict solar eclipses. (190 - 120 BC)	Hipparchus of Nicaea	4%