Athens

Greece

Birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, and classical drama. Home to the Parthenon and the Acropolis, and the city where Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle taught.

The atlas connects 12 figures with Athens. The earliest born is Homer (750 BCE); the last to die is Hadrian (138 CE).

By era

Ancient Greece (~800-146 BCE): 10 figures
The Roman World (~753 BCE-476 CE): 2 figures

Associated figures, by birth year

Homer (750-700 BCE), The Blind Bard
Sappho (630-570 BCE), The Tenth Muse
Pythagoras (570-495 BCE), The Father of Numbers
Pericles (495-429 BCE), The First Citizen of Athens
Herodotus (484-425 BCE), The Father of History
Socrates (470-399 BCE), The Gadfly of Athens
Hippocrates (460-370 BCE), The Father of Medicine
Thucydides (460-400 BCE), The Father of Political Realism
Plato (428-348 BCE), The Founder of the Academy
Aristotle (384-322 BCE), The Master of Those Who Know
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE), The Voice of the Republic
Hadrian (76-138), The Builder of Walls and Wonders

Cities that share figures with Athens

Other cities in the atlas tied to at least one of the same people, most shared first.

Rome (2 shared figures: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Hadrian)
Jerusalem (1 shared figure: Hadrian)
Pella (1 shared figure: Aristotle)
Sparta (1 shared figure: Thucydides)
Syracuse (1 shared figure: Plato)

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