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Athens, Greece
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.cityofathens.gr/ Population:
750,000 Population of Athens metropolitan area, 3.7 million. BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Costas Caramanlis |
Head of State |
14-Sep-1956 |
|
Prime Minister of Greece |
| Tom Carvel |
Business |
14-Jul-1906 |
21-Oct-1990 |
Fudgie The Whale, Cookie Puss |
| Cratinus |
Playwright |
c. 520 BC |
c. 423 BC |
Athenian comic poet |
| Demades |
Diplomat |
c. 380 BC |
319 BC |
Brokered Macedonian/Athenian peace |
| Demochares |
Politician |
c. 355 BC |
275 BC |
Athenian orator and statesman |
| Demosthenes |
Author |
384 BC |
12-Oct-322 BC |
Attic orator and statesman |
| Euripides |
Playwright |
c. 484 BC |
406 BC |
Medea |
| St. Giles |
Religion |
fl. 6th c. AD |
fl. 6th c. AD |
Patron saint of lepers and cripples |
| Hippias of Elis |
Philosopher |
fl. 5th c. BC |
fl. 5th c. BC |
Greek sophist |
| Arianna Huffington |
Columnist |
15-Jul-1950 |
|
The Huffington Post |
| Isocrates |
Educator |
436 BC |
338 BC |
Rhetoric opponent of Plato |
| Tommy Lee |
Drummer |
3-Oct-1962 |
|
Mötley Crüe drummer |
| Melina Mercouri |
Actor |
18-Oct-1920 |
6-Mar-1994 |
Topkapi |
| Stavros Niarchos |
Business |
3-Jul-1909 |
15-Apr-1996 |
Greek shipping tycoon |
| Katina Paxinou |
Actor |
17-Dec-1900 |
22-Feb-1973 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Pherecrates |
Playwright |
fl. 5th c. BC |
fl. 5th c. BC |
The Wild Men |
| Phidias |
Sculptor |
c. 490 BC |
c. 430 BC |
Sculpted Zeus at Olympus |
| Plato |
Philosopher |
c. 427 BC |
c. 347 BC |
The Republic |
| Socrates |
Philosopher |
469 BC |
399 BC |
Developer of the Socratic Method |
| Thucydides |
Historian |
460 BC |
400 BC |
History of the Peloponnesian War |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Cratinus |
Playwright |
c. 520 BC |
c. 423 BC |
Athenian comic poet |
| Jules Dassin |
Film Director |
18-Dec-1911 |
31-Mar-2008 |
Topkapi |
| Demades |
Diplomat |
c. 380 BC |
319 BC |
Brokered Macedonian/Athenian peace |
| Odysseas Elytis |
Poet |
2-Nov-1911 |
18-Mar-1996 |
Axion Esti |
| Epicurus |
Philosopher |
341 BC |
270 BC |
Founder of the Epicurean School |
| Harmodius |
Assassin |
? |
514 BC |
Would-be murderer of tyrants |
| Hippias of Elis |
Philosopher |
fl. 5th c. BC |
fl. 5th c. BC |
Greek sophist |
| Isocrates |
Educator |
436 BC |
338 BC |
Rhetoric opponent of Plato |
| Chester Kallman |
Poet |
7-Jan-1921 |
18-Jan-1975 |
Librettist, translator |
| John Latsis |
Business |
14-Sep-1910 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Greek shipping tycoon |
| Lucian |
Author |
120 AD |
c. 180 AD |
Dialogues of the Dead |
| Menander |
Playwright |
c. 342 BC |
c. 292 BC |
Early Greek comic dramatist |
| George Papandreou |
Head of State |
18-Feb-1888 |
1-Nov-1968 |
Former Prime Minister of Greece |
| Parrhasius |
Painter |
fl. 5th c. BC |
fl. 5th c. BC |
Attic Greek painter |
| Katina Paxinou |
Actor |
17-Dec-1900 |
22-Feb-1973 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Pherecrates |
Playwright |
fl. 5th c. BC |
fl. 5th c. BC |
The Wild Men |
| Phidias |
Sculptor |
c. 490 BC |
c. 430 BC |
Sculpted Zeus at Olympus |
| Philemon |
Poet |
c. 361 BC |
c. 263 BC |
Greek poet of the New Comedy |
| Plato |
Philosopher |
c. 427 BC |
c. 347 BC |
The Republic |
| Giorgos Seferis |
Poet |
13-Mar-1900 |
20-Sep-1971 |
Imerolóyion katastrómatos |
| Socrates |
Philosopher |
469 BC |
399 BC |
Developer of the Socratic Method |
| Sophocles |
Playwright |
c. 496 BC |
406 BC |
Oedipus the King |
| Syrianus |
Philosopher |
fl. 5th c. AD |
fl. 5th c. AD |
Greek Neoplatonist |
| Theophrastus |
Philosopher |
c. 372 BC |
287 BC |
Peripatetic school |
| Thucydides |
Historian |
460 BC |
400 BC |
History of the Peloponnesian War |
| T. H. White |
Author |
29-May-1906 |
17-Jan-1964 |
The Once and Future King |
| Xenocrates |
Philosopher |
396 BC |
314 BC |
Platonic philosopher |
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