Historical figures in Athens

The atlas holds 37 people and 64 moments here, from 525 BC to 2014. The most recorded lives are Plato, Socrates and Sophocles. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Political Leaders, across the Ancient World and Classical Greece.

Notable people

1. Plato

   from 428 BC to 347 BC

   9 moments here

   Ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy.…

2. Plutarch

   in 66

   1 moment here

   Greek Platonist philosopher, biographer, essayist, magistrate, and Delphic priest. He was born at Chaeronea between 45 and 47 CE and died after 119…

3. Pyrrhus of Epirus

   in 287 BC

   1 moment here

   Pyrrhus (c. 319–272 BC) was an Aeacid king of Epirus and a major Hellenistic military leader.…

4. Rabindranath Tagore

   in 1926

   1 moment here

   Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…

5. Ronald Ross

   in 1906

   1 moment here

   British physician, malariologist, mathematician, writer, and 1902 Nobel laureate. Ross established the mosquito’s role in malaria transmission…

6. Sigmund Freud

   in 1904

   1 moment here

   Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…

7. Socrates

   from 469 BC to 399 BC

   5 moments here

   Classical Athenian philosopher known chiefly through Plato, Xenophon, Aristophanes, and later ancient testimony.…

8. Sophocles

   from 480 BC to 406 BC

   4 moments here

   Ancient Athenian tragic playwright, probably born at Colonus in Attica and active chiefly in Athens.…

9. Ulysses S. Grant

   in 1878

   1 moment here

   Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…

10. Virgil

    in 19 BC

    1 moment here

    Publius Vergilius Maro, known as Virgil, was a Roman poet of the Augustan age and the author of the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid.…

11. William Faulkner

    in 1957

    1 moment here

    American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…

12. William Makepeace Thackeray

    in 1844

    1 moment here

    English novelist, illustrator, journalist, lecturer, and editor, best known for Vanity Fair.…

13. Winston Churchill

    in 1944

    1 moment here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

Moments

1. 1878 Arrival at Athens Ulysses S. Grant
2. 1904 Stands on the Acropolis Sigmund Freud
3. 1906 Arrival in Athens for malaria advice Ronald Ross
4. 1924 Foreign tour: Athens Haile Selassie
5. 1926 Honored in Athens Rabindranath Tagore
6. 1933 Talks in Athens Jiddu Krishnamurti
7. 1944 Flies to Athens during Greek crisis Winston Churchill
8. 1957 Athens visit for Requiem for a Nun William Faulkner
9. 1960 Diplomatic meetings in Athens Gamal Abdel Nasser
10. 1961 Athens Classical Marathon victory Abebe Bikila
11. 1968 World Cup qualifier in Athens Eusébio
12. 1976 Cyprus mediation in Athens Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
13. 1986 Performance in Athens Mercedes Sosa
14. 2014 Official visit to Greece Li Keqiang

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