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11 figures

Bust of the Athenian statesman Pericles

Pericles

Greece · c. 495–429 BCE

Statesman & general

Ancient mosaic depicting Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

Greece · 356–323 BCE

King of Macedon

Painted portrait representing the mathematician Euclid

Euclid

Greece · fl. c. 300 BCE

Mathematician

Statue depicting the philosopher Pythagoras

Pythagoras

Greece · c. 570–c. 495 BCE

Philosopher & mathematician

Bust of the philosopher Socrates

Socrates

Greece · c. 470–399 BCE

Philosopher

Bust of the philosopher Aristotle

Aristotle

Greece · 384–322 BCE

Philosopher & polymath

Bust of the philosopher Plato

Plato

Greece · c. 428–347 BCE

Philosopher

Photograph of Maria Callas

Maria Callas

Greece · 1923–1977

Opera singer

Statue of a helmeted Spartan hoplite associated with Leonidas I

Leonidas I

Greece · c. 540–480 BCE

King of Sparta

Ancient sculpted bust traditionally identified as Homer

Homer

Greece · c. 8th century BCE

Poet

Ancient Greek vase painting depicting Sappho

Sappho

Greece · c. 630–c. 570 BCE

Poet