c. 610–546 BC
Anaximander and the First Map of the World
Anaximander of Miletus, a younger contemporary of Thales, is said to have drawn the first Greek map of the inhabited world. He…
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c. 470–c. 400 BC
Aspasia of Miletus
Aspasia came from Miletus and lived in Athens as the partner of Pericles. Ancient authors connected her with rhetoric, philosophy and intellectual…
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Thales of Miletus: The First Greek Philosopher
In the early sixth century BC, Thales of Miletus tried to explain the world through nature rather than myth. Later Greeks remembered…
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