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Flourished c.575 BCE - c.526 BCE
Miltiades the Younger
Athenian general
Theramenes
Greek politician and general
Pericles
Pericles
Athenian statesman
Demosthenes
Demosthenes
Greek statesman and orator
Solon
Solon
Greek statesman and poet
Isocrates
Greek orator and rhetorician
Peisistratus
Peisistratus
tyrant of Athens
Cleisthenes of Athens
Cleisthenes of Athens
Greek statesman
Themistocles
Athenian politician and naval strategist
Alcibiades and Timon
Alcibiades
Athenian politician and general
Cimon
Greek statesman and general
Hyperides
Greek politician
Antiphon
Greek writer and statesman
aeschines
Aeschines
Greek orator
Aristides The Just
Aristides The Just
Greek statesman
Demosthenes
Greek general
Nicias
Greek general
Lycurgus
Athenian statesman
“Phocion,” marble statue in the Vatican Museum, Rome
Phocion
Greek statesman
Eubulus
Greek statesman