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Born	Greece
Notable Family Members	son Periander

Timoleon of Corinth

Greek statesman

Periander

tyrant of Corinth

Humfry Payne

British archaeologist

Nesiotes

Greek sculptor

Aristogeiton

Greek tyrannicide

Ion of Chios

Greek poet

Demetrius of Scepsis

Greek scholar

Philostratus the Younger

Greek author

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Socrates

Greek philosopher

Plato

Greek philosopher

Homer

Greek poet

Euripides

Greek dramatist

Alexis Tsipras

prime minister of Greece

Pericles

Athenian statesman

Thucydides

Greek historian

Plutarch

Greek biographer

Sophocles

Greek dramatist

Demosthenes

Greek statesman and orator

Pindar

Greek poet