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Flourished	c.400 BCE - 301 BCE

Arrian

Greek historian

Callisthenes of Olynthus

Greek historian

Aristogeiton

Greek tyrannicide

Pericles

Athenian statesman

Demosthenes

Greek statesman and orator

Solon

Greek statesman and poet

Isocrates

Greek orator and rhetorician

Peisistratus

tyrant of Athens

Cleisthenes of Athens

Greek statesman

Themistocles

Athenian politician and naval strategist

Alcibiades

Athenian politician and general

Cimon

Greek statesman and general

Miltiades the Younger

Athenian general

Theramenes

Greek politician and general

Hyperides

Greek politician

Aristides

Athenian philosopher

Antiphon

Greek writer and statesman

Aeschines

Greek orator

Aristides The Just

Greek statesman

Megacles

Athenian statesman [flourished mid-6th century BCE]