Reaction Paper About Archimedes

Sophocles was a greek poet known for his greek tragedies, stories and plays popular all across Greece, and even have a strong influence on today’s culture. Tragedies, which was such a large form of amusement that men who were actors could get out of military service at the time. Sophocles is prominent for his plays: Ajax, Antigone, The Women of Trachis, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. Despite the many plays he has made, the ones being distinguish here are Antigone and Oedipus the King. Antigone and Oedipus were tragic heroes. It is beneficial to know that Oedipus is Antigone’s father and sibling due to him unknowingly marrying his mother, Jocasta, and killing his own father Laius, committing

Oedipus, the model Greek hero in Oedipus the King, was the protagonist that saved Thebes from the curse of the sphinx. Accomplishing this task gave him favor in the people's eyes and absolute power as the king of Thebes. This power did not last long and in time, this led to his downfall because of his hubris. He was prideful, steadfast in his strength over Thebes and the foreboding prophecy the Oracle had warned him about. After becoming the king of Thebes, he values power over family and

Hipparchus was a greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician born 190 B.C. in Nicaea and died in 120 B.C. Rhodes, Rhodes, Greece. Hipparchus is accredited as the inventor of trigonometry because of his discovery of the first table of chords and also because he's the only person with valid data of the discovery and usage of trigonometry. In order to calculate the rising and setting of zodiacal signs, Hipparchus brought to light the division of circles into 360 degrees and the calculation of chords by looking at the triangles (spherical triangles or triangles that made up a circle) differently. Hipparchus experimented putting all triangles to be within a circle and with the three points each touching the

Laertes was not only the King of Ithaca at the time but also raised Odysseus to be the most powerful, cunning, well-venerated man in all of ancient Greece. Odysseus’ success was the result of an effectual father-son relationship. Many of the examples of father-son relationships result in the son gaining valuable information to progress from an ignorant boy into a well educated man.

The second tactic that he used was to build ceilings to shield his soldiers that were building the bridge from arrow attacks. Another tactic that he used was to build seige towers that had the tortion catapault on it in order to attack the wall with his catapault and be able to invade his enemy. As a result to Alexander successfully countering the attacks of the Tyrians they desided to gather a whole fleet to attack his army and the bridge in a last effort to counter his efforts but due to Alexander's insight he gathered a fleet of his own that came up behind the Tyrian fleet and destroyed it. This resulted in the completion of the bridge, breaching the Southern wall of the port and also the success of the seige on

He discovered the laws of planetary motion, explained how gravity works, and invented calculus, a new branch of mathematics that proved invaluable to modern scientists and mathematicians.

Peleus: Peleus was a hero in Greek mythology and the son of Aeacus, who was the king of the island of Aegina. He was husband of the sea nymph Thetis who was able to change form. Together they nurtured for Achilles, their son. Peleus, Telamon, his brother, and Eurytion were all participants in the Argonautic expedition. Peleus and Thetis had seven sons, but six of them died when they were born, leaving Achilles to be their only son.

Major accomplishments he had in his lifetime is he invented the sciences of mechanics and hydrostatics. He also discovered the laws of levers and pulleys. He calculated pi to the most precise number still known today. He showed how exponents could be used to write bigger numbers. He also invented the first water pump to get fresh water out of the ground. It was known as the archimedes screw.

The Greeks made several inventions, most notably in the subject of math, which are still studied today and taught in school. Mathematician Euclid is often credited as the “Father of Geometry” for all his work and studies in this subject, which are compiled in his books called The Elements. He organized known geometrical statements called theorems and logically proved all of them. He proved the theorem of Pythagoras (another Greek mathematician), which stated that the equation (c2 = a2 + b2) is true for every right triangle.

Eudoxus of Cnidus, born in 408 B.C. and died 355 B.C in Cnidus, Asia Minor, was well-known for his multitude of great achievements; both in astronomy and mathematics. However, focusing on his mathematical accomplishments, Eudoxus has made a significant mark in history due to his numerous contributions to mathematics. Working along with many famous philosophers and mathematicians such as Archytas, Philiston, and Plato, Eudoxus was able to broaden his knowledge and thus help lead modern-day mathematicians to a greater comprehension of the universe. Eudoxus, son of Aeschines, as a young man traveled throughout Greece and Egypt with the hopes of expanding his intellect of the world. One of his first voyages consisted of a journey to Tarentum.

His parents were Sophroniscus, a craftsman and statuary, and Phaenarete. Phaenarete, a skilled midwife, was from a “’good’ family”. Both of his parents were Athenian citizens,

Theseus was said to be the son of Poseidon and was considered to be the first king of Athens. He was thought to be a perfect example of an Athenian . Although he was most famous for slaying villains. he was said to be the “quintessential athenian” he was often the role model for the Athenian people. What really cemented his place in history was the fact that he fought the Minotaur.

Phaedrus was told a story by his classical Greek philosopher friend Socrates. The story was about the King of great city of Egypt, Thamus. He was introduced a lot of inventions by Theuth who was known as the god of inventions. Theuth declared that his inventions would be available extensively to Egypt's people.

Galileo Galilei Galileo followed his families’ footsteps by studying medicine at the University of Pisa. Later, he was inspired to study time intervals. He convinced his father to let him change his study to mathematics and natural philosophy. Galileo created many things such as the thermo scope, the hydrostatic balance, and ideas for the pendulum clock. He succeeded in experiment, theory and mathematics.

Archimedes invented devices that contributed to Syracuse’s defense system, which allowed it to protect itself from Roman attack during the Punic wars. The Punic Wars were three wars fought between Romans and Carthaginians over foreign territory, including the island of Sicily and particularly Syracuse (Hasan, 12). During the first Punic War, 264-241 BCE, Rome signed a treaty with Syracuse and obliged to protect the colony from Carthaginian attack (Hasan, 75). At the end of the first war, Heiro II, king of Syracuse and a close friend of Archimedes, asked Archimedes to build a defense system for Syracuse out of concern for a second battle between Rome and Carthage (Ball, 64). In response to Hiero’s wish, Archimedes invented catapults which were