12th Century B.C. to 1st Century B.C. Alexander III (The Great) 351-323 B.C. Aristotle 384-322 B.C. Cato, Marcus Porcius 234-149 B.C. Erasistratus 300-260 B.C. Euclid 323-285 B.C. Herodotus of Halicarnassos 484-426 B.C. Herophilus 335-280 B.C. Hesiod 8th Century B.C. Hippocrates 460-375 B.C. Homer 1280-1180 B.C. Krateuas (Crateuas) 120 B.C. Plato 428-347 B.C. Socrates 470-399 B.C. Theophrastus 372-288 B.C. Varro, Marcus Terentius 116-29 B.C. Virgil (Publius Vergilius Marco) 70-19 B.C. Xenophon 430-354 B.C.