who was the teacher of pyhtogoras?
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"Ancient commentators agree that Pherekydes was Pythagoras' most intimate teacher."
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Ahmes (more accurately Ahmose) was an Egyptian scribe who lived during the Second Intermediate Period. A surviving work of Ahmes is part of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus now located in the British Museum (Newman, 1956). Ahmes states that he copied the papyrus from a now-lost Middle Kingdom original, dating around 2000 BC. The work is entitled directions for knowing all dark things and is a collection of problems in geometry and arithmetic. The 87 problems are presented with solutions, but often with no hint as to how the solution was obtained. However, bringing in additional documents like the Akhmim Wooden Tablet, P. Reisner and the P. Kahun provide a range of methods that Ahmes drew upon.\n\nAhmes states without proof that a circular field with a diameter of 9 units is equal in area to a square with sides of 8 units (Beckman, 1971). In modern notation:\n\nπ(9/2)² = 8² \nwhich leads to a value of pi approximately equal to 3.16, within two hundreths of the true value of pi. This irrational number pi tended to go beyond the rational number domain of Egyptian mathematics,\n\n\nReferences\nReisner Papyrus, http://reisnerpapyri.blogspot.com \nAhmen. University of St. Andrews on Guido Castelnuovo. URL accessed on October 2, 2005. \nBeckman, Petr (1971). A History of PI. New York:St. Martin's Press. \nNewman, James R. (1956). The World of Mathematics; Volume 1. \nRetrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmes"\nCategories: Ancient mathematicians | Ancient Egyptians
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Try  Charles Johnson's "A General History of the Pyrates."
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Aristotle\n\n\n: Αριστοτέλης, Aristotélēs) (384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote books on many subjects, including physics, poetry, zoology, logic, rhetoric, government, and biology. Aristotle, along with Plato and Socrates, is generally considered one of the most influential of ancient Greek philosophers. They transformed Presocratic Greek philosophy into the foundations of Western philosophy as we know it. The writings of Plato and Aristotle founded two of the most important schools of Ancient philosophy.\n\nhttp://www.ancientlibrary.com/medicine/0051.html
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It was believed that he saw the shadows of the pillars on the tiled temple floor, that looked like a right angled triangle with squares attached. \nFrom there he developed his theory that the square drawn on the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle, is equal in area to the sum of the squares drawn on the other two sides.\nPythagoras put forward a proof, but said proof contained errors to do with transient numbers, however it seemed the theory was sound.\nSome two centuries later the Great Euclid himself proved it, with his brilliant proof using congruent triangles, true poetry of geometry.
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According to the Greek mythology (not written history) Minos was one of the 3 judges! This happened more than 5,000 years ago!\nSorry, I am much younger to remember details!!!!!
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It was Pythagoras who was the first to question the flat earth theory, although probably just the most famous....incidently it was considered heracy at the time.
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I would google the name Aristarchus.\nIf nothing comes up, try adding greek mathematician.
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<Socrates (sŏk′ rətēz), 469–399 B.C., Greek philosopher of Athens. Famous for his view of philosophy as a pursuit proper and necessary to all intelligent men, he is one of the great examples of a man who lived by his principles even though they ultimately cost him his life. Knowledge of the man and his teachings comes indirectly from certain dialogues of his disciple Plato and from the Memorabilia of Xenophon. In spite of conflicting interpretations of his teachings, the accounts of these two writers are largely supplementary.Life\n\nSocrates was the son of Sophroniscus, a sculptor. It is said that in early life he practiced his father's art. In middle life he married Xanthippe, who is legendary as a shrew, although the stories have little basis in ascertainable fact. It is not certain who were Socrates's teachers in philosophy, but he seems to have been acquainted with the doctrines of Parmenides, Heraclitus, Anaxagoras, and the atomists. He was widely known for his intellectual powers even before he was 40, when, according to Plato's report of Socrates's speech in the Apology, the oracle at Delphi pronounced him the wisest man in Greece. In that speech Socrates maintained that he was puzzled by this acclaim until he discovered that, while others professed knowledge without realizing their ignorance, he at least was aware of his own ignorance.\n\nSocrates became convinced that his calling was to search for wisdom about right conduct by which he might guide the intellectual and moral improvement of the Athenians. Neglecting his own affairs, he spent his time discussing virtue, justice, and piety wherever his fellow citizens congregated. Some felt that he also neglected public duty, for he never sought public office, although he was famous for his courage in the military campaigns in which he served. In his self-appointed task as gadfly to the Athenians, Socrates made numerous enemies.
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Homer, Hesiod, Aesop, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Thales, Pythagoras of Samos, Anaximenes, Empedocles of Acragas, Protagoras, Hippocrates of Chios, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Pyrrho, Euclid, Claudius Ptolemy, and many other...
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Egyptians most like today, although Greeks very studious too, mathematics, language, art, architecture, craft, problem-solving, sciences all taught then, as with today. However then there were clear gender differences in the implementation of studies, today females and males are taught similarly at school, though there are still stereotypes.
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Andragogy a term originally used by Alexander Kapp (a German educator) in 1833, was developed into a theory of adult education by the American educator Malcolm Knowles (April 24, 1913 -- November 27, 1997).\n\nKnowles held that androgogy (from the Greek words meaning "man-leading") should be distinguished from the more commonly used pedagogy (Greek: "child-leading").\n\nKnowles' theory can be stated as four simple postulates [1]and [2]:\n\nAdults need to be involved in the planning and evaluation of their instruction (Self-concept and Motivation to learn). \nExperience (including mistakes) provides the basis for learning activities (Experience). \nAdults are most interested in learning subjects that have immediate relevance to their job or personal life (Readiness to learn). \nAdult learning is problem-centered rather than content-oriented (Orientation to learning). \nKnowles' work (most notably the book Self-Directed Learning: A Guide for Learners and Teachers, published in 1975) has been controversial. To some, his proposed system states the obvious, to others, he has merely proposed an adaptation of existing child-learning theories.\n\nThe term has been used by some to allow a discussion of the difference between self directed and 'taught' education. However as the attitude of society towards young people change the differences in educational methods will tend to diminish (self directed education being encouraged in earlier age groups).
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Theatre.  My favorite teacher was Thurston James who was technical director when I went to college.  He died this last September.  He loved what he did and combined work and play into the most wonderful life possible.  We all miss him.
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<>One of the "Cappadocian Fathers." \n\nhttp://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07016a.htm
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it was a outline written by the ancient Greek scolar Isocrates.For behaviors for students of Philospy to become good orators and men of good repute and  morals.
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Some impact today:\nPtolemy was the author of several scientific treatises, three of which would be of continuing importance to later Islamic and European science. The first is the astronomical treatise that is now known as the Almagest (in Greek Η μεγάλη Σύνταξις , "The Great Treatise"). The second is the Geography, which is a thorough discussion of the geographic knowledge of the Greco-Roman world. The third is the astrological treatise known as the Tetrabiblos ("Four books") in which he attempted to adapt horoscopic astrology to the Aristotelian natural philosophy of his day.\n\n\nLittle to no impact today:\n\nMUSIC\nPtolemy also wrote an influential work, Harmonics, on music theory. After criticizing the approaches of his predecessors, Ptolemy argued for basing musical intervals on mathematical ratios (in contrast to the followers of Aristoxenus) backed up by empirical observation (in contrast to the overly-theoretical approach of the Pythagoreans). He presented his own divisions of the tetrachord and the octave, which he derived with the help of a monochord. Ptolemy's astronomical interests also appeared in a discussion of the music of the spheres.\n\nOTHER WORKS\nIn his Optics, a work which survives only in a poor Arabic translation, he writes about properties of light, including reflection, refraction and colour. The work is a significant part of the early history of optics. His other works include Planetary Hypothesis, Planisphaerium and Analemma.
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I think it was the physician....if yo need more help here is the prologue with the descriptions.... http://www.librarius.com/canttran/gptrfs.htm