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Ionic Greek writers

  • HerodotusHerodotus was born around 485 BC in the Greek city of Halicarnassus, now known as Bodrum, Turkey. At that time, this port city lay under Persian control…
  • HippocratesHistorians agree that Hippocrates was born around the year 460 BC on the Greek island of Kos. Soranus of Ephesus, a physician from the second century AD…
  • LucianLucian of Samosata was born in the town of Samosata on the banks of the Euphrates around 125 AD. This city sat on the far eastern outskirts of the Roman…