Explorable: Ancient Astronomy, Science and the Ancient Greeks

Discusses the influences of other cultures on ancient Greek astronomers, and the advances made by the Greeks. It highlights major astronomers and those who contributed important ideas from the 6th to the 2nd centuries BC, including Thales of Miletus, Anaximander of Miletus, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, Heracliedes of Pontus, Plato, Aristarchus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, and Ptolemy.