1. - Archimedes - Mathematics, Physics, Engineering
2. - Aristotle - Philosophy, Biology, Logic
3. - Galen - Medicine, Anatomy
4. - Herodotus - History, Travel writing
5. - Homer - Literature, Poetry
6. - Euclid - Mathematics, Geometry
7. - Pythagoras - Mathematics, Philosophy, Music theory
8. - Plutarch - History, Biography, Philosophy
9. - Thucydides - History, Political science
10. - Plato - Philosophy, Politics, Ethics
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