Megara - Notable People

Notable People

See also: Category:Ancient Megarians
  • Orsippus (8th century BC), runner
  • Byzas (7th century BC), founder of Byzantium
  • Theognis (6th century BC), elegiac poet
  • Eupalinos (6th century BC), engineer who built the Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos
  • Theagenes (c. 600 BC), Tyrant of Megara
  • Euclid (c. 400 BC), founder of the Megarian school of philosophy
  • Stilpo (c. 325 BC), philosopher of the Megarian school
  • Teles (3rd century BC), cynic philosopher

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