List of Famous people with last name Megara

Euclid of Megara

First Name Euclid

Died on January 1, -0365

Born in Greece, Attica Region

Euclid of Megara was a Greek Socratic philosopher who founded the Megarian school of philosophy. He was a pupil of Socrates in the late 5th century BC, and was present at his death. He held the supreme good to be one, eternal and unchangeable, and denied the existence of anything contrary to the good. Editors and translators in the Middle Ages often confused him with Euclid of Alexandria when discussing the latter's Elements.

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Nicarete of Megara

First Name Nicarete

Born on January 1, -0400

Died on November 30, -0301 (aged 98)

Nicarete or Nicareta of Megara was a philosopher of the Megarian school who flourished around 300 BC. She is stated by Athenaeus to have been a hetaera of good family and education, and to have been a disciple of Stilpo. Diogenes Laërtius states that she was Stilpo's mistress, though he had a wife.

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