NgoLwesibini odlulileyo senze inxenye yokuqala yoluhlu lweengcinga zakudala zamaGrike, ababhali kunye nezithandi zobulumko. Amagama adumileyo, nokuba ngamawaka eminyaka ukusweleka kwakhe. Bonke balushiye uphawu lwabo kwinkcubeko yethu yasentshona.
Ke namhlanje sibuyela kumxholo kwaye sinika indawo yokugqibela yolu luhlu lwabantu abadumileyo baseGrisi yakudala:
- Aristophanes: 446 - 386 BC Wayekwangumbhali wemidlalo yeqonga, umbhali ohlekisayo. Ubhale malunga ne-40 nangona kuphela li-11 kuphela elisindileyo kwaye kwezinye kuphela iziqwengana ezaziwayo. Waziwa ngokuhlekisa ngabantu baseAthene, nkqu noPlato wathi omnye wemisebenzi yakhe, iThe Clouds, wayewenzela ityala likaSocrates. Ayisiyonto ingako ngesimbo sakhe kodwa ngokubonisa okuqaqambileyo kobomi bemihla ngemihla eAthene, imisebenzi yakhe ixabiseke kakhulu namhlanje.
- UPlato: Ngama-424 - 348 BC Umfundi kaSocrates, sinetyala kuye usiba lokwazi iingcinga zomzuzwana ongazange ashiye nantoni na ebhaliweyo. Xa wayeneminyaka engama-29 ubudala, wakubona ukubulawa kukatitshala wakhe kwaye ushiye iileta ezili-13 kunye neengxoxo ezingama-35 njengelifa lakhe. UYise wefilosofi yaseNtshona, kwabaninzi.
- Aristotle: 384 - 322 BC Umfundi kaPlato, wayengowokuqala "uhlaziyo" kunye nomgxeki. Ushiye imisebenzi engama-47, efundwayo, kwaye uthathwa njengowokugqibela kwizithandi zobulumko zamaGrike. Ukongeza, wayeyithanda ibhayoloji kunye nokuqiqa kwaye wayengenguye omnye ngaphandle komhlohli ka-Alexander the Great.
- Euclid: I-300 BC Ingcali yezibalo kunye nejometri, isebenza kakhulu kwilayibrari yaseAlexandria. Umbhali we-Elements, izigidi zeekopi ezenziwe ngokuhamba kwexesha.
- IArchimedes: 287 - 212 BC Inventor, ingcali yezibalo, injineli, inzululwazi ngeenkwenkwezi. Wabala inani uPi ngokuchanekileyo kwaye ngokwasebalini u-Eureka wakhwaza! Ndiyifumene, xa wafumanisa indlela yokuchaza umthamo wezinto ngokuzifaka emanzini.
Olunye ulwazi-iingcinga zamaGrike, ababhali kunye nezithandi zobulumko, icandelo I