Homer: The Iliad
Xenophanes: the gods of the Iliad
King Alyattes: the invention of money
The Milesians: The first principle
Pythagoras: Ta Mathemata
Heraclitus: the Logos
Parmenides: Ontology
Anaxagoras: The First Mover
Democritus: Atoms
Protagoras: Sophism