Editing Megara (section)

== Notable people ==
{{See also|Category:Ancient Megarians}}
[[File:Coinage with Byzas 2nd 3rd century CE.jpg|thumb|180px|Coinage with idealized depiction of Byzas, founder of [[Byzantium]]. Struck in [[Byzantium]], [[Thrace]], around the time of [[Marcus Aurelius]] (161–180 CE).]]

*[[Orsippus]] (8th century BC), runner
*[[Byzas]] (7th century BC), founder of [[Byzantium]]
*[[Theognis of Megara|Theognis]] (6th century BC), [[elegiac]] poet
*[[Eupalinos]] (6th century BC), [[engineer]] who built the [[Tunnel of Eupalinos]] on [[Samos]]
*[[Theagenes of Megara|Theagenes]] (c. 600 BC), Tyrant of Megara<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Megara of Theagenes and Theognis |first=Stewart Irvin |last=Oost |journal=[[Classical Philology (journal)|Classical Philology]] |volume=68 |issue=3 |date=July 1973 |pages=186–196 |publisher=[[The University of Chicago Press]] |jstor=267749 |doi=10.1086/365976|s2cid=162187770 }}</ref>
*[[Euclid of Megara|Euclid]] (c. 400 BC), founder of the [[Megarian school of philosophy]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/reso/012/04/0003-0003 |title=The Life of Euclid |first=Renuka |last=Ravindran |author-link=Renuka Ravindran |publisher=[[Indian Academy of Sciences]] |journal=[[Resonance (journal)|Resonance]] |date=April 2007 |volume=12 |issue=4 |access-date=6 November 2018 |page=3 |doi=10.1007/s12045-007-0033-2 |s2cid=123498195 |format=PDF}}</ref>
*[[Stilpo]] (c. 325 BC), [[philosopher]] of the [[Megarian school]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVe7nS2TR1AC&pg=PA479 |title=A Universal Biography: 1st series. From the creation to the birth of Christ |first=John |last=Platts |author-link=John Platts (Unitarian) |publisher=Sherwood, Jones, and Company |year=1825 |page=479}}</ref>
*[[Teles the Cynic|Teles]] (3rd century BC), [[Cynicism (philosophy)|cynic]] philosopher.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjW_BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA381 |title=Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy |first=Anthony |last=Preus |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |date=12 February 2015 |page=381 |isbn=9781442246393}}</ref>
*[[Giorgos Papagiannis]], Professional basketball player, playing for [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)]] in the Turkish [[Basketbol Süper Ligi]]