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Democritus studied under Leucippus, history is conflicted as to which of the two invented the concept but he was potentially the first (and if not certainly most influential) to carry the idea of atomos.
Wow 5th century bc, I had to learned this before but never committed it to memory. It's amazing what the Greeks figured out, the Romans were fucking Savages in comparison, but the infighting amongst the Greeks ruined to them.