Dionysius of Heraclea

Dionysius of Heraclea in Wikipedia

Dionysius (in Greek Διoνυσιoς) was a tyrant of Heraclea on the Euxine (today called Black Sea). He was a son of Clearchus, who had assumed the tyranny in his native place. When Clearchus died (353/352 BC), he was first succeeded by his brother Satyrus, who was reigning as guardian for Clearchus' sons Timotheus and Dionysius. Satyrus was succeeded b...

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Dionysius Periegetes in Wikipedia

Dionysius Periegetes (literally, Dionysius of The Voyager or Traveller) was the author of a description of the habitable world in Greek hexameter verse written in a terse and elegant style. His lifedates, and indeed his origins, are not known, but he is believed to have been from Alexandria and to have flourished around the time of Hadrian, though ...

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