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Hephaestion in Wikipedia

Hephaestion (Greek: Ἡφαιστίων, alternative spelling: "Hephaistion"; c. 356 BC – 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was a Macedonian nobleman and a general in the army of Alexander the Great. He was "... by far the dearest of all the king's friends; he had been brought up with Alexander and shared all his secrets."[1] This friendship lasted their whole lives,...

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Hephaestion in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

1. A Macedonian, celebrated as the friend of Alexander the Great, with whom he had been brought up. He died at Ecbatana, B.C. 325, to the great grief of Alexander, who ordered mourning for him throughout the whole Empire. 2. A Greek scholar, a native of Alexandria, who flourished about the middle of the second century A.D., and was tutor to the em...

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Hephaistio of Thebes in Wikipedia

Hephaistio of Thebes (also called Hephaestion or Hephaistion) (fl. ca. 415 CE) was a Late Antiquity astrologer of Egyptian descent who wrote a work in Greek known as the Apotelesmatics (Apotelesmatika) in the early 5th century. Much of the work appears to be an attempt to synthesize the earlier works of the 1st century astrologer Dorotheus of Sidon...

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