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Thales in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Θαλῆς). An Ionian, the founder of Greek philosophy. He was a contemporary of Solon and Croesus, and one of the Seven Sages, and was born at Miletus about B.C. 636, and died about 546, at the age of ninety, though the exact dates of his birth and death are not known. He is said to have predicted the eclipse of the sun which happened in the reign of...

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Themistocles in Wikipedia

Themistocles (Greek: Θεμιστοκλῆς; "Glory of the Law"[1]); c. 524–459 BC, was an Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy, along with his great rival Aristides. As a politician, Themistocles was a populist, having the support of lower class Athenians...

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Theodōrus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

A philosopher of the Cyrenaic School, usually designated by ancient writers "the Atheist." He resided for some time at Athens; and being banished thence, went to Alexandria, where he entered the service of Ptolemy, son of Lagus....

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Theramenes in Wikipedia

Theramenes (pronounced /θɨˈræmɨniːz/; Ancient Greek: Θηραμένης; floruit 411–404 BC) was an Athenian statesman, prominent in the final decade of the Peloponnesian War. He was particularly active during the two periods of oligarchic government at Athens, as well as in the trial of the generals who had commanded at Arginusae in 406 BC. A moderate olig...

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Theocritus in Wikipedia

Theocritus (Greek: Θεόκριτος), the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC. Life Little is known of Theocritus beyond what can be inferred from his writings. We must, however, handle these with some caution, since some of the poems (Idylls) commonly attributed to him have little claim to authenticity. It is clear...

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Theodorus of Gadara in Wikipedia

Theodorus of Gadara was a Greek rhetorician of the 1st century BC who founded a rhetorical school in Gadara (present-day Jordan), where he taught future Roman emperor Tiberius the art of rhetoric. It was written of Tiberius that: ...even in his boyhood, his cruel and cold nature did not lie hidden. Theodorus of Gadara was his teacher of rhetoric ...

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Theramĕnes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Θηραμένης). An Athenian, son of Hagnon. He was a leading member of the oligarchical government of the Four Hundred at Athens, in B.C. 411. Subsequently, however, he not only took a prominent part in the deposition of the Four Hundred, but came forward as the accuser of Antiphon and Archeptolemus, who had been his intimate friends, but whose death ...

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Theon of Smyrna in Wikipedia

Theon of Smyrna (fl. 100 CE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician, whose works were strongly influenced by the Pythagorean school of thought. His surviving On Mathematics Useful for the Understanding of Plato is an introductory survey of Greek mathematics. Life Little is known about the life of Theon of Smyrna. A bust created at his death, an...

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Theagenes of Megara in Wikipedia

There are merely a few references to the life of Theagenes of Megara amongst the ancient authors, which makes outlining a vague biography almost impossible. What we do know is that Theagenes of Megara was among the first of Greek tyrants, possibly inspired by Cypselus of neighbouring Corinth. Aristotle's Rhetoric mentions that Theagenes of Megara a...

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Thallus (historian) in Wikipedia

Thallus (Greek: Θαλλός) sometimes spelled Thallos, was a early Samaritan historian who wrote in Koine Greek. Scholars believe that his is the earliest reference to the historical Jesus, written about 20 years after the Crucifixion. Around 55 AD, he wrote a three-volume history of the Mediterranean world from before the Trojan War to about 50 AD. Mo...

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