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Bias in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

One of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. He was son of Teutamus, and was born at Priené, in Ionia, about B.C. 570. Bias was a practical philosopher, studied the laws of his country, and employed his knowledge in the service of his friends, defending them in the courts of justice, settling their disputes. He made a noble use of his wealth. His advice, t...

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Brasĭdas in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Βρασίδας). The most distinguished Spartan in the first part of the Peloponnesian War (q.v.). In B.C. 424, at the head of a small force, having effected a dexterous march through the hostile country of Thessaly, he gained possession of many of the cities in Macedonia that were subject to Athens; his greatest acquisition was Amphipolis. In 422, with...

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Calămis in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Κάλαμις). A Greek artist, who flourished at Athens about B.C. 470. He worked in marble and metal, as well as gold and ivory, and was master of sculpture in all its branches, from the chiselling of small silver vessels to the execution of colossal statues in bronze. His Apollo, at Apollonia in Pontus, was 120 feet high. This statue was carried away...

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Bryson in Wikipedia

People with the name Bryson include: * Bryson of Heraclea (c. 450 - c. 390 BC), ancient Greek mathematician and sophist * Bryson of Achaea (c. 330 BC) , ancient Greek philosopher from the Megarian school of philosophy People with the surname Bryson include: * Bill Bryson, author * Bill Bryson, Sr., sports journalist * Ian Bryson, soccer pla...

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Calliades in Wikipedia

Calliades may refer to: * Calliades, mentioned by Herodotus (viii. 51) as archon eponymous of Athens at the time of the occupation of the city by the Persian army, 480 BC * Calliades, a comic poet mentioned by Athenaeus (xiii. p. 577). Perhaps a mistake for Callias (comic poet). * Calliades , the name of two artists, a painter spoken of by Luci...

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Bion of Smyrna in Wikipedia

Bion (Greek: Âßùí, gen.: Âßùíïò), Greek bucolic poet, was a native of the city of Smyrna and flourished about 100 BC. Most of his work is lost. There remain 17 fragments (preserved in ancient anthologies) and the "Epitaph on Adonis," a mythological poem on the death of Adonis and the lament of Aphrodite (preserved in several late medieval manuscrip...

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Bion in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A Greek bucolic poet, who flourished in the second half of the second century B.C. He lived mostly in Sicily, where he is said to have died by poison. Besides a number of minor poems from his hand, we have a long descriptive epic called The Dirge of Adonis. His style is more remarkable for grace than for power or simplicity. A native of Borysthene...

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Bupalus in Wikipedia

Bupalus and Athenis, were sons of Archermus, and members of the celebrated school of sculpture in marble which flourished in Chios in the 6th century BC. They were contemporaries of the poet Hipponax, whom they were said to have caricatured. Their works consisted almost entirely of draped female figures, Artemis, Fortune, The Graces, when the Chian...

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Callias II in Wikipedia

Callias (Greek: Καλλίας) was the head of a wealthy Athenian family, and fought at the Battle of Marathon (490) in priestly attire. His son, Hipponicus, was also a military commander. He is commonly known as Callias II to distinguish him from his grandfather, Callias I, and from his grandson, Callias III. Some time after the death of Cimon, probabl...

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Kleobis and Biton in Wikipedia

Kleobis (Cleobis) and Biton (Ancient Greek: Κλέοβις, gen.: Κλεόβιδος; Βίτων, gen.: Βίτωνος) is the name of two human brothers in Greek mythology. It is also the name conventionally given to a pair of lifesize Archaic Greek statues, or kouroi, which are now in the Delphi Archaeological Museum, at Delphi Greece. The statues date from about 580 BC and...

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