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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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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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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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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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Bacchylides in Wikipedia

Bacchylides (Greek: Βακχυλίδης) (5th century BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of nine lyric poets which included his uncle Simonides. The elegance and polished style of his lyrics have been a commonplace of Bacchylidean scholarship since at least Longinus (De Sublimitate 33,5).[1] Some scholars ho...

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Basil of Caesarea in Wikipedia

Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great, (330[2] – January 1, 379) (Greek: Άγιος Βασίλειος ο Μέγας) was the bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). He was an influential 4th century Christian theologian and monastic. Theologically, Basil was a supporter of the Nicene faction of the church, in opposition...

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Battus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A Lacedaemonian who, in B.C. 631, built the town of Cyrené with a colony from the island of Thera. His proper name was Aristoteles, but he received the name of Battus from his having an impediment in his speech (βατταρίζω=to stutter), though Herodotus (iv. 155) says that βάττος is a derivative from a Libyan dialect, and means "king." He reigned ov...

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Bacchylĭdes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Βακχυλίδης). A Greek lyric poet who flourished in the middle of the fifth century B.C. He was a native of Iulis in the island of Ceos, the nephew and pupil of Simonides, and a contemporary of Pindar. For a long time he lived with his uncle at the court of Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse. He also resided for a considerable time at Athens, where he won ma...

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Berenice I of Egypt in Wikipedia

Berenice I (c. 340 BC-between 279-274 BC) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and through her marriage to Ptolemy I Soter, became the first Queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Family Berenice was the daughter of an obscure local nobleman called Magas and Antigone [1]. Her maternal grandfather was a nobleman called Cassander who was the brother ...

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