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Athenagŏras in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Ἀθηναγόρας). A Father of the Church, a native of Athens, and in philosophy a Platonist. He wrote a treatise on the doctrine of the resurrection of the body and a defence of the Christians, blending the teachings of the Greek philosophers with those of the Church. He flourished in the second half of the second century....

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Asclepiodotus (philosopher) in Wikipedia

Asclepiodotus Tacticus (Greek: Ἀσκληπιόδοτος; 1st century BC) was a Greek writer and philosopher, and a pupil of Posidonius.[1] According to Seneca, he wrote a work entitled Quaestionum Naturalium Causae.[1] A short work on military tactics survives. He is one of the earliest military writers whose studies on tactics have come down to us. He was no...

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Athenodoros in Wikipedia

Athenodoros or Athenodorus was the name of several figures in the ancient world: * Athenodorus of Soli (fl. mid 3rd century BCE), a Stoic philosopher and disciple of Zenon * Athenodoros Cananites, a Stoic philosopher of the 1st Century BCE * Athenodoros Cordylion, another Stoic philosopher of the same era and keeper of the library of Pergamum ...

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Asius in Wikipedia

Asius (mythology) In Greek mythology, Asius refers to two people who fought during the Trojan War: * Asius (Asios-Ἄσιος) son of Hyrtacus was the leader of the Trojan allies that hailed from, on, or near the Dardanelles.[1] He was a son of Hyrtacus and Arisbe, the latter being first wife of King Priam and daughter of Merops. Asius led the conting...

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Athenodōrus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A Rhodian sculptor associated with Agesander and Polydorus in producing the famous group of Laocoön (q.v.). Of Tarsus, a Stoic philosopher, surnamed Cordylio, who was keeper of the library at Pergamus, and afterwards removed to Rome, where he lived with M. Cato, at whose house he died. Of Tarsus, a Stoic philosopher, surnamed Cananites, from Can...

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Aristŏphon in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Ἀριστόφων). The name of two Attic orators, both contemporaries of Demosthenes. The first (of the deme Azenia) defended the law of Leptines against Demosthenes in B.C. 354. No oration of either Aristophon is extant....

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Aspasia in Wikipedia

Aspasia (ca. 470 BC[1][2]–ca. 400 BC,[1][3] Greek: Ἀσπασία) was a Milesian woman who was famous for her involvement with the Athenian statesman Pericles.[4] Very little is known about the details of her life. She spent most of her adult life in Athens, and she may have influenced Pericles and Athenian politics. She is mentioned in the writings of P...

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Attălus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Son of Attalus, a brother of Philetaerus, succeeded his cousin Eumenes I., and reigned B.C. 241-197. He took part with the Romans in the struggle against Philip and the Achaeans. He was a wise and just prince, and was distinguished by his patronage of literature....

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Aristophănes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

The greatest writer of Greek comedy. He lived at Athens, B.C. 444-388. His father, Philippus, is said to have been not a native Athenian, but a settler from Rhodes or Egypt, who afterwards acquired citizenship. However this may be, the demagogue Cleon, whose displeasure Aristophanes had incurred, tried to call in question his right to the citizensh...

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Aristarchus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A Samian mathematician and astronomer at Alexandria, who flourished between B.C. 280 and 264....

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