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Aristo of Chios in Wikipedia

Aristo or Ariston of Chios (Greek: Ἀρίστων ὁ Χίος; fl. c. 260 BC) was a Stoic philosopher and colleague of Zeno of Citium. He outlined a system of Stoic philosophy that was, in many ways, closer to earlier Cynic philosophy. He rejected the logical and physical sides of philosophy endorsed by Zeno and emphasized ethics. Although agreeing with Zeno t...

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Arsinoe III of Egypt in Wikipedia

Arsinoe III (Greek: Ἀρσινόη ἡ Φιλοπάτωρ, which means "Arsinoe the father-loving", 246 or 245 BC - 204 BC) was Queen of Egypt (220 - 204 BC). She was a daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II.[1] Between late October and early November 220 BC she was married to her brother, Ptolemy IV. She took active part in the government of the country, at least...

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Aeliānus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

The Tactician, a Greek writer on war, about 100 A.D., composed a work dedicated to Trajan on the Greek order of battle, with special reference to Macedonian tactics (Τακτικὴ Θεωρία), which is extant both in its original and in an enlarged form. The original used falsely to be attributed to Arrian. See Köchly, De Libris Tacticis (1852)....

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Ariston of Sparta in Wikipedia

Ariston (Ἀρίστων) was a king of Sparta, 14th of the Eurypontids, son of Agesicles, contemporary of Anaxandrides. He ascended the Spartan throne before 560 BC, and died somewhat before (Paus. iii. 7), or at any rate not long after, 510 BC. He thus reigned about 50 years, and was of high reputation, of which the public prayer for a son for him, when...

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Arius Didymus in Wikipedia

Arius Didymus (Areius, Greek: Ἄρειος; 1st century BC-1st century AD) was a citizen of Alexandria, and a Stoic philosopher in the time of Augustus, who esteemed him so highly, that after the conquest of Alexandria, he declared that he spared the city chiefly for the sake of Arius.[1] Arius as well as his two sons, Dionysius and Nicanor, are said to ...

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Aenesidēmus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Αἰνησίδημος). A skeptic, born at Cnossus, in Crete, who lived a little later than the time of Cicero. He wrote eight books on the doctrines of Pyrrho (q.v.), of which extracts may be found in Photius, Cod. 212....

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Arius in Wikipedia

Arius (AD 250 or 256 – 336) was a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt. His teachings about the nature of the Godhead, which emphasized the Father's Divinity over the Son, and his opposition to the Athanasian or Trinitarian Christology, made him a controversial figure in the First Council of Nicea, convened by Roman Emperor Constantine in 325...

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Aristoxenus in Wikipedia

Aristoxenus (Greek: Ἀριστόξενος; fl. 335 BC) of Tarentum was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher, and a pupil of Aristotle. Most of his writings, which dealt with philosophy, ethics and music, have been lost, but one musical treatise, Elements of Harmony, survives incomplete, as well as some fragments concerning rhythm and meter. Life Aristoxenus was ...

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Artemidorus in Wikipedia

Artemidorus Daldianus or Ephesius was a professional diviner and author known for an extant five-volume Greek work Oneirocritica, (English: The Interpretation of Dreams). Artemidorus was surnamed Ephesius, from Ephesus, on the west coast of Asia Minor, but was also called Daldianus, from his mother's native city, Daldis in Lycia. He lived in the se...

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Aristonicus in Wikipedia

Aristonicus of Alexandria Aristonicus (Latin; Greek Ἀριστόνικος Aristonikos) of Alexandria was a distinguished Greek grammarian who lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, contemporary with Strabo.[1] He taught at Rome, and wrote commentaries and grammatical treatises. Works He is mentioned as the author of several works, most of which w...

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