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Archidamus IV in Wikipedia

Archidamus IV was a king of Sparta from 305 BC to c. 275 BC. He was the 23rd of the Eurypontids, the son of Eudamidas I and the grandson of Archidamus III. In 296 BC he was defeated by Demetrius Poliorcetes....

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Areus I in Wikipedia

Areus I (Ἄρειος Α') (d.265 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from 309 to 265 BC, who died in battle near Corinth during the Chremonidean War. Military Success In 272 BC Areus I successfully repelled Pyrrhus of Epirus from Laconia. In 272 BC Pyrrhus of Epirus with 25,000 foot soldiers, 2,000 cavalry, and 24 elephants marched into Laconia on the false pr...

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Aristarchus of Samothrace in Wikipedia

Aristarchus of Samothrace (Ἀρίσταρχος, 220?–143 BC?) was a grammarian noted as the most influential of all scholars of Homeric poetry. He was the librarian of the library of Alexandria and seems to have succeeded his teacher Aristophanes of Byzantium in that role. He established the most historically important critical edition of the Homeric poems...

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Aristocles in Wikipedia

Aristocles may refer to: * Plato, the Greek philosopher * Aristocles of Messene (fl. 2nd century), philosopher * Aristocles (sculptors)...

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Archelaus I of Macedon in Wikipedia

Archelaus I (Greek: Ἀρχέλαος Α΄) was king of Macedon from 413 to 399 BC, following the death of Perdiccas II. The son of Perdiccas by a slave woman, Archelaus obtained the throne by murdering his uncle, his cousin, and his half-brother, the legitimate heir, but proved a capable and beneficent ruler, known for the sweeping changes he made in state a...

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Archidamus V

Archidamus V was the 27th of the Kings of Sparta of the Eurypontid line, reigning 228-227 BC. He was the son of Eudamidas II and through him the grandson of Archidamus IV, after whom he was named. After his brother Agis IV was murdered in 241 BC, he fled to Messenia. In 228 (or 227) he was called back to Sparta by King Cleomenes III of the Agaid ...

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Areus II in Wikipedia

Areus II was King of Sparta from 262 to 254 BC....

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Aristarchus of Tegea in Wikipedia

Aristarchus or Aristarch of Tegea was a contemporary of Sophocles and Euripides, who lived to be a centenarian, to compose seventy pieces and to win two tragic victories. Only the titles of two of his plays, with a single line of the text, have come down to us, though Ennius freely borrowed from his play about Achilles. Among his merits seems to ha...

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Aristodemus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Aristodemus (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστόδημος) was a son of Aristomachus and brother of Cresphontes and Temenus. He was a great-great-grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and final attack on Mycenae in the Peloponnesus. Aristodemus. Aristodemus and his brothers complained to the Oracle that its instructions had proved fatal...

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Archelaus II of Macedon in Wikipedia

Archelaus II of Macedon (Greek: Ἀρχέλαος Βʹ ὁ Μακεδών) succeeded his father Archelaus I and reigned seven years. He died while out hunting, either by accident or assassination. He was brother of Orestes of Macedon. According to the Chronicon he reigned four years....

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