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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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Archigenes in Wikipedia

Archigenes ('Αρχιγένης), an eminent ancient Greek physician, who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries. He was the most celebrated of the sect of the Eclectici, and was a native of Apamea in Syria; he practised at Rome in the time of Trajan, 98-117, where he enjoyed a very high reputation for his professional skill. He is, however, reprobated as havi...

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Harmodius and Aristogeiton in Wikipedia

Harmodius (Ἁρμόδιος / Harmódios) and Aristogeiton (Ἀριστογείτων / Aristogeítôn), both d. 514 BC in ancient Athens. They became known as the Tyrannicides (τυραννοκτόνοι) after they killed the Peisistratid tyrant Hipparchus, and were the preeminent symbol of democracy to ancient Athenians. Background The principal historical sources covering the two...

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Argas in Wikipedia

Argas is a genus of tick. Species * Argas abdussalami Hoogstraal & McCarthy, 1965 * Argas acinus Whittick, 1938 * Argas africolumbae Hoogstraal, Kaiser, Walker, Ledger, Converse & Rice, 1975 * Argas arboreus Kaiser, Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1964 * Argas assimilis Teng & Song, 1983 * Argas beijingensis Teng, 1983 * Argas beklemisc...

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Aristeas in Wikipedia

Aristeas (Greek: Ἀριστέας) was a semi-legendary Greek poet and miracle-worker, a native of Proconnesus in Asia Minor, active ca. 7th century BCE. In book IV of The Histories, Herodotus reports "The birthplace of Aristeas, the poet who sung of these things, I have already mentioned. I will now relate a tale which I heard concerning him both at Proc...

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Antipater II of Macedon in Wikipedia

Antipater II of Macedon (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος Β' ὁ Μακεδών), was the son of Cassander and Thessalonica of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great. He was king of Macedon from 297 BC until 294 BC, jointly with his brother Alexander V. Eventually, he murdered his mother and ousted his brother from the throne. Alexander turned to Pyrrhus an...

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Apellicon of Teos in Wikipedia

Apellicon (Greek: Ἀπελλικῶν) (died c. 84 BCE), a wealthy native of Teos, afterwards an Athenian citizen, was a famous book collector of the 1st century BCE. He not only spent large sums in the acquisition of his library, but stole original documents from the archives of Athens and other cities of Greece. Being detected, he fled in order to escape ...

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Antiphon (person) in Wikipedia

Antiphon the Sophist lived in Athens probably in the last two decades of the 5th century BC. There is an ongoing controversy over whether he is one and the same with Antiphon (Ἀντιφῶν) of the Athenian deme Rhamnus in Attica (480–411 BC), the earliest of the ten Attic orators. For the purposes of this article, they will be treated as distinct person...

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Apollodotus I in Wikipedia

Apollodotus I Soter (Greek: Απολλόδοτος ο Σωτήρ, "Apollodotus the Saviour"), was an Indo-Greek king between 180 and 160 BCE or between 174 and 165 BCE (first dating Osmund Bopearachchi and R C Senior, second dating Boperachchi[1]) who ruled the western and southern parts of the Indo-Greek kingdom, from Taxila in Punjab to the areas of Sindh and pos...

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