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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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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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Appian in Wikipedia

Appianus (Ancient Greek: Ἀππιανός) (c. 95 – c. 165), of Alexandria was a Roman historian (of Greek ethnicity) who flourished during the reigns of Trajan, Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. He is commonly referred to by the anglicised form of his name, Appian. He was born ca. 95 in Alexandria. He tells us that, after having filled the chief offices in the...

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Antinous in Wikipedia

Antinoüs or Antinoös (Greek: Ἀντίνοος) (November 27,[1] c.111–October before 30th, 130) was a member of the entourage of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, to whom he was beloved. Antinous was deified after his death.[2] Biography Antinous was born to a Greek family in Bithynion-Claudiopolis, in the Roman province of Bithynia in what is now north-west Tur...

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Anaxilas of Rhegium in Wikipedia

Anaxilas was tyrant of Rhegium, in the southwestern tip of Italy, from 474 BC - 476 BC. He seized Zancle after Hippocrates' death and renamed it to Messana. After allying with Carthage he made peace with Gelon and his daughter married Hieron I....

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Andron in Wikipedia

Andron (Greek: Ἀνδρῶν-ῶνος), or Andronitis, is part of a Greek house that is reserved for men, as distinguished from the gynaeceum (gunaikeion), the women's quarters. Symposium, social events with food and wine, were held in the andron. For this purpose the andron held several couches and tables in addition to artwork and any other necessary paraph...

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Andriscus in Wikipedia

Andriscus, (Greek: Ἀνδρίσκος), also spelt Andriskos and often called the "pseudo-Philip", was the last King of Macedonia (149 BC - 148 BC), and ruler of Adramyttium in Aeolis (in western Anatolia). In 168 BC, the Romans had invaded Macedonia and overthrew the king, Perseus, in the First Battle of Pydna. In 149 BC, Andriskos, at that time ruler of...

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Antalcidas in Wikipedia

Antalcidas (Greek: Ἀνταλκίδας) was a Spartan soldier and diplomat, the son of Leon. In 393 (or 392) BC he was sent to Tiribazus, Persian satrap of Sardis, to undermine the friendly relations then existing between Athens and Persia, offering to recognize Persian claims to the whole of Asia Minor and supremacy over Greek cities there. The Athenians...

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Antiochus VI Dionysus in Wikipedia

Antiochus VI Dionysus (ca. 148–138 BC), king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the son of Alexander Balas and Cleopatra Thea, daughter of Ptolemy VI of Egypt. Antiochus VI did not actually rule. He was nominated in 145 BC by the general Diodotus Tryphon as heir to the throne in opposition to Demetrius II, and remained the general's tool. In...

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Anthemius of Tralles in Wikipedia

Anthemius of Tralles (c. 474 – before 558) (Greek Ἀνθέμιος από τις Τράλλεις) was a Greek professor of Geometry in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul in Turkey) and architect, who collaborated with Isidore of Miletus to build the church of Hagia Sophia by the order of Justinian I. Anthemius came from an educated family, one of five sons of Stephan...

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