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Antigonus III Doson in Wikipedia

Antigonus III Doson (Greek: ο Αντίγονος Δώσων, 263 BC - 221 BC) was king of Macedon from 229 BC - 221 BC. He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty. Family Background Grandson of Demetrius Poliorcetes & cousin of Demetrius II, who - after the latter died in battle - rescued Macedonia & restored Antigonid control of Greece. Modern encyclopedic a...

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Antiochus IV Epiphanes in Wikipedia

Antiochus IV Epiphanes ("Manifest (God)"[1], "the Illustrious"; pronounced /ænˈtaɪ.əkəs ɛˈpɪfəniːz/, from Greek: Ἀντίοχος Ἐπιφανὴς; born c. 215 BC; died 163 BC) ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 163 BC. He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great and the brother of Seleucus IV Philopator. His original name was Mithridates; h...

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Antiochus IX Cyzicenus in Wikipedia

Antiochus IX Eusebes, ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom, was the son of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea. Upon the death of his father in Parthia and his uncle Demetrius II Nicator's return to power (129 BC), his mother sent him to Cyzicus on the Bosporus, thus giving him his nickname. He returned to Syria in 116 BC to claim the Seleucid ...

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Antiochus XI Epiphanes in Wikipedia

Antiochus XI Epiphanes or Philadelphus, ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom, was a son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and brother of Seleucus VI Epiphanes. He was a minor participant in the civil wars which clouded the last years of the once glorious Seleucids, now reduced to local dynasties in Syria. Following the defeat of his brother in 95 BC by Antio...

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Anaximenes of Miletus in Wikipedia

Anaximenes (Greek: Άναξιμένης) of Miletus (fl. 585 BCE, d. 528 BCE) was an Archaic Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher also known as the father of philosophy active in the latter half of the 6th century BC.[1][2] One of the three Milesian philosophers, he is identified as a younger friend or student of Anaximander.[3][4] Anaximenes, like others in his s...

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Anonymus in Wikipedia

Anonymus is the Latin word for anonymous, the correct English spelling. The Latin spelling, however, is traditionally used by scholars in the humanities to refer to an ancient writer whose name is not known, or to a manuscript of their work. Many such writers have left valuable historical or literary records through the ages, among them this very p...

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Antimachus in Wikipedia

Antimachus, of Colophon or Claros, Greek poet and grammarian, flourished about 400 BC. Scarcely anything is known of his life. His poetical efforts were not generally appreciated, although he received encouragement from his younger contemporary Plato (Plutarch, Lysander, 18). His chief works were: an epic Thebais, an account of the expedition of ...

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Andocides in Wikipedia

Andocides, or Andokides , (Greek Ἀνδοκίδης, 440–390 BC) was a logographer (speech writer) in Ancient Greece. He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian Canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in the third century BCE. He was implicated during the Peloponnesian War in the mutilation of the He...

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Anser (genus) in Wikipedia

The waterfowl genus Anser includes all grey geese and usually the white geese too. It belongs to the true geese and swan subfamily (Anserinae). The genus has a Holarctic distribution, with at least one species breeding in any open, wet habitats in the subarctic and cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in summer. Some also breed further...

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Antimachus I in Wikipedia

Anthimachus I was one of the Greco-Bactrian kings, generally dated from around 185 to 170 BC. Tarn and numismatist Robert Senior place Antimachus as a member of the Euthydemid dynasty and probably as a son of Euthydemus and brother of Demetrius. Other historians, like Narain, mark him as independent of Euthydemid authority, and probably a scion of...

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