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Anaximander in Wikipedia

Anaximander (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξίμανδρος, Anaximandros) (c. 610 BC–c. 546 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia; Milet in modern Turkey. He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. He succeeded Thales and became the second master of that school where he counted Anaximen...

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Androtion in Wikipedia

Androtion (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδροτίων, gen.: Ἀνδροτίωνος; c. 350 B.C.), Greek orator, and one of the leading politicians of his time, was a pupil of Isocrates and a contemporary of Demosthenes. He is known to us chiefly from the speech of Demosthenes, in which he was accused of illegality in proposing the usual honour of a crown to the Council of Fi...

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Antigonus II Gonatas in Wikipedia

Antigonus II Gonatas (Ancient Greek: Αντίγονος B΄ Γονατᾶς) (319 BC - 239 BC) was a powerful ruler who firmly established the Antigonid dynasty in Macedonia and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had invaded the Balkans. Birth and family Antigonus Gonatas was born around 319 BC, probably in Gonnoi in Thessaly unless Gonatas is derived...

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Antiochus X Eusebes in Wikipedia

Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator, ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom, was a contestant in the tangled-up family feuds among the last Seleucids. Beginning his reign in 95 BC his first achievement was to defeat his double half-cousin/second cousin Seleucus VI Epiphanes, thus avenging the recent death of his father Antiochus IX Cyzicenus. The epithets ...

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Anniceris in Wikipedia

Anniceris (Greek: Ἀννίκερις; fl. 300 BCE) was a Cyrenaic philosopher. He argued that pleasure is achieved through individual acts of gratification which are sought for the pleasure that they produce, but he also laid great emphasis on the love of family, country, friendship and gratitude, which provide pleasure even when they demand sacrifice Life...

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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 III the Great in Wikipedia

Antiochus III the Great (Greek: Ἀντίoχoς Μέγας; ca. 241–187 BC, ruled 222–187 BC), younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus, became the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire as a youth of about eighteen in 223 BC. Ascending the throne at young age, Antiochus was an ambitious ruler. Although his early attempts in war against the Ptolemaic Kingdom were unsuc...

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Anaximenes of Lampsacus in Wikipedia

Anaximenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξιμένης) of Lampsacus (c. 380 – 320 BC) was a Greek rhetorician and historian. Rhetorical works Anaximenes was a pupil of Zoilus[1] and, like his teacher, wrote a work on Homer. As a rhetorician, he was a determined opponent of Isocrates and his school. He is generally regarded as the author of the Rhetoric to Alexand...

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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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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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