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Aetius (philosopher) in Wikipedia

Aetius (Ἀέτιος) was a 1st or 2nd century doxographer and Eclectic philosopher. None of Aetius' works survive today, but he solves a mystery about two major compilations of philosophical quotes. There are two extant books named Placita Philosophorum and Eclogae Physicae. The first of these is Pseudo-Plutarch and the second is by Stobaeus. They are ...

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Agatharchus in Wikipedia

Agatharchus or Agatharch (Ancient Greek: Ἀγάθαρχος) was a self-taught painter from Samos[1] who lived in the 5th century BC.[2] He is said by Vitruvius to have invented scene-painting, and to have painted a scene (scenam fecit) for a tragedy which Aeschylus exhibited.[3] Hence some writers, such as Karl Woermann, have supposed that he introduced pe...

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Aeneas Tacticus in Wikipedia

Aeneas Tacticus (4th century BC) was one of the earliest Greek writers on the art of war. According to Aelianus Tacticus and Polybius, he wrote a number of treatises (Hypomnemata) on the subject. The only extant one, How to Survive under Siege (Greek: Περὶ τοῦ πῶς χρὴ πολιορκουμένους ἀντέχειν), deals with the best methods of defending a fortified ...

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Ageladas in Wikipedia

Ageladas (Gr. Ἀγελάδας) or Hagelaidas,[1] was a celebrated Argive sculptor, who flourished in the latter part of the 6th and the early part of the 5th century BC.[2] Ageladas' fame is enhanced by his having been the instructor of the three great masters, Phidias,[3][4][5] Myron, and Polykleitos.[6] The determination of the period when Ageladas flo...

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Agariste of Sicyon in Wikipedia

Agariste (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαρίστη) (fl. 6th century BC, around 560 BC) was the daughter, and possibly the heiress, of the tyrant of Sicyon, Cleisthenes. Her father wanted to marry her to the best of the Hellenes and, subsequently, he organized a competition, whose prize was his own daughter. According to his declaration, all the eligible young men ...

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Agatharchides in Wikipedia

Agatharchides (Ἀγαθαρχίδης or Agatharchus Ἀγάθαρχος) of Cnidus was a Greek historian and geographer (flourished 2nd century BC). Life He is believed to have been born at Cnidus, hence his appellation. As Stanley M. Burstein notes, the "evidence for Agatharchides' life is meagre." Photius describes him as a threptos, a kind of assistant of servile ...

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Agesander of Rhodes in Wikipedia

Agesander (Gr. Άγήσανδρος, also Agesandros, Hagesander, Hagesandros, or Hagesanderus) was a sculptor from the island of Rhodes.[1] His name occurs in no author except Pliny,[2] and until very recently we have known of only one work which he executed, albeit one very highly renowned work. In conjunction with Polydorus and Athenodorus, Agesander scul...

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Agasias in Wikipedia

Agasias was the name of several different people in Classical history, including two different Greek sculptors. Agasias of Arcadia, a warrior mentioned by Xenophon Agasias (Gr. Ἀγασίας) was a Stymphalian of Arcadia[1] who was frequently mentioned by Xenophon as a brave and active officer in the army of the Ten Thousand.[2] He was an acquaintance o...

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Aenesidemus in Wikipedia

Aenesidemus (Ancient Greek: Αἰνησίδημος, Ainêsidemos) was a Greek sceptical philosopher, born in Knossos on the island of Crete. He lived in the first century BC, taught in Alexandria and flourished shortly after the life of Cicero. He was probably a member of Plato's Academy, but due to his rejection of their theories he revived the principle of e...

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Agatharchides in Wikipedia

Agatharchides (Ἀγαθαρχίδης or Agatharchus Ἀγάθαρχος) of Cnidus was a Greek historian and geographer (flourished 2nd century BC). Life He is believed to have been born at Cnidus, hence his appellation. As Stanley M. Burstein notes, the "evidence for Agatharchides' life is meagre." Photius describes him as a threptos, a kind of assistant of servile ...

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