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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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Aeschylus in Wikipedia

Aeschylus (pronounced /ˈɛskɨləs/ ESS-kih-ləs; Greek: Αισχύλος, Aiskhulos; c. 524/525 BC – c. 455/456 BC) was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived, the others being Sophocles and Euripides, and is often recognized as the father of tragedy.[1][2] His name derives from the Greek word aiskhos (αισχος), meaning "shame"...

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Agesipolis II in Wikipedia

Agesipolis II (Greek: Ἀγησίπολις B, d.369 BC), son of the king Cleombrotus I, succeeded his father and reigned as Agiad King of Sparta.[1] His rule was exceedingly brief, from, at most, 371 until his death in 369 BC.[2][3]...

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Aesop in wikipedia

Aesop or Esop (pronounced /ˈiːsəp/ EE-səp or /ˈiːˌsɒp/ EE-SOP;[1] Greek: Αἴσωπος, Aisōpos; c. 620–564 BC), known for the genre of fables ascribed to him (see Aesop's Fables), was by tradition born a slave (δοῦλος) and was a contemporary of Croesus and Solon in the mid-sixth century BC in ancient Greece. Early sources Sources of Aesop's life date f...

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Agathocles in Wikipedia

Agathocles was the name of several ancient Greeks: * Agathocles, a sophist, teacher of Damon Agathocles (Gr. Ἀγαθοκλῆς, fl. 3rd century BC) was a Greek historian who wrote a history of Cyzicus (περὶ Κυζίκου) in the Ionic dialect.[1][2] He is called by Athenaeus both a Babylonian[3] and a Cyzican.[4] He may originally have come from Babylon, and ...

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Agathias in Wikipedia

Agathias or Agathias Scholasticus (c. AD 536-582/594), of Myrina, an Aeolian city in western Asia Minor, was a Greek poet and the historian who is a principal source for that part of the reign of Justinian I covered in his history. He studied law at Alexandria, returned to Constantinople in 554 to finish his training and practised as an advocate (...

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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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Agesipolis I in Wikipedia

Agesipolis I (Greek: Ἀγησίπολις) was the twenty-first of the kings of the Agiad dynasty in ancient Sparta.[1] Agesipolis succeeded his father Pausanias, while still a minor, in 394 BC, and reigned fourteen years. Upon the death of Pausanias, Agesipolis and his brother, Cleombrotus I, were both placed under the guardianship of Aristodemus, their ne...

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Agathinus in Wikipedia

Agathinus (Αγαθινος) was an eminent ancient Greek physician, the founder of a new medical sect, to which he gave the name of Episynthetici. He was born at Sparta and must have lived in the first century AD, as he was the pupil of Athenaeus, and the tutor of Archigenes.[1] He is said to have been once seized with an attack of delirium, brought on b...

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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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