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Aedesius in Wikipedia

Aedesius (Greek Αιδέσιος, died 355) was a Neoplatonist philosopher and mystic born of a noble Cappadocian family. Career He migrated to Syria, attracted by the lectures of Iamblichus, of whom he became a follower. According to Eunapius, he differed from Iamblichus on certain points connected with theurgy and magic. After the death of his master th...

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Acestorides in Wikipedia

Acestorides (Greek Ακεστορίδης) is the name of several people from Classical history: * Acestorides of Corinth (fl. 4th century BC) was a native of Corinth was made supreme commander by the citizens of the Sicilian polis of Syracuse in 320 BC and was able to banish the tyrant Agathocles from the city. [1][2] Acestorides then left Syracuse in 319 ...

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Chabrias in Wikipedia

Chabrias (Greek: Χαβρίας) was a celebrated Athenian general of the 4th century BC. In 388 BC he defeated the Spartans and Aeginetans under Gorgopas at Aegina and commanded the fleet sent to assist Evagoras, king of Cyprus, against the Persians. In 378, when Athens entered into an alliance with Thebes against Sparta, he defeated Agesilaus II near Th...

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Aeimnestus in Wikipedia

* Aeimnestus (Gr. Ἀείμνηστος) was the Spartan soldier who killed the Persian general Mardonius by hurling a boulder onto Mardonius' head during the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC, as told in book 9 of the Histories of Herodotus[1]. Plutarch calls the same man "Arimnestus" (Ἀρίμνηστος).[2] * Another Spartan by the same name had led three hundred men ...

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