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Pigres of Halicarnassus in wikipedia

Pigres, a native of Halicarnassus, either the brother or the son of the celebrated Artemisia, satrap of Caria. He is spoken of by the Suda (s.v. where, however, its author makes the mistake of conflating Artemisia, the wife of Mausolus, with Artemisia, the advisor of Xerxes in the Histories of Herodotus) as the author of the Margites, and the Batra...

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Pigres in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Πίγρης). A Greek poet of Halicarnassus, regarded by Baumeister and others as author of the Batrachomyomachia (q. v.). He is said to have been either the brother or son of Queen Artemisia (q.v.) of Caria. Besides the work mentioned, a poem called Margites is ascribed to him by Suidas (s. v.) and by Plutarch. He also inserted a pentameter line after...

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Pindar in Wikipedia

Pindar (Greek: Πίνδαρος, Pindaros; Latin: Pindarus) (ca. 522–443 BC), was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, Pindar is the one whose work is best preserved. Quintilian described him as "by far the greatest of the nine lyric poets, in virtue of his inspired magnificence, the beauty of his thoughts and f...

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Pindărus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Πίνδαρος). The greatest of the Greek lyric poets, son of Daïphantos, was born at or near Thebes, B.C. 522. He belonged to a noble and priestly family and was carefully educated. His musical training was received from the best masters of the time, among whom is mentioned, perhaps without sufficient warrant, Lasos of Hermioné, the regenerator of the...

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Pittacus of Mytilene in Wikipedia

Pittacus (Greek: Πιττακός) (c. 640-568 BC) was the son of Hyrradius and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. He was a native of Mytilene and the Mytilenaean general who, with his army, was victorious in the battle against the Athenians and their commander Phrynon. In consequence of this victory the Mytilenaeans held Pittacus in the greatest honour and...

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Plato in Wikipedia

Plato (English pronunciation: /ˈpleɪtoʊ/; Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn, "broad"[2]; 428/427 BC[a] – 348/347 BC), was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotl...

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Pleistarchus in Wikipedia

Pleistarchus or Plistarch (Ancient Greek: Πλείσταρχος; d. 458 BC) was the Agiad King of Sparta from 480 to 458 BC. He was the son of Leonidas I and Gorgo. For the early part of his reign, his cousin Pausanias, acted as regent because Pleistarchus was not of age. Popular culture A young Pleistarchus has been portrayed by Giovani Cimmino in the 2007...

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Phidias in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Φειδίας). The greatest sculptor and statuary of Greece. Of his personal history we possess but few details. He was a native of Athens, was the son of Charmides, and was born about the time of the battle of Marathon, B.C. 490. He began to work as a statuary about 464, and one of his first great works was the statue of Athené Promachos, which may be...

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Philip III of Macedon in Wikipedia

Philip III Arrhidaeus (Greek: Φίλιππος Γ' ὁ Ἀρριδαῖος; ca. 359 BC – December 25, 317 BC) was the king of Macedon from after June 11, 323 BC until his death. He was a son of King Philip II of Macedon by Philinna of Larissa, allegedly a Thessalian dancer, and a half-brother of Alexander the Great. Named Arrhidaeus at birth, he assumed the name Philip...

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Philolaus in Wikipedia

Philolaus (Greek: Φιλόλαος; c. 470–c. 385 BCE[1]) was a Greek Pythagorean and Presocratic philosopher. He argued that all matter is composed of limiting and limitless things, and that the universe is determined by numbers. He is credited with originating the theory that the earth was not the center of the universe. Life Philolaus is variously repo...

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