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Philitas of Cos in Wikipedia

Philitas of Cos, sometimes called Philetas (c. 340–c. 285 BC), was a scholar and poet during the early Hellenistic period of ancient Greece.[8] A Greek associated with Alexandria, he flourished in the second half of the 4th century BC and was appointed tutor to the heir to the throne of Ptolemaic Egypt. He was thin and frail; Athenaeus later carica...

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Philoxenus of Eretria in Wikipedia

Philoxenus of Eretria was a painter from Eretria, the disciple of Nicomachus of Thebes, whose speed in painting he imitated and even surpassed, having discovered some new and rapid methods of colouring[1] Nevertheless, Pliny states that there was a picture of his which was inferior to none, of a battle of Alexander the Great with Darius, which he p...

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Phryne in Wikipedia

Phryne (Φρύνη) was a famous hetaera (courtesan) of Ancient Greece (4th century BC). Early life Her real name was Mnesarete (Ancient Greek Μνησαρετή (commemorating virtue)), but owing to her yellowish complexion she was called Phryne (toad), a name given to other courtesans. She was born at Thespiae in Boeotia, but seems to have lived at Athens. Sh...

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Pherecydes of Syros in Wikipedia

Pherecydes of Syros (in Greek: Φερεκύδης) was a Greek thinker from the island of Syros, of the 6th century BC. Pherecydes authored the Pentemychos or Heptamychos, one of the first attested prose works in Greek literature, which formed an important bridge between mythic and pre-Socratic thought. Life Very little is known of his life. The sources ar...

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Philip II of Macedon in Wikipedia

Philip II of Macedon, (Greek: Φίλιππος Β' ο Μακεδών - φίλος = friend + ίππος = horse[1] - transliterated About this sound Philippos (help·info) 382 – 336 BC, was a Greek[2][3] king (basileus) of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. He was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III. Life Born in Pella, Philip was the younges...

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Philo in Wikipedia

Philo (20 BC – 50 AD), known also as Philo of Alexandria (gr. Φίλων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς), Philo Judaeus, Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, Yedidia and Philo the Jew, was a Hellenistic Jewish Biblical philosopher born in Alexandria. Philo used allegory to fuse and harmonize Greek philosophy and Judaism. His method followed the practices of both Jewish exegesi...

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Philoxenus in Wikipedia

Philoxenus or Philoxenos (Greek, foreigner lover) is the name of several prominent ancient Greeks: * Philoxenus of Cythera, an ancient Greek dithyrambic poet * Philoxenus of Leucas, a legendary glutton * King Philoxenus, an Indo-Greek king * Philoxenus (general), a Macedonian general who was one of the Diadochi * Philoxenus (physician), ancie...

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Phrȳné in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Φρύνη). A celebrated Athenian courtesan, born at Thespis in Boeotia. She flourished in the times of Philip and Alexander the Great, and was the mistress of some of the most distinguished men of the day. She became so wealthy that she is said to have offered to rebuild the walls of Thebes, when destroyed by Alexander, if only she might inscribe upo...

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Philip II Philoromaeus in Wikipedia

Philip II Philorhomaeus ("Friend of the Romans") or Barypous ("heavy-foot"), a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the son of the Seleucid king Philip I Philadelphus. Philip II himself briefly reigned parts of Syria in the 60s BC, as a client king under Pompey. He competed with his second cousin Antiochus XIII Asiaticus for the favours ...

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Phidias in Wikipedia

Phidias or Pheidias (in Ancient Greek, Φειδίας); circa 480 BC – 430 BC), was a Greek sculptor, painter and architect, who lived in the 5th century BC, and is commonly regarded as one of the greatest of all sculptors of Classical Greece:[1] Phidias' Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Phidias also designed th...

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