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Pherecȳdes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

A Greek philosopher, of the isle of Syros, about B.C. 600-550; said to have been the first writer of prose. He wrote in the Ionic dialect of the origin of the world and the gods (Cosmogonia and Theogonia). The poetic element seems to have held a predominant place in his prose. He is also said to have been the first to maintain the doctrine of the t...

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Philip I Philadelphus in Wikipedia

Philip I Philadelphus (Greek: Φίλιππος Α' ὁ Φιλάδελφος, "Philip the brother-loving"), a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the fourth son of Antiochus VIII Grypus. He took the diadem in 95 BC together with his older brother (probably twin) Antiochus XI Ephiphanes, after the eldest son Seleucus VI Epiphanes was killed by their cousin Ant...

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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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