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Paeonius in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

A Greek sculptor of Mendé in Thrace. About B.C. 436 he was employed in the decoration of the temple of Zeus in Olympia. According to Pausanias (v. 10 6), he was the sculptor of the marble groups in the front, or eastern, pediment of the temple, representing the preparations for the chariot-race between Pelops and Oenomaüs. (See Olympia.) Important ...

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Nicarchus in Wikipedia

Nicarchus or Nicarch was a Greek poet and writer of the first century AD, best known for his epigrams, of which forty-two survive under his name in the Greek Anthology, and his satirical poetry. He was a contemporary of, and influence on, the better-known Latin writer Martial. A large proportion of his epigrams are directed against doctors. Some of...

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Nicomăchus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

Of Gerasa, in Arabia, a follower of the Pythagorean philosophy, about A.D. 150. He composed an introduction to mathematics in two books and a hand-book on harmony, of which only the first book is preserved entire, the second consisting of two fragments, which cannot be said, with certainty, to come from Nicomachus. The first-mentioned work gives va...

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Nicomēdes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

Nicomēdes III., surnamed Philopator, king of Bithynia (B.C. 91-74), son and successor of Nicomedes II. Immediately after his accession, he was expelled by Mithridates, who set up against him his brother Socrates; but he was restored by the Romans in the following year (B.C. 90). At the instigation of the Romans, Nicomedes now proceeded to attack th...

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Nicomachus of Thebes in Wikipedia

Nicomachus of Thebes (fl. 4th century BC) was an ancient Greek painter, a native of Thebes, and a contemporary of the great painters of the Classical period; his father and son were also painters. Vitruvius observes that if his fame was less than his contemporaries, it was the fault of fortune rather than a lack of talent. Pliny gives a list of hi...

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Pagondas in Wikipedia

Pagondas (Greek: Παγώνδας; son of Aeolidas, was a Theban general and statesman, who is best known for his command of the Boeotian forces at the Battle of Delium during the Peloponnesian War. His modification of the standard hoplite formation and his use of reserve cavalry in that battle constitute what most historians agree is the first recorded us...

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Nicomedes IV of Bithynia in Wikipedia

Nicomedes IV Philopator, was the king of Bithynia, from c. 94 BC to 75/4 BC. He was the son and successor of Nicomedes III of Bithynia and Nysa [1] and had a sister called Nysa. [2] Biography There is nothing known about Nicomedes birth or the years before he became king. However, his reign began at the death of his father. The first few years of ...

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Nabis in Wikipedia

Nabis (Ancient Greek: Νάβις) was ruler of Sparta from 207 BC to 192 BC, during the years of the First and Second Macedonian Wars and the War against Nabis. After taking the throne by executing two claimants, he began rebuilding Sparta's power. During the Second Macedonian War, he sided with King Philip V of Macedon and in return he received the cit...

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Nicarchus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Νίκαρχος). A writer to whom are ascribed thirty-eight epigrams in the Greek Anthology. Of his personality nothing is known....

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Pallădas in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Παλλάδας). A writer of epigrams in the fifth century A.D. Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text. view as XML previous next show Browse Bar hide Search Searching in English. More search options Limi...

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