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Zeno of Citium in Wikipedia

Zeno of Citium (Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς, Zēnōn ho Kitieŭs; 334 BC - 262 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Citium (Greek: Κίτιον), Cyprus. Zeno was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, which he taught in Athens from about 300 BC. Based on the moral ideas of the Cynics, Stoicism laid great emphasis on goodness and peace of mind gained from li...

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Zenodorus in Wikipedia

Zenodorus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). They are distributed from the Moluccas to Australia, including several islands of the Pacific. At least one species, Z. orbiculatus, specializes on hunting ants. Species * Zenodorus albertisi (Thorell, 1881) - Moluccas to Queensland * Zenodorus arcipluvii (Peckham & Pec...

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Tyrimmas of Macedon in Wikipedia

Tyrimmas (Greek: Τυρίμμας) was an Argead King of Macedon from about 750 BC to 700 BC....

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Xenocles in Wikipedia

Xenocles (Ξενοκλῆς) or Zenocles was an Ancient Greek tragedian. There were two Athenian tragic poets of this name, one the grandfather of the other. No fragments of either are currently known, except for a few words of the elder apparently parodied in Aristophanes' "The Clouds". Aristophanes called the elder Xenocles an execrable poet and was nev...

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Xenophilus in Wikipedia

Xenophilus (Greek: Ξενόφιλος; 4th century BC) of Chalcidice,[2] was a Pythagorean philosopher and musician, who lived in the first half of the 4th century BC.[3] Aulus Gellius relates that Xenophilus was the intimate friend and teacher of Aristoxenus, and implies that Xenophilus taught him Pythagorean doctrine.[4] He was said to have belonged to th...

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Xenŏcles in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Ξενοκλῆς). An Athenian tragic poet, ridiculed by Aristophanes, and yet the conqueror of Euripides on one occasion (B.C. 415). He was of dwarfish stature, and son of the tragic poet Carcinus. In the Peace, Aristophanes applies the term μηχανοδίφας to the family. From the scholiast it appears that Xenocles was celebrated for introducing stage machin...

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Zeno in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

The founder of the School of the Stoics, born at Citium, in the island of Cyprus. His father was a merchant, but, noticing in his son a strong bent towards learning, he early devoted him to the study of philosophy. In his mercantile capacity, the father had frequent occasions to visit Athens, where he purchased for the young Zeno several of the wri...

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Zenodōrus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Ζηνόδωρος). A Greek statuary, whose native country is uncertain. He practised his art in Cisalpine Gaul, and also in Rome during the reign of Nero. Pliny speaks of a Mercury of his, and also of a colossal statue of Nero 110 feet high, afterwards dedicated to the Sun on the downfall of that emperor. See Colossus....

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Tyrtaeus in Wikipedia

Tyrtaeus (also Tyrtaios, Greek: Τυρταῖος) was a Greek elegiac poet who lived at Sparta about the middle of the 7th century BC. Life According to the older tradition, Tyrtaeus was a native of the Attic deme of Aphidnae, and was invited to Sparta at the suggestion of the Delphic oracle to assist the Spartans in the Second Messenian War. According to...

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Xenophon in Wikipedia

Xenophon (Ancient Greek Ξενοφῶν, Xenophōn; c. 430 – 354 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, also known as Xenophon of Athens, was a Greek historian, soldier, mercenary, and a contemporary and admirer of Socrates. He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the 4th century BC, preserving the sayings of Socrates, and ...

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