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Lamachus in Wikipedia

Lamachus (Greek: Λάμαχος) was an Athenian general in the Peloponnesian War. He commanded as early as 435 BCE, and was prominent by the mid 420s.[1] Aristophanes caricatured him in The Acharnians[2] and subsequently honoured his memory in The Frogs.[3] He was one of the three generals (alongside Nicias and Alcibiades) placed in command of the Sicili...

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Leonidas II in Wikipedia

Leonidas II (Greek: Λεωνίδας B; "Lion's son", "Lion-like"), was Agiad King of Sparta from 254 to 235 BC. He was raised at the Persian Court, and according to Plutarch's Life of Agis IV, he married a Persian woman. According to other sources, this non-Spartan wife was actually a Seleucid, possibly the daughter of Seleucus I Nicator by his Persian wi...

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Lesbōnax in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

1. A Greek rhetorician who lived early in the first century of our era. He composed political declamations on imaginary topics. Two of these have come down to us, exhorting the Athenians in the Peloponnesian War to be bold in battle against the Thebans and the Spartans. They have been separately edited by Orelli (Leipzig, 1820). 2. A Greek grammar...

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Livius in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

Andronīcus. An early writer who is regarded as the founder of Roman epic and dramatic poetry. He was by birth a Greek of Southern Italy, and was brought as a slave to Rome, after the conquest of Tarentum in B.C. 272, while still a young man. His master, a Livius (perhaps Livius Salinator), whose name he bears, gave him his liberty, and he became an...

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Lycŏphron in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Λυκόφρων). A grammarian and poet who was a native of Chalcis in Euboea, and lived at Alexandria under Ptolemy Philadelphus (B.C. 285-247). He was the author of an extant poem in 1474 iambic lines, entitled Cassandra or Alexandra, in which Cassandra is made to prophesy the fall of Troy, with numerous other events. The obscurity of this work is prov...

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Iasus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Iasus was the name of several individuals: * Iasus was the father of Atalanta by Clymene; he was the son of King Lycurgus of Arcadia. He is also known as Iasius. * Iasus was one of the Dactyli, the son of Rhea and Anchiale. * Iasus was the son of Triopas and Ismene, and the king of Argos, succeeding his brother Agenor. Iasu...

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Iŏphon in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Ἰοφῶν). Son of Sophocles by Nicostraté. He was a distinguished tragic poet. For the celebrated story of his undutiful charge against his father, see Sophocles....

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Isagŏras in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

όρας). The leader of the oligarchical party at Athens, opposing Clisthenes, B.C. 510. He was finally expelled from Athens by the party of the people....

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Laches in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

An Athenian general who fell at the battle of Mantinea, B.C. 418. A dialogue of Plato bears his name. See Plato....

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Iăsus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Ἴασος). The father of Atalanta (q.v.)....

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