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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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Iphicrates in Wikipedia

Iphicrates (d. c. 353 BC, Greek: Ιφικράτης) was an Athenian general, the son of a shoemaker, who flourished in the earlier half of the 4th century BC. He owes his fame as much to the improvements he made in the equipment of the peltasts or light-armed mercenaries (named for their small pelte shield) as to his military successes. Historians have de...

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Jason of Pherae in Wikipedia

Jason of Pherae (Ancient Greek: Ιάσων των Φερών), was the ruler of Thessaly during the period just before Philip II of Macedon came to power. He had succeeded his father Lycophron I of Pherae as tyrant of Pherae and was appointed tagus, or king, of Thessaly in the 370s BC and soon extended his control to much of the surrounding region. Controlling ...

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Lacydes of Cyrene in Wikipedia

Lacydes (Greek: Λακύδης) of Cyrene, Greek philosopher, was head of the Academy at Athens in succession to Arcesilaus from 241 BC. He was forced to resign c. 215 BC due to ill-health, and he died c. 205 BC. Nothing survives of his works. Life He was born in Cyrene, the son of Alexander. In his youth he was poor, but remarkable for his industry, as ...

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Hyperīdes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Ὑπερείδης and Ὑπερίδης). One of the Ten Attic Orators, born about B.C. 390, son of the Athenian Glaucippus. He was a pupil of Plato and Isocrates, and won for himself an important position as a forensic and political orator, although his private life was not unblemished. As a statesman, he decidedly shared the views of Demosthenes, and was his ste...

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Ibycus in Wikipedia

Ibycus (Ancient Greek: Ἴβυκος) (6th century BC), was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria. The extant fragments of his work contain the earliest-known example of the triadic choral lyric and epinician poetry.[citation needed] Life Ibycus was born in Rhegium...

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Iphicrătes in Wikipedia

（Ἰφικράτης). A famous Athenian general, son of a shoemaker. He introduced into the Athenian army the peltastae or targeteers, a body of troops possessing, to a certain extent, the advantages of heavy and light armed forces. This he effected by substituting a small target for the heavy shield, adopting a longer sword and spear, and replacing the old...

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