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Laches in Wikipedia

Laches (equity) Laches (pronounced /ˈlætʃɨz/) (f. French, lâchesse, lâches) [1] is an equitable defense, or doctrine. The person invoking laches is asserting that an opposing party has "slept on its rights," and that, as a result of this delay, that other party is no longer entitled to its original claim. Put another way, failure to assert one’s ri...

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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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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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