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Hecataeus of Abdera in Wikipedia

Hecataeus of Abdera (or of Teos) was a Greek historian and sceptic philosopher who flourished in the 4th century BC. Biography Diogenes Laertius (ix.61) relates that he was a student of Pyrrho, along with Eurylochus, Timon the Phliasian, Nausiphanes of Teos and others, and includes him among the "Pyrrhoneans". Diodorus Siculus (i.46.8) tells us th...

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Eurypon in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Εὐρυπῶν), otherwise called Eurytion (Εὐρυτίων). Grandson of Procles. He was the third king of that house at Sparta, and thenceforward gave it the name of Eurypontidae....

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Eutychĭdes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Εὐτυχίδης). A sculptor of Sicyon, a pupil of Lysippus. He flourished in B.C. 300....

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Glaphyra in Wikipedia

Glaphyra (died around 7) was a Princess of Cappadocia and daughter of King Archelaus of Cappadocia. Her mother is unknown, was born at an unknown date and raised in the 1st century BC. Her great grandfather King Archelaus of Cappadocia was the second husband of Greek Ptolemaic Queen Berenice IV of Egypt (they had no children). Her first husband wa...

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Eurysthenes in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Eurysthenes (Greek: Εὐρυσθένης) was one of the Heracleidae, a great-great-great-grandson of Heracles, and a son of Aristodemus. His twin was Procles, and together they received the land of Lacedaemon after Cresphontes, Temenus and Oxylus captured the Peloponnesus. He was the mythic founder of the Agiad dynasty of the Kings of Sp...

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Glaphyra in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Γλαφύρα). A mistress of Marcus Antonius who placed her son Archelaüs on the throne of Cappadocia as a favour to her. (Dio Cass. xlix. 32.)...

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Gylippus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Γύλιππος). A Lacedaemonian, sent, B.C. 414, by his countrymen to assist Syracuse against the Athenians, which he effected by the overthrow of Nicias and Demosthenes. He afterwards joined Lysander off Athens, and aided him by his advice in the capture of that city. Lysander sent him to Lacedaemon with the money and spoils which had been taken, the ...

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Hecataeus of Miletus in Wikipedia

Hecataeus of Miletus (c. 550–c. 476 BC[1]), named after the Greek goddess Hecate, was an early Greek historian of a wealthy family. He flourished during the time of the Persian invasion. After having travelled extensively, he settled in his native city, where he occupied a high position, and devoted his time to the composition of geographical and h...

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Evagoras in Wikipedia

Evagoras (in Greek: Εὐαγόρας) was the king of Salamis (410 - 374 BC) in Cyprus. The son of Nicocles, a previous king of Salamis, he claimed descent from Teucer, the son of Telamon and half-brother of Ajax, and his family had long been rulers of Salamis, although during his childhood Salamis came under Phoenician control, which resulted in his exile...

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Hagnon in Wikipedia

Hagnon was an Athenian general and statesman. In 437/6 BC, he led the settlers who founded the city of Amphipolis in Thrace; in the Peloponnesian War, he served as an Athenian general on several occasions, and was one of the signers of the Peace of Nicias and the alliance between Athens and Sparta. In 411 BC, during the oligarchic coup, he supporte...

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