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Gorgias in Wikipedia

Gorgias (Greek: Γοργίας, ca. 485-c.380 BCE)[1] "the Nihilist", Greek sophist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician, was a native of Leontini in Sicily. Along with Protagoras, he forms the first generation of Sophists. Several doxographers report that he was a pupil of Empedocles, although he would only have been a few years younger. "Like other...

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Harmodius and Aristogeiton in Wikipedia

Harmodius (Ἁρμόδιος / Harmódios) and Aristogeiton (Ἀριστογείτων / Aristogeítôn), both d. 514 BC in ancient Athens. They became known as the Tyrannicides (τυραννοκτόνοι) after they killed the Peisistratid tyrant Hipparchus, and were the preeminent symbol of democracy to ancient Athenians. Background The principal historical sources covering the two...

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Hecato of Rhodes Wikipedia

Hecato or Hecaton of Rhodes (Greek: Ἑκάτων; fl. c. 100 BC) was a Stoic philosopher. He was a native of Rhodes, and a disciple of Panaetius,[1] but nothing else is known of his life. It is clear that he was eminent amongst the Stoics of the period. He was a voluminous writer, but nothing remains. Diogenes Laertius mentions six treatises written by ...

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Eumĕnes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

I., king of Pergamum, who reigned B.C. 263-241, and was the successor of his uncle Philetaerus....

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Eumolpĭdae in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Εὐμολπίδαι). The most distinguished and venerable among the priestly families in Attica, believed to be the descendants of the Thracian bard Eumolpus, the introducer of the Eleusinian mysteries into Attica (Diod. Sic.i. 29; Apollod. iii. 15.4.) The ἱεροφάντης was always a member of the family of the Eumolpidae, as Eumolpus himself was believed to ...

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Euphorion in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

An epic and epigrammatic poet, born at Chalcis in Euboea, B.C. 276, and who became librarian to Antiochus the Great. He wrote various poems, entitled Hesiod, Alexander, Arius, Apollodorus, etc. His Mopsopia or Miscellanies (Μοψοπία ἤ ἄτακτα) was a collection, in five books, of fables and histories relative to Attica, a very learned work, but rivall...

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Eurybatus in Wikipedia

Eurybatus can mean: In Greek mythology/history * Eurybatus, one of the Argonauts [1] * One of the commanders of the Battle of Sybota * A warrior who slew the beast lamia * One of a pair of chthonic tricksters who disturbed Heracles while he served Omphale (Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths 1955.) * Eurybatus of Ephesus, who betrayed Croesus t...

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Eurymedon in Wikipedia

Eurymedon may refer to: Eurymedon (strategos) Eurymedon (Εὐρυμέδων) (d. 413 BC), was one of the Athenian generals (strategoi) during the Peloponnesian War. In 428 BC he was sent by the Athenians to intercept the Peloponnesian fleet which was on its way to attack Corcyra. On his arrival, finding that Nicostratus, with a small squadron from Naupact...

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Eumenes II in Wikipedia

Eumenes II of Pergamon (Εὐμένης Β' τῆς Περγάμου) (ruled 197 - 159 BC) was king of Pergamon and a member of the Attalid dynasty. The son of king Attalus I and queen Apollonis, he followed in his father's footsteps and collaborated with the Romans to oppose first Macedonian, then Seleucid expansion towards the Aegean, leading to the defeat of Antioch...

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Eunapius in Wikipedia

Eunapius (Greek: Εὐνάπιος) was a Greek sophist and historian of the 4th century. Life He was born at Sardis, AD 347. In his native city he studied under his relative, the sophist Chrysanthius, and while still a youth went to Athens, where he became a favourite pupil of Prohaeresius the rhetorician. He possessed considerable knowledge of medicine. ...

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