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Eumolpidae in Wikipedia

The Eumolpidae (Greek: Ευμολπιδαι) were one of the sacred Eleusinian families of priests that ran the Eleusinian Mysteries during the Hellenic era. They popularized the cult and allowed many more to be initiated into the great secrets of Demeter and Persephone. The Eumolpidae were descendants of Eumolpus, one of the first priests of Demeter at Eleu...

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Euphorion in Wikipedia

Euphorion may refer to: Euphorion of Chalcis Euphorion, Greek poet and grammarian, born at Chalcis in Euboea about 275 BC. Euphorion spent much of his life in Athens, where he amassed great wealth. After studying philosophy with Lacydes and Prytanis, he became the student and eromenos of the poet Archeboulus.[1] About 221 he was invited by Antioc...

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Euripĭdes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Εὐριπίδης). (1) A celebrated Athenian tragic poet, son of Mnesarchus and Clito. He was born B.C. 480, in Salamis, on the very day of the Grecian victory near that island. His mother, Clito, had been sent over to Salamis, with the other Athenian women, when Attica was given up to the invading army of Xerxes; and the name of the poet, which is forme...

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Eurylŏchus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Εὐρύλοχος). A companion of Odysseus, and the only one that escaped from the house of Circé when his friends were metamorphosed into swine (Homer Od. x. 203Homer Od., xi. 23, etc.)....

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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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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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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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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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