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Euctēmon in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A Greek astronomer....

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Euenus in Wikipedia

Euenus (or Evenus) of Paros, (Greek: Εὔηνος), was a 5th century BC philosopher and poet who was roughly contemporary with Socrates. Several fragments of his poetry exist in the Palatine Anthology and Euenus is mentioned several times in Plato's Phaedo, Phaedrus (dialogue), and Apology of Socrates. He was apparently, although obscure, well respected...

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Epigĕnes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Of Sicyon, said to have been the oldest writer of tragedy, and to have preceded even Thespis....

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Erasistrătus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Ἐρασίστρατος). A physician of Iulis, in the island of Ceos, and grandson of Aristotle by a daughter of this philosopher. After having frequented the schools of Chrysippus, Metrodorus, and Theophrastus, he passed some time at the court of Seleucus Nicator, where he gained great reputation by discovering the secret malady which preyed upon the young...

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Eubūlus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A formidable opponent of Demosthenes at Athens....

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Eudamidas I in Wikipedia

Eudamidas I (Greek: Εὐδαμίδας, 330 – c. 300) was a Spartan king of the Eurypontid line [1]. He married the wealthy Archidamia, and she had two children, Archidamus IV and Agesistrata. There is evidence that Eudamidas I owned the half of his wife wealth in land [2][3]. During his reign Sparta made peace [4]. Pausanias devotes more space to Agis II (...

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Eugammon of Cyrene in Wikipedia

Eugammon of Cyrene was an early Greek poet to whom the epic Telegony was ascribed. According to Clement of Alexandria, he stole the poem from the legendary early poet Musaeus; meaning, possibly, that a version of a long-existing traditional epic was written down by Eugammon. He is said to have flourished 567/6 BC.[1][2]...

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Epigĕnes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Of Sicyon, said to have been the oldest writer of tragedy, and to have preceded even Thespis....

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Eratosthenes in Wikipedia

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Ancient Greek: Ἐρατοσθένης, IPA: /eratostʰénɛːs/; English: /ɛrəˈtɒsθəniːz/; c. 276 BC[1] – c. 195 BC[2]) was a Greek mathematician, elegiac poet, athlete, geographer, astronomer, and music theorist. He was the first person to use the word "geography" and invented the discipline of geography as we understand it.[3] He invent...

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Eucleidas in Wikipedia

Eucleidas reigned Sparta from 227 BC up until 221 BC. He was an Agiad, in the place of the Eurypontid king. His brother, Cleomenes III, deposed his Eurypontid colleague Archidamus V, and installed his brother as his new co-ruler. Eucleidas was killed fighting against the Macedonians at the Battle of Sellasia....

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