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Diogenes of Sinope in Wikipedia

Diogenes of Sinope (Greek: Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς Diogenes ho Sinopeus), was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. Also known as Diogenes the Cynic, he was born in Sinope (modern-day Sinop, Turkey) in 412 or 404 BCE and died at Corinth in 323 BCE.[1] Diogenes was one of the few men to ever publicly mock Alexander the Great ...

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Dionysius the Areopagite in Wikipedia

Dionysius the Areopagite (Greek Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης) was a judge of the Areopagus who, as related in the Acts of the Apostles, (Acts 17:34), was converted to Christianity by the preaching of the Apostle Paul. According to Dionysius of Corinth, quoted by Eusebius, this Dionysius then became the second Bishop of Athens.[1] Historic confusions In...

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Dionysius in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

The author of a Greek poem in 1186 hexameters, entitled Τῆς Γῆς Οἰκουμένης Περιήγησις, "A Description of the Habitable World." It is not clearly ascertained where he was born. The probability is, however, that he was a native of Charax in Susiana. It is uncertain, also, when he flourished; he belonged, however, according to the general opinion, to ...

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Dinon in Wikipedia

Dinon or Deinon (Greek Δίνων or Δείνων) of Colophon (c. 360 BC – 340 BC) was a Greek historian and chronicler, the author of a history of Persia, the Persica (Greek Περσικα), many fragments of which survive. The Suda mistakenly attributes this work to Dio Cassius. He is the father of Cleitarchus. He takes the history of the near East from where Ct...

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Diodotus I in Wikipedia

Diodotus I Soter (Greek: Διόδοτος Α' ὁ Σωτήρ) (c. 285 BC - c. 239 BC), was Seleucid satrap of Bactria, rebelled against Seleucid rule soon after the death of Antiochus II in c. 255 or 246 BC, and wrested independence for his territory.[1] He died in 239 BC. This event is recorded by Trogus, Prol. 41; Justin xli. 4, 5, where he is called Theodotus;...

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Diogenes of Tarsus in Wikipedia

Diogenes of Tarsus (2nd century BCE[1]) was an Epicurean philosopher, who is described by Strabo[2] as a person clever in composing improvised tragedies. He was the author of several works, which, however, are lost. Among them are: * Select lectures (Greek: Ἐπίλεκτοι σχολαί), which was probably a collection of essays and dissertations.[3] * Epit...

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Dionysius of Byzantium in Wikipedia

Dionysius of Byzantium (Greek ∆ιονύσιος Βυζάντιος, Latin Dionysius Byzantinus) was a Greek geographer of the 2nd century CE. He is known for his Ανάπλους Βοσπόρου Voyage through the Bosporus or De Bospori navigatione, which describes the coastline of the Bosporus and the city of Byzantium (later Constantinople and now İstanbul), described by C. Fo...

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Dionysius the Phocaean in Wikipedia

Dionysius the Phocaean or Dionysius of Phocaea (fl. 494 BC) was a Phocaean admiral of Ancient Greece during the Persian Wars of 5th century BC, and was the commander of the Ionian fleet at the Battle of Lade in 494 BC. Although commanding a formidable force, according to the Greek historian Herodotus, his men were worked so hard in preparing for ba...

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Demetrius III Eucaerus in Wikipedia

Demetrius III (d. 88 BC), called Eucaerus ("well-timed" possibly a misunderstanding of the derogative name Akairos, "the untimely one") and Philopator, was a ruler of the Seleucid kingdom, the son of Antiochus VIII Grypus. By the assistance of Ptolemy IX Lathyros, king of Egypt, he recovered part of his father's Syrian dominions ca 95 BC, and held...

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Demetrius in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Of Sunium; a Cynic philosopher, who flourished at Corinth in the first century. During the reign of Caligula he taught philosophy at Rome, where he obtained the highest reputation for wisdom and virtue. He was banished from Rome in the time of Nero for his free censure of public manners. After the death of this emperor he returned to Rome, but the ...

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