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Damon in arpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

An Athenian sophist, the teacher of Pericles and perhaps of Socrates (Diog. Laert. ii. 19)....

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Demarātus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

The son and successor of Ariston on the throne of Sparta, B.C. 516. He was deposed, through the intrigues of Cleomenes, his colleague, on the ground of his being illegitimate. After his deposition he was chosen and held the office of magistrate; but being insultingly derided on one occasion by Leotychides, who had been appointed king in his stead, ...

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Demetrius in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Son of Philip III., of Macedonia, an excellent prince, greatly beloved by his countrymen, and sent by his father as a hostage to Rome, where he also made many friends. He was subsequently liberated, and not long after paid a second visit to the capital of Italy as an ambassador from Philip, on which occasion he obtained favourable terms for his fat...

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Cynaethus in Wikipedia

Cynaethus or Cinaethus (Κιναιθος or Κυναιθος) of Chios was a rhapsode, a member of the Homeridae, sometimes said to have composed the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. The main source of information on Cynaethus is the Scholia on Pindar. This tells us that the school of Cynaethus was prominent among the Homeridae and inserted many of their own compositions ...

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Cypsĕlus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Κύψελος). A tyrant of Corinth, B.C. 655-625, so named because when a child he was concealed from the Bacchiadae (the Doric nobility of Corinth) by his mother in a chest (κυψέλη). He was succeeded in the tyranny by his son Periander....

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Demetrius II Nicator in Wikipedia

Demetrius II (Greek: Δημήτριος Β` d. 125 BCE), called Nicator (Greek: "Νικάτωρ", i.e. "Victor"), was one of the sons of Demetrius I Soter, brother of Antiochus VII Sidetes and his mother could have been Laodice V. He ruled the Seleucid Empire for two periods, separated by a number of years of captivity in Parthia....

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Cypsĕlus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Κύψελος). A tyrant of Corinth, B.C. 655-625, so named because when a child he was concealed from the Bacchiadae (the Doric nobility of Corinth) by his mother in a chest (κυψέλη). He was succeeded in the tyranny by his son Periander....

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Damophon in Wikipedia

Damophon (2nd century BC) was an ancient Greek sculptor of the Hellenistic period from Messene, who executed many statues for the people of Messene, Megalopolis, Aegium and other cities of Peloponnesus. His statues were acroliths. Considerable fragments, including three colossal heads from a group by him representing Demeter, Persephone, Artemis an...

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Demetrius I of Macedon in Wikipedia

Demetrius I (Greek: Δημήτριος, 337-283 BC), called Poliorcetes (Greek: Πολιορκητής - "The Besieger"), son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice, was a king of Macedon (294–288 BC). He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty. Biography At the age of twenty-two he was left by his father to defend Syria against Ptolemy the son of Lagus; he was totall...

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Cynaegirus in Wikipedia

Cynegeirus or Cynaegeirus (Greek: Κυνέγειρος or Κυναίγειρος, ?-490 B.C.) was an ancient Greek hero of Athens and brother of the playwright Aeschylus. He was the son of Euphorion from Eleusis and member of the Eupatridae, the ancient nobility of Attica.[1] In 490 B.C. Cynegeirus and his brother Aeschylus, fought to defend Athens against Darius's in...

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