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Thrasybūlus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Θρασύβουλος). A celebrated Athenian, son of Lycus. He was zealously attached to the Athenian democracy, and took an active part in overthrowing the oligarchical government of the 400 in B.C. 403. See Thirty Tyrants....

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Timaeus of Locri in Wikipedia

Timaeus of Locri (Ancient Greek: Τίμαιος ὁ Λοκρός; Latin: Timaeus Locrus) was a Greek Pythagorean philosopher living in the 5th century BC. He features in Plato's Timaeus, where he is said to come from Locri in Italy, thus of Locrian origin. He also appears as one of the speakers in Plato's Critias. Later references to Timaeus of Locri from Anti...

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Timocrates in Wikipedia

Timocrates may refer to: * "Against Timocrates", a speech by Demosthenes * Timocrates of Rhodes, (4th century BC) a Rhodian Greek opposed to Sparta * Timocrates of Lampsacus, (3rd century BC) disciple of Epicurus, but who later became his enemy...

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Timotheus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

The son of Conon , the famous general. He was himself a distinguished Athenian soldier. He was first appointed to a public command in B.C. 378; and from this time his name frequently occurs as one of the Athenian generals down to 356. In this year he was associated with Iphicrates, Menestheus, and Chares in the command of the Athenian fleet. In con...

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Theramĕnes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Θηραμένης). An Athenian, son of Hagnon. He was a leading member of the oligarchical government of the Four Hundred at Athens, in B.C. 411. Subsequently, however, he not only took a prominent part in the deposition of the Four Hundred, but came forward as the accuser of Antiphon and Archeptolemus, who had been his intimate friends, but whose death ...

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Theodōrus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

An eminent rhetorician of the age of Augustus, was a native of Gadara. He settled at Rhodes, where Tiberius, afterwards emperor, during his retirement (B.C. 6- A.D. 2) to that island, was one of his hearers (Sueton. Tib. 57). He also taught at Rome. Theodorus was the founder of a school of rhetoricians called "Theodorei."...

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Theagĕnes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

A tyrant of Megara, who obtained his power about B.C. 630, having espoused the part of the commonalty against the nobles. He was driven out before his death. He gave his daughter in marriage to Cylon (q.v.)....

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Theagenes of Megara in Wikipedia

There are merely a few references to the life of Theagenes of Megara amongst the ancient authors, which makes outlining a vague biography almost impossible. What we do know is that Theagenes of Megara was among the first of Greek tyrants, possibly inspired by Cypselus of neighbouring Corinth. Aristotle's Rhetoric mentions that Theagenes of Megara a...

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Theron in Wikipedia

Theron, originally Greek pronounced /ˈθɪərɒn/ THEER-on and meaning "Hunter", or as a last name /θəˈroʊn/, may refer to: * Theron of Acragas, a 5th century BC tyrant of Acragas, Sicily. * Therons are a race of fictional aliens in the Dan Dare stories. * Charlize Theron, the South African-born actress of French, German and Dutch descent. * Thero...

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Theocrĭtus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Θεόκριτος). The most famous of the Greek bucolic poets was a native of Syracuse, the son of Praxagoras and Philinna. He visited Alexandria towards the end of the reign of Ptolemy Soter, where he received the instruction of Philetas and Asclepiades, and began to distinguish himself as a poet. Other accounts make him a native of Cos, which would bri...

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