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Clemens in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

T. Flavius, a Father of the Church, who flourished between A.D. 190 and 217, and is commonly called Alexandrīnus, to distinguish him from Clemens of Rome. He is supposed by some to have been a native of Athens, and by others of Alexandria, but of his real origin very little is known. He early devoted himself to study in the schools of the latter ci...

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Cleomenes II in Wikipedia

Cleomenes II (d.309 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from 369 to 309 BC....

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Cleopatra I Syra in Wikipedia

Cleopatra I Syra (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Σύρα), c. 204–176 BC was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt Family Cleopatra I was the daughter of Antiochus III and Laodice III. She married Ptolemy V in 193 BC. They had at least three children [3] [4]: * Ptolemy VI of Egypt born in 186 BC * Cleopatra II of Egypt born ca 187 - 185 BC * Ptolemy VIII Physcon born ...

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Cleopātra in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

1. A daughter of Idas and Marpessa, and the wife of Meleager (Hom. Il. ix. 557). 2. The wife of Philip of Macedon, whom that monarch married after he had repudiated Olympias. After the death of Philip, Olympias compelled her to destroy herself (Just.ix. 7). 3. A daughter of Philip and Olympias, and sister to Alexander the Great. She married Alexa...

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Cleombrotus I in Wikipedia

Cleombrotus I (Greek: Κλεόμβροτος), (? - July 6, 371 BC), was a Spartan king of the Agiad line, reigning from 380 BC until 371 BC. Little is known of Cleombrotus' early life. He became king of Sparta after the death of his brother Agesipolis I in 380 BC, and led the allied Spartan-Peloponnesian army against the Thebans under Epaminondas in the Batt...

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Cleopatra VI of Egypt in Wikipedia

Cleopatra VI Tryphaena (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Τρύφαινα) was an Egyptian Ptolemaic queen. She may be identical with Cleopatra V. There were at least two, perhaps three Ptolemaic women called Cleopatra Tryphaena: * The daughter of Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III, sister of Ptolemy IX Lathyros, Ptolemy X Alexander I, Cleopatra IV and Cleopatra Se...

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Clemens in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

T. Flavius, a Father of the Church, who flourished between A.D. 190 and 217, and is commonly called Alexandrīnus, to distinguish him from Clemens of Rome. He is supposed by some to have been a native of Athens, and by others of Alexandria, but of his real origin very little is known. He early devoted himself to study in the schools of the latter ci...

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Cleomenes III in Wikipedia

Cleomenes III (Greek: Κλεομένης) was the King of Sparta from 235-222 BC. He succeeded to the Agiad throne of Sparta after his father, Leonidas II in 235 BC. From 229 BC to 222 BC, Cleomenes waged war against the Achaean League under Aratus of Sicyon. Domestically, he is known for his attempt to reform the Spartan state. After being defeated by the...

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Cleopatra VI of Egypt in Wikipedia

Cleopatra VI Tryphaena (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Τρύφαινα) was an Egyptian Ptolemaic queen. She may be identical with Cleopatra V. There were at least two, perhaps three Ptolemaic women called Cleopatra Tryphaena: * The daughter of Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III, sister of Ptolemy IX Lathyros, Ptolemy X Alexander I, Cleopatra IV and Cleopatra Se...

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Cleomĕnes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Cleomenes III., son of Leonidas II., ascended the Spartan throne B.C. 236. Dissatisfied at the prevailing manners of Sparta, he resolved to bring about a reform, and to restore the institutions of Lycurgus, after the example of Agis , who had lost his life in a similar attempt. Thinking that war would furnish the best opportunity for the execution ...

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