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Theophrastus in Wikipedia

Theophrastus (Greek: Θεόφραστος; c. 371 – c. 287 BC[1]), a Greek native of Eresos in Lesbos, was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He came to Athens at a young age, and initially studied in Plato's school. After Plato's death he attached himself to Aristotle. Aristotle bequeathed to Theophrastus his writings, and designated him ...

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Theophrastus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Θεόφραστος). The Greek philosopher. He was a native of Eresus in Lesbos, and studied philosophy at Athens, first under Plato and afterwards under Aristotle. He became the favourite pupil of Aristotle, who named Theophrastus his successor in the presidency of the Lyceum, and in his will bequeathed to him his library and the originals of his own wri...

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Teleclus in Wikipedia

Teleclus or Teleklos (Greek: Τήλεκλος) was a king of Sparta during the eighth century BC. Pausanias reports that Teleclus' reign saw the conquest of Amyclae, Pharis and Geranthrae, towns of the Perioeci or "dwellers round about"[1]. Teleclus was killed during a skirmish with the Messanians during a festival at the temple of Artemis Limnatis[2], a...

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