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Arybbas of Epirus (294 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a king of the Molossians. Arybbas was a son of Alcetas I, brother of Neoptolemus I and grandfather of Pyrrhus. He married his niece Troas (sister of Olympias)

Neoptolemus (Pontic army officer) (519 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

brother, Neoptolemus was a general and admiral in the First Mithridatic War (89 BC-85 BC). Prior to the First Mithridatic War, Neoptolemus and his brother

Phthia (758 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

home of Achilles' father Peleus, mother Thetis (a sea nymph), and son Neoptolemus (who reigned as king after the Trojan War). Phthia is referenced in Plato's

Alcetas I of Epirus (141 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Athenian general Timotheus, who, through their influence, was acquitted. Upon Alcetas' death, the kingdom was divided between his two sons, Neoptolemus I and

Pyrrhus of Epirus (5,918 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was dethroned. Cassander sent one of his generals, Lyciscus, to act as regent to the still underaged Neoptolemus. Epirus in effect became a puppet kingdom

Antipatrid dynasty (136 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Monarchs of Epirus Admetus Tharrhypas Alcetas I Neoptolemus I Arybbas Alexander I Aeacides Neoptolemus II Alcetas II Pyrrhus I Alexander II Olympias II

Sosthenes of Macedon (153 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sosthenes (Greek Σωσθένης; died 277 BC) was a Macedonian general who may have been a king of the Antipatrid dynasty. During the reign of Lysimachus he

Antiochus V Eupator (515 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The general Lysias, who had been left in charge of Syria by Epiphanes, served as regent for the child, although he was challenged by other generals. The

Antiochus VI Dionysus (272 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

he was nominated by the general Diodotus Tryphon as heir to the throne in opposition to Demetrius II, and remained the general's tool. In c. 142/141 BC

Mithridates III of Commagene (278 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Monarchs of Epirus Admetus Tharrhypas Alcetas I Neoptolemus I Arybbas Alexander I Aeacides Neoptolemus II Alcetas II Pyrrhus I Alexander II Olympias II

Arcathias (298 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

his sister-wife Laodice. In 89 BC, Arcathias joined Neoptolemus and Archelaus, his father's generals, with 10,000 horses, which he brought from Armenia

Trojan War (12,342 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

son Neoptolemus to fight for them, and stole the Trojan Palladium. The Greeks retrieved Pelops' bones, and sent Odysseus to retrieve Neoptolemus, who

Molossians (7,145 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Molossus, one of the three sons of Neoptolemus, son of Achilles and Deidamia. Following the sack of Troy, Neoptolemus and his armies settled in Epirus where

Archelaus (Pontic army officer) (1,375 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

after the expedition of Alexander the Great. He had a brother called Neoptolemus and his family were active in the Pontic Court. As he was a friend of

Bas of Bithynia (112 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was himself succeeded by his own son Zipoetes I. Bas defeated Calas, a general of Alexander the Great, and maintained the independence of Bithynia. Memnon

Thraso (234 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

raised to the throne in the turmoil following the death of Menander, by a general who thought the grandiloquent title might strengthen his case. Bopearachchi

Seleucus IV Philopator (816 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(Jerusalem Bible) or an "exactor of tribute" (Revised Standard Version). In general, many (non-religious) ancient sources portray Seleucus IV as something

Perseus of Macedon (849 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Macedonian court. In 180 BC Perseus forged a letter supposedly from the Roman general Titus Quinctius Flamininus, which suggested that Demetrius was planning

Paerisades V (316 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

individual named Saumacus. Towards the end of Paerisades's reign, Diophantus, a general in the service of Mithridates VI of Pontus, began attacking the Scythians

Asander (king) (892 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

much is known of his family and early life. He started his career as a general under Pharnaces II, the king of the Bosporus. According to some scholars

Mithridates II of the Bosporus (250 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was under siege in Alexandria by the armies of Achillas, guardian and general for King Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator. Mithridates raised an army and

Philip II Philoromaeus (552 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

second cousin Antiochus XIII Asiaticus for the favours of the great Roman general, but Pompey would have none of them and had Antiochus murdered. No coins

Kingdom of Pergamon (2,905 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

via Pergamus, a very marginal figure who was a son of Andromache and Neoptolemus. According to the Attalids, Pergamus had founded the city of Pergamon

Gepaepyris (593 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Aspurgus was the son of Bosporan Queen Dynamis from her first marriage to General and Bosporan King Asander. Gepaepyris seems to have been the only child

Hermaeus (909 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and may explain why his kingdom was suddenly so prosperous despite the general decline of the Indo-Greeks during the period. The Chinese records would

Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (855 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

48 BC, he had the general murdered by Achillas and Lucius Septimius in hopes of winning favor with Caesar when the victorious general arrived. When Caesar

Antiochus IX Cyzicenus (534 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Monarchs of Epirus Admetus Tharrhypas Alcetas I Neoptolemus I Arybbas Alexander I Aeacides Neoptolemus II Alcetas II Pyrrhus I Alexander II Olympias II

Demetrius III Aniketos (679 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Bactria The actual datings suggested by Tarn and Narain differ from 150 BCE, but a number of circumstances has made their general chronology outdated.

Antiochus IV of Commagene (975 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to make war against the Parthians, and in the year 59 he served under General Cn. Domitius Corbulo against King Tiridates I of Armenia, brother of the

Eumelus of Bosporus (862 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

powerful Hellenistic kingdom which could confront the powerful State of Lysimachus, the famous general of Alexander the Great Diodorus Siculus. Book 22.24.

Ptolemy XI Alexander II (289 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Monarchs of Epirus Admetus Tharrhypas Alcetas I Neoptolemus I Arybbas Alexander I Aeacides Neoptolemus II Alcetas II Pyrrhus I Alexander II Olympias II

Philip II of Macedon (5,694 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pherae, Thessaly, mother of Thessalonica. Olympias of Epirus, daughter of Neoptolemus I, mother of Alexander the Great and Cleopatra. Philinna of Larissa,

Tiberius Julius Mithridates (836 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Macedonian kings: Antigonus I Monophthalmus, Seleucus I Nicator and the general and statesman Antipater. These three men served under Alexander the Great

Antialcidas (564 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Monarchs of Epirus Admetus Tharrhypas Alcetas I Neoptolemus I Arybbas Alexander I Aeacides Neoptolemus II Alcetas II Pyrrhus I Alexander II Olympias II

Menander II (666 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of Buddhism, as also seen on the pillars of the Mauryan King Ashoka. In general, the coins of Menander II are quite few, which tends to indicate a rather

Antigonid dynasty (1,108 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during the Hellenistic period. Founded by Antigonus I Monophthalmus, a general and successor of Alexander the Great, the dynasty first came to power after

Antiochus II Theos (1,159 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

briefly issued coins in his name. In the end the war did little to alter the general balance of power in the Eastern Mediterranean. Coele-Syria in particular

Agathoclea (506 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Monarchs of Epirus Admetus Tharrhypas Alcetas I Neoptolemus I Arybbas Alexander I Aeacides Neoptolemus II Alcetas II Pyrrhus I Alexander II Olympias II

Cleopatra of Macedon (1,451 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Macedon back to Epirus. It is believed that the couple had two children, Neoptolemus II of Epirus and Cadmeia (named for her brother's defeat of the Theban

Seleucid dynasty (572 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during the Hellenistic period. It was founded by Seleucus I Nicator, a general and successor of Alexander the Great, after the division of the Macedonian

Pindar (8,761 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Nemean 7, in which he glorifies Neoptolemus, a national hero of Aegina and Molossia. According to tradition, Neoptolemus died disgracefully in a fight with

Alexander IV of Macedon (1,005 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

satraps. When Antipater died in 319 BC he left Polyperchon, a Macedonian general who had served under Philip II and Alexander the Great, as his successor

Achilles (10,046 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

whom he had begun a relationship, Achilles there fathered two sons, Neoptolemus (also called Pyrrhus, after his father's possible alias) and Oneiros

Antiochus III of Commagene (468 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Monarchs of Epirus Admetus Tharrhypas Alcetas I Neoptolemus I Arybbas Alexander I Aeacides Neoptolemus II Alcetas II Pyrrhus I Alexander II Olympias II

Diodotus Tryphon (1,924 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

from Casiana [el], a dependent town of the city of Apamea. He served as a general for Alexander Balas, during the civil war which the latter fought with

Whom the Gods Would Destroy (2,476 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Neoptolemus, and says it will be days before they know if Neoptolemus' sight would return. In that time, someone must drip medicine over Neoptolemus'

Lysias (Syrian chancellor) (1,000 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

(/ˈlɪsiəs/; Greek: Λυσίας; Hebrew: ליזיאש; died 162 BC) was a 2nd-century BC general and governor of Syria under the Seleucid Empire. The Seleucid Empire of

Ptolemy Ceraunus (1,812 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

wife Eurydice, daughter of Antipater, regent of Macedon. His father was a general of Alexander the Great, whom he succeeded, and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty

Demetrius II Nicator (2,010 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

officials associated with Alexander Balas. One of these officials, the general Diodotus, fled into Arabia, where he secured the infant son of Alexander

Epic Cycle (1,671 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

example, a surviving quotation shows that the Little Iliad narrated how Neoptolemus took Andromache prisoner after the fall of Troy; however, in Proclus

Magas of Cyrene (1,713 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

received first-hand accounts of India from his stepfather Ptolemy I, a former general in Alexander's campaigns. The predecessor of Magas in Cyrene, the Ptolemaic

Polemon I of Pontus (1,648 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mylasa (the chief city of Caria). Hybreas got into trouble with the Roman general Quintus Labienus for making a sarcastic comment. Labienus marched on Mylasa

Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (1,973 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

or pretended son propped up as king abroad by the Athamanian mercenary general Galaistes. Chauveau 2000: 257-258. Chauveau 2000: 259. Bielman 2017: 86

Alexander Balas (2,474 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

complete collapse. The Parthians under Mithridates I took advantage of the general instability to invade Media. The region had been lost to Seleucid control

Archelaus of Cappadocia (1,915 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

maternal grandson of the Pontic King—his father Archelaus, the favorite general of Mithridates VI, may have married one of his monarch's daughters. In

Demetrius I of Bactria (2,469 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

India in 186 BC, following the destruction of the Mauryan dynasty by the general Pushyamitra Shunga, who then founded the new Indian Shunga dynasty (180–78

Antiochus I of Commagene (1,827 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

remnants of his army fled to Commagene, where they took refuge. The Roman general Publius Ventidius marched towards Commagene to punish Antiochus for his

Cleopatra Thea (1,440 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

these aggravated the discontent instead of stifling it. Diodotus, a former general of Alexander and probable participant in the Antiochene rebellion, abducted

Ptolemy I Soter (3,108 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

"Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the

Heliodorus (minister) (962 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

year to remain in compliance. This likely resulted in higher taxes and a general search for money by the government which could be used to pay the Romans

Lakka Souliou (910 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

basileus, Philip II, to Olympias, the daughter of the basileus of Epirus, Neoptolemus I. In 286 BC, the kingdom of Epirus took control over the kingdom of

290s BC (3,753 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

restores him to his kingdom. At first Pyrrhus reigns with a kinsman, Neoptolemus II of Epirus (who is a son of Cleopatra of Macedonia and a nephew of

Philip V of Macedon (2,793 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a Macedonian–Carthaginian Treaty with Hannibal Barca the Carthaginian general (Plb. 7.9; Livy 23.33, 38.7). Their treaty defined spheres of operation

Ever to Excel (284 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

am proud to inherit." It is the motto of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff. The phrase has also been used as the motto of a number of schools

Agathocles of Bactria (2,668 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

first ruled under Diodotus and then under Euthydemus and Antiochus. The general understanding of Bactrian Kingdom around the middle nineteenth century

Ptolemaic dynasty (2,154 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

BC until its incorporation into the Roman Republic in 30 BC. Ptolemy, a general and one of the somatophylakes (bodyguard companions) of Alexander the Great

Achaeans (Homer) (2,283 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Idomeneus 13, Leonteus 5, Ajax 28, Patroclus 54, Polypoetes 1, Teucer 30, Neoptolemus 6; a total of 362 Trojans. Beekes, Roberts Stephen Paul (2010). Etymological

Euthydemus I (3,250 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

William Woodthorpe Tarn proposed that Euthydemus was the son of a Greek general called Antimachus or Apollodotus, born c. 295 BC, whom he considered to

Kingdom of Pontus (3,984 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

aid against the Scythians in the north. Mithridates sent 6,000 men under General Diophantus. After various campaigns in the north of the Crimea he controlled

Ptolemy X Alexander I (2,287 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

interpretations are 'son of the scarlet lady' or 'son of the cunt'. In general, Ptolemy X was slotted into the role that his brother had previously held

Commagene (3,295 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Theos of Commagene (reigned 70 –38 BC). Antiochus was an ally of the Roman general Pompey during the latter's campaigns against Mithridates VI of Pontus in

Archelaus (high priest of Comana Cappadocia) (817 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Mithridates VI of Pontus. His paternal uncle was the distinguished Pontic General Neoptolemus and the family of Archelaus were active in the Pontic Court. The

List of Jupiter trojans (Greek camp) (321 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Greek-named asteroid at the "Trojan" (L5) Lagrangian point. In 2018, at its 30th General Assembly in Vienna, the International Astronomical Union amended this naming

Antigonus II Gonatas (5,349 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Macedon. Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, Macedonia's western neighbour, was a general of mercurial ability, widely renowned for his bravery, but he did not apply

Pharnaces II of Pontus (3,920 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

find him first mentioned after Mithridates VI was defeated by the Roman general Pompey during the Third Mithridatic War. Cassius Dio and Florus wrote that

Berenice II of Egypt (1,878 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in early 221 BCE. Polybius states that she was poisoned, as part of a general purge of the royal family by the new king's regent Sosibius. She continued

List of Jupiter trojans (Trojan camp) (321 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Trojan-named asteroid at the "Greek" (L4) Lagrangian point. In 2018, at its 30th General Assembly in Vienna, the International Astronomical Union amended this naming

Antiochus IV Epiphanes (3,882 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Antíochos ho Epiphanḗs, "God Manifest" See Book of Daniel for details. In general, scholars fall into two camps: some argue that some form of chapters 2–6

Greek chorus (2,575 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in Euripides but as in Sophocles. The chorus represents, on stage, the general population of the particular story, in sharp contrast with many of the

Ptolemy V Epiphanes (4,474 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

courtiers. Opposition crystallised around the figure of Tlepolemus, the general in charge of Pelusium, whose mother-in-law had been arrested and publicly

Epimetheus (754 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oceanus and Tethys. In his seminal book Psychological Types, in chapter X, "General description of the types", Carl Jung uses the image of Epimetheus (with

Palladium (classical antiquity) (1,441 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

peasants Lycaon The Maenads Memnon Messapian shepherds Midas Minos Myrrha Neoptolemus Niobe Orestes Paris Patroclus Penelope Phoenix Polybus of Corinth Polynices

Andriscus (3,242 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

he was brought before the Senate, where Dio writes that he stood "in general contempt" due to what was perceived to be his ordinary nature and transparently

Mithridates VI Eupator (5,581 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the allied Rhoxolanoi suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Pontic general Diophantus and accepted Mithridates as their overlord.[citation needed]

Antiochus XI Epiphanes (3,929 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

According to the first century biographer Plutarch, the first-century BC Roman general Lucullus said that the Armenian king, Tigranes II, who conquered Syria

Hygieia (1,261 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

peasants Lycaon The Maenads Memnon Messapian shepherds Midas Minos Myrrha Neoptolemus Niobe Orestes Paris Patroclus Penelope Phoenix Polybus of Corinth Polynices

Taulantii (4,582 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

absence Molossians replaced him with Neoptolemus, another member of the Aeacides. Pyrrhus managed to murder Neoptolemus and eventually regained the throne

Seleucid Empire (8,162 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 312 BC by the Macedonian general Seleucus I Nicator, following the division of the Macedonian Empire founded

Ptolemy XII Auletes (4,605 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

dynasty, he was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. Ptolemy XII was an illegitimate son

Alexander the Great (22,034 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

king of Macedon, Philip II, and his fourth wife, Olympias (daughter of Neoptolemus I, king of Epirus). Although Philip had seven or eight wives, Olympias

Thyrsus (1,043 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a symbol of prosperity, fertility, hedonism, and pleasure/enjoyment in general. The thyrsus was tossed in the Bacchic dance: Pentheus: The thyrsus—in

Mithridatic Wars (1,971 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the treaty of Dardanos was barely implemented in Asia Minor, the Roman general Murena (in charge of retaking control of Roman territory in Asia) decided

Damocles (2,094 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

presents its two-part finale of season 5, titled "Damocles." In this finale, General Diyoza confronts Octavia with the words, "Do you know what your mistake

Ptolemy III Euergetes (3,558 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

There may also have been a second theatre to this war in the Aegean. The general Ptolemy Andromachou, ostensibly an illegitimate son of Ptolemy II and the

Talaria (1,058 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

giving him the advantage of speed, and so was the patron of circulation in general - of people, goods and messages. Riordan, Rick (July 1, 2005). The Lightning

Ptolemy IX Soter (3,122 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ptolemy sent a large force south in November 88 BC, under the command of the general Hierax. Thebes was quickly recaptured and severely sacked. Ptolemaic control

Shirt of Nessus (1,131 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

defector, who warned the bishop, and Feyken was tortured and killed. Major-General Henning von Tresckow, one of the primary conspirators in the July 20 plot

Antiochus X Eusebes (6,736 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

perhaps his Egyptian wife Cleopatra IV. Eusebes lived during a period of general disintegration in Seleucid Syria, characterized by civil wars, foreign

List of ancient Greeks (5,554 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gregory Nazianzus – Bishop of Constantinople Nearchus – Macedonian general Neoptolemus of Parion – poet and critic Nicander – King of Sparta Nicarchus –

Lethe (2,028 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the legendary Lethe River, being mistaken for it. In 138 BCE, the Roman general Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus sought to dispose of the myth, as it impeded

Bident (1,483 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Calydonian boar, part of a series of adventures that took place in the general area. Peleus is accompanied by Castor, who is attacking the boar with a

Ptolemy II Philadelphus (6,776 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

from 284 to 246 BC. He was the son of Ptolemy I, the Macedonian Greek general of Alexander the Great who founded the Ptolemaic Kingdom after the death

Seleucus VI Epiphanes (4,589 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

According to the 1st-century biographer Plutarch, the 1st-century BC Roman general Lucullus said that the Armenian king, Tigranes II, who conquered Syria

Philip I Philadelphus (4,615 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Antioch—Antiochus X (his second reign) and Demetrius III—compared with the general die estimates of late Seleucid kings, led numismatist Oliver D. Hoover

Kristo Floqi (1,111 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and nationality) Karlo Topija (Karl Topia) Piro Neoptolemi (Pyrrhys Neoptolemus) Qyprilinjtë (The Köprülüs) Skanderbeu n'Itali (Scanderbeg in Italy)

Ptolemy IV Philopator (4,370 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

negative Jewish tradition about Ptolemy. It may simply be using him to make a general moral point about the relative strength of secular and divine authorities

Skyros (1,428 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

sail for Troy after Odysseus discovered him in the court of Lycomedes. Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, was from Skyros (or Scyros, as its name is sometimes

Katabasis (2,716 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Achilles, who asks after the well-being of his father Peleus and his son Neoptolemus. Odysseus reassures Achilles of his son's bravery in fighting the Trojans

Antiochus XII Dionysus (6,500 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

betrayal to the general's fear, leading Milesius to betray Philip I, who had left the city to attend an event in the nearby hippodrome. The general closed the

Menander I (5,019 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

among historians have been that Menander was either a nephew or a former general of the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I, but the two kings are now thought

Will (philosophy) (5,558 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

has a true lack of self mastery. As an example he gives the case of Neoptolemus (in Sophocles' Philoctetes) refusing to lie despite being part of a plan

Ptolemaic Kingdom (12,310 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 305 BC by the Macedonian general Ptolemy I Soter, a companion of Alexander the Great, and ruled by the Ptolemaic

Ouroboros (3,830 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Francisco J. "A Calculus for Self-reference." International Journal of General Systems 2 (1975): 5–24. Kauffman sub-reference: Kauffman L. H. 2002. Laws

Armatus (1,165 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pyrrhus means "red like the fire", and was the name of Achilles' son, Neoptolemus. Evagrius Scholasticus (1846). "III.24 Death of Armatus". Historia Hecclesiae

Telephus (9,948 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

including Machaon and Nireus, but was finally killed by Achilles' son Neoptolemus. The irony of Achilles' son killing Telephus' son using the same spear

Attalus I (5,499 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

p. 163. Inscriptions document Pergamene benefactions to the Greeks in general and the Boeotians in particular; see Hansen, p. 19; Livy, 33.2. Hansen

Epirus (ancient state) (3,192 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

the Molossian state in 370–368 BC, during the reign of his grandson Neoptolemus I; though, the institutions originated much earlier, and the dialect

The Trojan Women (2,062 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

warrior Achilles. Andromache's lot is to be the concubine of Achilles' son Neoptolemus, and more horrible news for the royal family is yet to come: Talthybius

Theia (2,519 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

She seems here a goddess of glittering in particular and of glory in general, but Pindar's allusion to her as "Theia of many names" is telling, since

Cleopatra (24,563 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. After the death of Cleopatra, Egypt

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (7,327 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the development of Greco-Buddhism. Back in Bactria, Eucratides, either a general of Demetrius or an ally of the Seleucids, managed to overthrow the Euthydemid

7119 Hiera (912 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

This minor planet was named after Hiera from Greek mythology, a female general in the Trojan war. However, her name was removed from Homer's Iliad, as

Sophocles (4,310 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Trojan War without Philoctetes' bow, the Greeks send Odysseus and Neoptolemus to retrieve him; due to the Greeks' earlier treachery, however, Philoctetes

Tryphiodorus (1,492 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Then the Greeks capture the Trojan seer and following his advice call Neoptolemus (Achilles’ son) to join their lines and steal the Palladion from Troy

Hellenistic period (18,536 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

successor there were immediate disputes among his generals as to who should be king of Macedon. These generals became known as the Diadochi (Greek: Διάδοχοι

Pandora's box (4,790 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

rupent rite performed on the first day of the Anthesteria. It is more general in content; it is in fact simply a representation of ideas familiar to

First Mithridatic War (3,964 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

no.104, colls.376-414 Baker, George Philip: Sulla the Fortunate, Roman General and Dictator, (London, 1927; reprint by Cooper Square Press, 2001) Geyer

Cleopatra Selene of Syria (7,372 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sibling marriage was known in ancient Egypt and, although it was not a general practice, it was acceptable for the Egyptians; the Ptolemies practised

Lemnos (4,456 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

suffered ten years' agony from his wounded foot, until Odysseus and Neoptolemus induced him to accompany them to Troy. According to Sophocles, he lived

Centaur (5,375 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

followed Dionysus in his Indian campaign and was killed by Orontes, an Indian General. Hyles, attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths

Tenedos (12,305 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the custom was abolished when Orestes' descendants settled the place. Neoptolemus stayed two days at Tenedos, following the advice of Thetis, before he

Pergamon (10,455 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of Achilles through his father Neoptolemus and of Eetion of Thebe through his mother Andromache (concubine to Neoptolemus after the death of Hector of Troy)

2241 Alcathous (1,351 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

blindness and paralysis and was killed easily by a spear thrown by the Greek general and Cretan commander, Idomeneus (also see 2759 Idomeneus). The official

Lucullus (5,705 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

fleet lay in wait. After Lucullus had defeated the Mithridatic admiral Neoptolemus in the Battle of Tenedos, he helped Sulla cross the Aegean to Asia. After

Butrint (5,369 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of king Priam of Troy, who had moved West after the fall of Troy with Neoptolemus and his concubine Andromache. Both Virgil and the Greek historian Dionysius

List of Greek mythological figures (8,160 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Trojan War Hermione (Ἑρμιόνη), daughter of Menelaus and Helen; wife of Neoptolemus, and later Orestes Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra;

Metopes of the Parthenon (13,977 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Neoptolemus in north XIX Andromache and Polites; in north XX Agenor and Lycomede or Elephenor. The following metopes would have for general theme

Alexander II Zabinas (9,209 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Cornelius Nepos, and Eutropius, Literally Translated, with Notes and a General Index. Bohn's Classical Library. Vol. 44. Translated by Watson, John Selby

Indo-Greek Kingdom (25,945 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

command of Alexander's general Eudemus. After 321 BC Eudemus toppled Taxiles, until he left India in 316 BC. To the south, another general also ruled over the

Nicomachean Ethics (18,261 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

firm has a true lack of self-control. Aristotle gives the example of Neoptolemus (in Sophocles' Philoctetes) who feels honor-bound both to lie to Philoctetes

Kingdom of Bithynia (2,032 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

native prince Bas of Bithynia managed to defeat Alexander the Great's general Calas in battle (probably around 330 BC). His son Zipoites I assumed the

Chaonians (16,364 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Molossians viewed their descent as a mixture of Greek and Trojan, from Neoptolemus and Helenus respectively, whereas the Chaonians viewed their descent

Apollo (25,258 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

he sieged the city during Laomedon's rule. Later, his great-grandson Neoptolemus was present in the wooden horse that leads to the downfall of Troy).

Mercurio Bua (2,108 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pyrrhus, the most likely candidates would seem to be the mythological Neoptolemus, son of Achilles and king of Epirus, and the historically-documented

Byllis (4,701 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

according to which the city was supposedly built by Myrmidons under Neoptolemus, returning from the Trojan War towards its homeland. This legendary tradition

History of Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (14,774 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

through Caranus, and on his mother's side a descendant of Aeacus through Neoptolemus; this is accepted without any question." Pausanias, "Description of Greece"

Diomedes (10,259 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

death of Achilles, it was prophesied that Troy could not be taken if Neoptolemus (Achilles's son) would not come and fight. According to Quintus Smyrnaeus

Meanings of minor planet names: 2001–3000 (438 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

2259 Sofievka 1971 OG park in Uman, Ukraine MPC · 2259 2260 Neoptolemus 1975 WM1 Neoptolemus, mythological Greek warrior MPC · 2260 2261 Keeler 1977 HC

Selene (12,056 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

subsequently by modern astronomers–to mean that she could predict the time and general area where an eclipse of the Moon would occur. Those who brought down the

Ancient Macedonians (20,333 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

through Caranus, and on his mother's side a descendant of Aeacus through Neoptolemus; this is accepted without any question." Gagarin 2010, "Argeads", p.

Cappadocian Greeks (17,230 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

leading military general of the King Mithridates VI of Pontus. Neoptolemus (Pontic army officer) (died by 63 BC) was a distinguished general of King Mithridates

Troilus (15,555 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and end of the story of the fall of Troy. Achilles is the father of Neoptolemus, who slays Priam at the altar during the sack of Troy. Thus the war opens

List of cultural references in the Divine Comedy (27,282 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lycomedes, king of Scyros, she gave birth to Achilles' only son, Pyrrhus Neoptolemus, but died of grief when, because of the urgings of Odysseus (Ulysses)

Meanings of minor planet names: 5001–6000 (470 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Yamato Takeru, Japanese legendary prince MPC · 5282 5283 Pyrrhus 1989 BW Neoptolemus, son of Achilles MPC · 5283 5284 Orsilocus 1989 CK2 Greek warrior Orsilochus

List of works by James Pradier (2,460 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

d'Achille. ISBN 9782600036443. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Base Joconde: Bust of General Guillaume Henri Dufour, French Ministry of Culture. (in French) "Hébé"

Foundation universe (8,274 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

systems. Achilles has several moons, such as one within the orbit of Neoptolemus, four between that and Ulysses, and twenty outside of Ulysses; all of

List of women in the Heritage Floor (5,808 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Greek descent. Olympias c. 375 BC Macedon Boadaceia A daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the fourth wife of the king of Macedonia, Philip II, and

Index of ancient Greece-related articles (13,177 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(philosophy) Neo-Attic Neobule Neodamodes Neon Neon (Phocis) Neoplatonism Neoptolemus Neopythagoreanism Neorion Neorion at Samothrace Nepenthe Nephalia Nephalion

List of wars of succession in Europe (10,627 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

second enthronement of his son Pyrrhus of Epirus and the death of usurper Neoptolemus II of Epirus[citation needed] Third War of the Diadochi (314–311 BCE)