Phidias

Phidias

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Phidias (or Pheidias) (in ancient Greek, "'"') (c.480 BC - c.430 BC), son of Charmides, (not to be mistaken for the Charmides who participated in...
Pericles

Pericles

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Pericles or Perikles was a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens in the city's Golden Age (specifically, between the...

Peisistratos

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Peisistratos or Peisistratus (Greek:) (c. 607 BC-528 BC) was a Greek statesman who became the Tyrant of Athens following a (quite popular) coup and...

Wilhelm Dörpfeld

male, deceased (1940)
Wilhelm Dörpfeld (or Doerpfeld was a German architect, best known for his contributions to classical archaeology. Dörpfeld was born in Barmen, Wu...

Polygnotus

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Polygnotus was a Greek painter in the middle of the 5th century BC, son of Aglaophon. He was a native of Thasos, but was adopted by the Athenians,...

Cleomenes I

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Cleomenes was one of the Kings of Sparta in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Cleomenes is notable for an unusual interest in foreign conquests...
Megacles

Megacles

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Megacles was the name of several notable men of ancient Athens: 1. Megacles was possibly a legendary King of Athens from 922 BC to 892 BC. 2....
Heinrich Leutemann

Heinrich Leutemann

male, deceased (1904)
Gottlob Heinrich (Henrik) Leutemann was a German artist and book illustrator. He was born in Leipzig and studied there. He produced lithographs for...
Theodor Wiegand

Theodor Wiegand

male, deceased (1936)
Theodor Wiegand was one of the most famous German Archaeologists. 1894 he worked under Wilhelm Dörpfeld at the excavation of the Athenian A...

Cylon Of Athens

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Cylon (also spelled Kylon) was an Athenian associated with the first reliably dated event in Athenian history, the Cylonian affair. Cylon, one of...