Alexander The Great

Alexander The Great

male
ancient greece, monarch, Bisexual, Pacific Ocean, undefeated, Alexander III…Hellenisticcivilization, hellenistic age
Alexander the Great (Greek:, "Megas Alexandros"; July 20 356 BC - June 10 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, was an Ancient Greek king of...
Polybius

Polybius

male
Ancient Greek statesmen, The Histories, Hellenisticcivilization, The Rise of the Roman Empire, mediterranean, mediterranean sea
Polybius (ca. 203-120 BC, Greek) was a Greek historian of the Mediterranean world famous for his book called "The Histories" or "The Rise of the...
Mausolus

Mausolus

male
architect, Caria, ancient, Rhodians, Seven Wonders of the World, Hellenisticcivilization
Mausolus was a satrap of the Persian empire and virtual ruler of Caria. He took part in the revolt against Artaxerxes Mnemon (362), conquered a...

Pierre Briant

male, 69 years old
University of Chicago, Matthew Stolper, Hellenistic Era, doctorat d'État, Achaemenid Empire, Hellenisticcivilization
Pierre Briant is a French Iranologist, Professor of History and Civilisation of the Achaemenid World and the Empire of Alexander the Great at the...
Ptolemy

Ptolemy

male, deceased (168)
Ægyptus, Philosophy of music, Astrological writer, ancient roman, mathematician, geographia…Hellenistic Egyptian, Hellenisticcivilization, Hellenistic culture
Claudius Ptolemaeus, known in English as Ptolemy, was a Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who lived in Roman Egypt....
Hero Of Alexandria

Hero Of Alexandria

female, deceased (70)
hero, windwheel, Hellenisticcivilization, Ægyptus, Egyptian, hellenistic…Hellenistic Egyptian
Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria was a Hellenistic engineer and geometer who flourished in Alexandria, Roman Egypt. Among his most famous inventions...

Shaye J. D. Cohen

male, 61 years old
Hellenisticcivilization, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, Jewish Theological Seminary, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, American
Shaye J. D. Cohen (b. October 21, 1948) is the Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy in the Department of Near Eastern Languages...
Edwyn Bevan

Edwyn Bevan

male, deceased (1943)
historian, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, British, hellenistic, obe, Academic of King's College London…Hellenisticcivilization
Edwyn Robert Bevan OBE (1870-1943) was a versatile British philosopher and historian of the Hellenistic world. He had an academic position at...
Diophantus

Diophantus

male, deceased (298)
mathematician, Number theorist, ancient greek, hellenistic, greek, Hellenistic Egyptian…Hellenisticcivilization
Diophantus of Alexandria (Greek: b. between 200 and 214, d. between 284 and 298 AD), sometimes called "the father of algebra", was a Greek...
Nicolaus Of Damascus

Nicolaus Of Damascus

male
Hellenisticcivilization, hellenistic, damascus, From Damascus, Dio Cassius, Augustan
Nicolaus of Damascus was a Hellenistic historical and philosophical writer who lived in the Augustan age. His name is derived from that of his...