Pittacus Of Mytilene

Pittacus Of Mytilene

male
ancient greek, athenian, olympiad, ruler, from the North Aegean, Mytilene
Pittacus (c. 640-568 BC) was the son of Hyrradius and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. He was a native of Mytilene and the Mytilenaean general...

Chares Of Mytilene

male
persian, historian, ancient greek, Persian Empire, from the North Aegean, Mytilene
Chares of Mytilene was a Greek belonging to the suite of Alexander the Great. He was appointed court-marshal or introducer of strangers to the...
Theophanes Of Mytilene

Theophanes Of Mytilene

male
Terracotta, Roman-era Greek, Mytilene, Lesbos
Theophanes of Mytilene was a major political figure in the town of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos around the middle of the first century BC. His...
Crinagoras Of Mytilene

Crinagoras Of Mytilene

male
poet, ancient greek, epigram, ancient greece, greek, from the North Aegean…Mytilene
Crinagoras of Mytilene, Greek epigrammatist, (b. ca. 70 BC), flourished during the reign of Augustus (Strabo xiii). A number of epigrams appear...
Laomedon Of Mytilene

Laomedon Of Mytilene

male
ancient greek, General, Laomedon
Laomedon, but his individual fate is not mentioned.

Christopher Of Mytilene

male
byzantine, Byzantine Empire, calendar, 11th century, Byzantine poet
Christopher of Mytilene, Byzantine poet living in the first half of the 11th century. His works include poems on various subjects, and four calendars.
Alcaeus

Alcaeus

male
social class, poet, of Mytilene, Alcaic verse, aristocratic, Lesbos…Mytilene
Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene (c. 620 BCE-6th century BCE), Greek lyric poet who supposedly invented the Alcaic verse; he was an older contemporary...
Sappho

Sappho

female
poet, Lesbos, Eresos, Aeolic Greek, Lesbos Island, from the North Aegean…Mytilene
Sappho (Attic Greek "', Aeolic Greek "') was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos. In history and poetry texts, she is...
Mikis Theodorakis

Mikis Theodorakis

male, 84 years old
Regime of the Colonel, composer, junta, Tripoli, Greece, Asia Minor, from the North Aegean…Mytilene
Mikis Theodorakis is one of the most popular Greek composers. He is known internationally for his scores in the films, "Zorba the Greek"(1964), "Z"...

Theagenes

male
ancient greek, athenian, Mytilenaean, Delphic Oracle, Pisistratus, olympia…Mytilene
There are merely a few references to the life of Theagenes of Megara amongst the ancient authors, which makes outlining a vague biography almost...