Mencius

Mencius

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Mencius (Romanization; 孟子, pinyin: Mèng Zǐ; Wade-Giles: Meng Tzu; most accepted dates: 372 – 289 BCE; other possible dates: 385 – 303/302 BCE) was a... More

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Zhuangzi

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Zhuangzi (Traditional: 莊子; Simplified: 庄子, Pinyin: Zhuāng Zǐ, Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzŭ, "lit". "Master Zhuang") was an influential Chinese philosopher... More

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Aristeas

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Aristeas was a semi-legendary Greek poet and miracle-worker, a native of Proconnesus in Asia Minor, active ca. 7th century BCE. In book IV of "The... More

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Zhang Qian

Zhang Qian

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Zhang Qian was an imperial envoy in the 2nd century BCE, during the time of the Han Dynasty. He was the first official diplomat to bring back... More

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Archelaus

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Archelaus was a Greek philosopher of the 5th century BCE, born probably in Athens, though Diogenes Laërtius (ii. 16) says he was born in Miletus. H... More

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Hyrcanus II

Hyrcanus II

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Hyrcanus II, a member of the Hasmonean dynasty, was the Jewish High Priest and King of Judea in the 1st century BCE.

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Alcaeus

Alcaeus

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Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene (c. 620 BCE-6th century BCE), Greek lyric poet who supposedly invented the Alcaic verse; he was an older contemporary... More

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Empedocles

Empedocles

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Empedocles (Greek:, ca. 490-430 BC) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of Agrigentum, a Greek colony in Sicily. Empedocles'... More

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Jason

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Jason of the Oniad family and brother to Onias III assumed the office of the High Priest in Jerusalem upon the accession of Antiochus Epiphanes to... More

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Thespis

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Thespis of Icaria (6th century BC) is claimed to be the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor in a play, although the reality is... More

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