Anaximander

Anaximander

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Anaximander (Ancient Greek: "'"') (c. 610 BCE-c. 546 BCE) was a pre-Socratic philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia. He joined the...
Heraclitus

Heraclitus

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Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca. 535-475 BCE) (Ancient Greek: - ("Herakleitos the Ephesian")), known as "The Obscure" (Ancient Greek -), was a...
Tissaphernes

Tissaphernes

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Tissaphernes (Pers. "Cithrafarna", d. 395 BC) was a Persian soldier and statesman, grandson of Hydarnes. In 413 BC he was satrap of Lydia and...
Mardonius

Mardonius

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Mardonius (d. 479 BC) was a Persian commander during the Persian Wars with Greece in the 5th century BC. He was the son of Gobryas and the...

Polycrates

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Polycrates, son of Aeaces, was the tyrant of Samos from c. 538 BC to 522 BC. He took power during a festival of Hera with his brothers Pantagnotus...

Ptolemy

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Ptolemy was a nephew of Antigonus, the general of Alexander the Great (338-323 BC) who afterwards became king of Asia. His name is first mentioned...
Mausolus

Mausolus

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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...
Hecataeus

Hecataeus

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Hecataeus (c. 550 BC-c. 476 BC), named after goddess Hecate, was a Greek philosopher, a native of Miletus of a wealthy family. He flourished during...

Theseus

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Theseus (Greek ") was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night. Theseus...

Histiaeus

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Histiaeus (died 494 BC), the son of Lysagoras, was the tyrant of Miletus in the late 6th century BC. Histiaeus owed his status as tyrant to Darius...