Orpheus

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Orpheus (Greek: Ορφεύς; pronunced in English as // ("ohr'-fee-uhs") is a figure from Greek mythology called by Pindar "the father of songs". His na...
Spartacus

Spartacus

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Spartacus (ca. 120 BC – ca. 70 BC, at the end of the Third Servile War), according to Roman historians, was a gladiator-slave who became the al...

Antisthenes

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Antisthenes (Greek: "'"', c. 444-365 BC), the founder of the Cynic school of philosophy, was born at Athens of a Thracian mother. In his youth he...

Burebista

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Burebista, the greatest king of Dacia, ruled between 82 BC and 44 BC. He unified the Thracian population from Hercynia (today's Moravia) in the...
Sitalces

Sitalces

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Sitalces (reigned 431 - 424 BC) was one of the great kings of the Thracian Odrysian state. He was the son of Teres, and on the sudden death of his...
Zalmoxis

Zalmoxis

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Zalmoxis was a legendary social and religious reformer, regarded as the only true god by the Thracian Dacians (also known in the Greek records as...

Euphemus

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There are two figures in Greek mythology known as Euphemus. One was the son of Poseidon, granted by his father the power to walk on water....
Themistocles

Themistocles

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Themistocles (Greek: "'"'; c. 524-459 BC) was a leader in the Athenian democracy during the Persian Wars. He favored the expansion of the navy to...

Byzas

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According to a Greek legend, Byzas was a Greek colonist (reported by some to be a leader or even a king) from the Doric colony of Megara in Ancient...

Cleophon

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Cleophon was an Athenian politician and demagogue who was of great influence during the Peloponnesian War. He was a staunch democrat, and vehement...