Who's who in the Greek WorldPsychology Press, 2002 - 285 pages From monarchs and poets to corrupt officials and traitors, this A-Z guide takes readers on a fascinating biographical tour of ancient Greece. Entries offer vivid portraits based on the latest research in the field and cover: Philosophers like Socrates and Plato -- Poets, including Sappho and Sophocles -- Monarchs and warriors from Alexander the Great to Epaminondas -- The memorably infamous, such as the traitor Ephalites and Alexander's corrupt treasurer Harpalus -- And many more. His accessible and enjoyable reference is an invaluable resource for students of literature and history, travelers, and anyone interested in Western Classical culture and heritage. Covering from 750 BC to the end of the Roman Empire, veteran classicist Hazel offers a biographical guide to the Greek and Hellenistic world. He considers philosophers, poets, monarchs and warriors, and memorable infamous figures such as Alexander's corrupt treasurer Harpalus. He includes a chronology, king lists, maps, and extensive cross-references, but no index. |
Contents
WHOS WHO IN THE GREEK WORLD | 1 |
B | 44 |
C | 48 |
D | 70 |
E | 90 |
G | 106 |
H | 109 |
I | 132 |
O | 167 |
p | 169 |
R | 213 |
S | 214 |
T | 233 |
X | 253 |
Z | 259 |
Glossary | 262 |
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AGESILAUS II Alexander Alexander's Alexandria alliance allies ANTIGONUS ANTIOCHUS ANTIPATER ARISTOPHANES ARISTOTLE army Asia Minor Athenian Athens attack battle became besieged Boeotia brother C1 BC C2 BC C3 BC C4 BC C5 BC C6 BC CASSANDER Cleisthenes Cleomenes Cleopatra Comedy commander Corinth Cyrene Cyrus Darius daughter death defeated Delphi Demetrius Demosthenes dialogues died DIOGENES Dionysius Egypt Epicurus EUMENES exile extant father festival fleet force fragments Greece Greek Herodotus historian Homer Isocrates Italy killed kingdom later London lost Lysimachus Macedonia married mercenary Mithridates murdered nian peace Peloponnesian Pergamon Pericles Persian Philip philoso philosopher Phocis PLATO plays poems poet poetry Pontus Press PTOLEMY pupil reigned rhetoric Roman Rome ruled ruler Samos satrap sculptor Seleucid Seleucus Sicily Sicyon Socrates Sparta speeches Stoic style succeeded survive Syracuse Syria Thebes theory Thessaly Thrace throne Thucydides tion titles took treatise tyrant victory writer wrote Xenophon
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