Epigenes

Epigenes

Epigenes may refer to:

People

* Epigenes of Athens, an Ancient Greek comic poet
* Epigenes of Byzantium, an Ancient Greek astrologer
* Epigenes of Sicyon, an Ancient Greek tragedist
* Epigenes, son of Antiphon, a disciple of Socrates

Other

* Epigenes (biology), a concept in biology
* Epigenes (crater), a lunar crater named after the astrologer


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  • EPIGENES — Astrologus, et Histoficus, cum Beroso et Critodemo coniungitur Plin. l. 7. c. 56. ubi de illo, Epigenes inquit, apud Babylonios DCCXX. annorum observationes siderum coctilibus laterculis inscriptas docet, gravis auctor inprimis: qui minimum,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Epigĕnes — Epigĕnes, 1) alter sikyonischer Tragiker, lebte nach Angabe alter Literatoren noch vor Thespis. 2) Dichter der mittleren Attischen Komödie, lebte zur Zeit des Antiphanes; von ihm sind die Titel von 5 Komödien u. nur wenige Fragmente bekannt. 3) E …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Epigenes of Byzantium — (Greek: Έπιγένης; unknown circa 200 BC) was a Greek astrologer. He seems to have been strong supporter of astrology, which, though derided by many Greek intellectuals, had been accepted and adopted by many Greeks from the seventh century BC… …   Wikipedia

  • Epigenes of Athens — Epigenes (c. 4th century BC) was an Athenian comic poet of the middle comedy. Pollux indeed [vii. 29 (cited by Elder)] speaks of him as neôn tis kômikôn, but the terms middle and new, as Clinton remarks, [F. H. vol. ii. p. xlix. (cited by Elder)] …   Wikipedia

  • Epigenes of Sicyon — was an Ancient Greek tragic poet. He has been confounded by some with his namesake the comic poet.He is mentioned by Suidas [s. v. Thespis (cited by Elder)] as the most ancient writer of tragedy. By the word tragedy here we can understand only… …   Wikipedia

  • Epigenes, son of Antiphon — Epigenes ( Epigetês ), son of Antiphon, of the demus of Cephisia, is mentioned by Plato among the disciples of Socrates who were with him in his last moments. Xenophon represents Socrates as remonstrating with him on his neglect of the bodily… …   Wikipedia

  • Epigenes (crater) — lunar crater data caption=Location of the Epigenes crater. latitude=67.5 N or S=N longitude=4.6 E or W=W diameter=55 km depth=2.0 km colong=7 eponym=EpigenesEpigenes is a lunar crater that is located in the northpart of the Moon, and is… …   Wikipedia

  • ЭПИГЕН —    • Epigĕnes,          Έπιγένης,        1. из Сикиона, древний греческий трагик, жил еще до Фесписа и принадлежит к самым первым временам греческой трагедии. Только о нем и известно;        2. поэт периода средней аттической комедии, современник …   Реальный словарь классических древностей

  • Attalos I. — Büste Attalos I., um 200 v. Chr. (Pergamonmuseum, Berlin) Attalos I. (Soter „Retter“) (griechisch: ῎Ατταλος; * 269 v. Chr.; † 197 v. Chr.[1]) herrschte über das hellenistische Reich von Per …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Attalos I. Soter — Büste Attalos I., um 200 v. Chr. (Pergamonmuseum, Berlin) Attalos I. (Soter „Retter“) (griechisch: ῎Ατταλος; * 269 v. Chr.; † 197 v. Chr.[1]) herrschte über das hellenistische Reich von …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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