Aeschines (disambiguation) — Aeschines or Aischines may refer to: *Aeschines Socraticus, follower of Socrates and author of Socratic dialogues *Aeschines, Athenian orator, one of ten Attic orators *Aeschines of Miletus, lesser known orator, and contemporary of Cicero… … Wikipedia
List of ancient Greeks — This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ethnic Greeks and Greek language speakers from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD. compactTOCRelated articles NOTOC A*Acacius of Caesarea bishop of Caesarea… … Wikipedia
Philip II — 1. ( Philip of Macedon ) 382 336 B.C., king of Macedonia 359 336 (father of Alexander the Great). 2. ( Philip Augustus ) 1165 1223, king of France 1180 1223. 3. 1527 98, king of Spain 1556 98 (husband of Mary I). * * * I French Philippe known as… … Universalium
John Freind — (1675 ndash; 26 July 1728), English physician, younger brother of Robert Freind (1667 1751), headmaster of Westminster School, was born at Croton in Northamptonshire.He made great progress in classical knowledge under Richard Busby at Westminster … Wikipedia
Loeb Classical Library — The Loeb Classical Library is a series of books, today published by the Harvard University Press, which presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin Literature in a way designed to make the text accessible to the broadest possible audience … Wikipedia
Eudoxus of Cnidus — (Greek Εὔδοξος ὁ Κνίδιος) (410 or 408 BC ndash; 355 or 347 BC) was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, scholar and student of Plato. Since all his own works are lost, our knowledge of him is obtained from secondary sources, such as Aratus s poem… … Wikipedia
Theocritus — (Greek: Θεόκριτος), the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC.LifeLittle is known of him beyond what can be inferred from his writings. We must, however, handle these with some caution, since some of the poems… … Wikipedia
Amfissa — Infobox Greek Dimos name =Amfissa name local =Άμφισσα caption skyline = city city lat deg =38 lat min =32 lon deg =22 lon min =22 elevation min =180 elevation max = periph =Central Greece prefec =Phocis municipality =Amfissa districts =8 mayor… … Wikipedia
Greek literature — Introduction body of writings in the Greek language, with a continuous history extending from the 1st millennium BC to the present day. From the beginning its writers were Greeks living not only in Greece proper but also in Asia Minor, the… … Universalium
Philosophy (The) of the Italian Renaissance — The philosophy of the Italian Renaissance Jill Kraye TWO CULTURES: SCHOLASTICISM AND HUMANISM IN THE EARLY RENAISSANCE Two movements exerted a profound influence on the philosophy of the Italian Renaissance: scholasticism and humanism, both of… … History of philosophy
