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Hecataeus
(1,551 words)
(Ἑκαταῖος;
Hekataîos). [German version] [1] Tyrant of Cardia, 4th cent. BC Tyrant of Cardia, kept in office by Alexander [4] although Eumenes [1] made an effort to free the city (Plut. Eumenes 3). In the Lamian War, he supported Antipater [1] (Diod. Sic. 18,14,4). Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) [German version] [2] Henchman of Alexander [4] the Gr., 4th cent. BC One of the hetairoi of Alexander [4], entrusted by him in 336 BC with the removal of Attalus [1], whom he murdered (Diod. Sic. 17,2,5; 5,2). Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) Bibliography Berve 2, no. 292 (not identical with no. 293). [German version] [3] H. of Miletus Greek author, 6th cent. BC Son of Hegesander,
c. 560-480 BC, first ‘logographer’ (using the term - current since Fr. Creutzer, but somewhat incorrect - for the prose authors before Herodotus), from whom numerous fragments exist (
c. 370 in the…
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Mentor
(446 words)
(Μέντωρ;
Méntōr). [German version] [1] Father of Imbrios of Pedaion Father of Imbrius of Pedaeum (Hom. Il. 13,171). Frey, Alexandra (Basle) [German version] [2] Son of Alkimos, companion of Odysseus …
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Lanice
(73 words)
[German version] (Λανίκη/
Laníkē; probably a short form of Ἑλλανίκη,
Hellaníkē, Curt. 8,1,21). Sister of Cleitus [6], wet-nurse of Alexander [4], who allegedly plaintively called on her after Cleitus' death (Arr. Anab. 4,9,3f.; Curt. 8,2,8f.). L.'s husband is unknown. Two of her sons fell at Miletus, one - Proteas - became famous as a drinking-companion of Alexander (Ath. 4,129a; Ael. VH 12,26).…
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Balacrus
(208 words)
(Βάλακρος;
Bálakros). Various men with this name served as officers under Alexander [4] the Great. [German version] [1] Satrap of Cilicia, after 333 BC Son of a certain Nicanor, married Phila, daughter of Antipater [1], who bore him a son. First
somatophýlax , after the battle of Issus, was appointed satrap of Cilicia, where he fought with great success against the mountain tribes, but fell in battle shortly before Alexander's death. Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) Bibliography Berve 2, no. 200 Heckel 260. [German version] [2] Commander of the Greek allied infantry from 334/33 BC Son of …
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Aristus
(28 words)
[German version] From Salamis, Late Hellenistic Alexander historian, invented a Roman delegation to which Alexander [4] prophesied Rome's future greatness (FGrH 143). Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA)
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Nicaea
(1,521 words)
(Νίκαια;
Níkaia). [German version] [1] Naiad Naiad, daughter of the Phrygian river god Sangarius and the goddess Cybele. As a huntress, N. spurns love and remains a virgin. In Memno…
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Olympias
(742 words)
(Ὀλυμπιάς;
Olympiás). [German version] [1] Daughter of Neoptolemus Daughter of Neoptolemus [2], born in about 375 BC. She was not given the name O. until after the Olympic victory of Philippus II in 356 BC (cf. Plut. Mor. 401b). She married Philip in 357 as his fifth wife (Ath. 13,557b) and bore him Alexander [4] the Great (356) and Cleopatra [II 3]. The birth of a successor elevated O.'s status, but there is no evidence of any political influence. After Philip's marriage to Cleopatra [II 2] she fled to Epirus. After his death she returned and killed Cleopatra …
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Amicitia
(392 words)
[German version]
Amicitia and
amicus include also in the Latin personal, philosophical and social-political aspects of friendship. The use of
amicitia as an expression of social and political relationships between individuals or states and their introduction under Greek influence (
philia, Friendship) occurred in philosophy through Cicero, which also allows
familiaris to become an unforced designation for a ‘friend’.
Amicus and
amicitia express within Rome the relationship between high-ranking people of the same rank as well as the connection between the…
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Cleopatra
(4,237 words)
(Κλεοπάτρα;
Kleopátra, Lat. Cleopatra). I. Mythology [German version] [I 1] Daughter of Boreas and Oreithyia Daughter of Boreas and Oreithyia, first wife of Phineus. C. was rejected in favour of Idaea [3], whom Phineus married as his second wife; her sons were blinded (Apollod. 3.200; Hyg. Fab. 18). Prescendi, Francesca (Geneva) [German version] [I 2] Daughter of Idas and Marpessa Daughter of Idas and Marpessa, wife of Meleager. After …
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Glycera
(118 words)
(Γλυκέρα;
Glykéra). [German version] [1] Famous Athenian hetaera of the late 4th cent. BC Famous Athenian he…
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Cleitus
(556 words)
(Κλειτός, Κλεῖτος, Κλῖτος;
Kleitós,
Kleîtos,
Klîtos, ‘The Famous One’). [German version] [1] Nephew of the seer Melampus Nephew of the famous seer Melampus, son of Mantius, father of Coeranus. He was abducted by Eos because of his beauty (Hom. Od. 15,249f.; Pherecydes FGrH 3 F 115a). Michel, Raphael (Basle) [German version] [2] Great nephew of C. [1] Great nephew of C. [1], son of Polyidus and Eurydameia. He and his brother Euchenor marched with the Epigones ( Epigoni [2]) against Thebes and then joined Agamemnon (Pherecydes ibid.). Michel, Raphael (Basle) [German version] [3] Son of…
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Amyntas
(921 words)
(Ἀμύντας;
Amýntas). [German version] [1] Macedonian king (end of 6th cent. BC) First historically verifiable king of Macedonia, friend of the Peisistratids. Upon Darius' appearance in Europe he became his vassal-satrap and was rewarded with an expansion of his territory and the marriage of his daughter to a member of the Achaemenids. His son Alexander [2] invented a novelistic history (Hdt. 5,17 ff.), in order to make this credible for the Greeks. Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) Bibliography Borza, 98 ff. E. Badian, Herodotus on Alexander I of Macedon, in: S. Hornblower (ed.), G…
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Clearchus
(1,254 words)
(Κλέαρχος;
Kléarchos). [German version] [1] Bronze sculptor from Rhegion Bronze sculptor from Rhegion. Because of his statue of Zeus Hypatus in Sparta, a
sphyrelaton according to the description, C. was wrongly considered the inventor of bronze statues by Pausanias. According to tradition he was a student of Dipoenus and Scyllis or of Daedalus as well as the teacher of Pythagoras and, therefore, was active in the 2nd half of the 6th cent. BC. Neudecker, Richard (Rome) Bibliography Overbeck No. 332f., 491 P. Romanelli, in: EAA 4, 365f. J. Papadopoulos, Xoana e sphyrelata, 1980, 82 F…
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