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Scopas
(1,000 words)
(Σκόπας/
Skópas). [German version] [1] Sculptor from Paros, mid 4th cent. BC Sculptor from Paros, active in the mid 4th cent. BC, working mostly in marble and very occasionally in bronze. In the…
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Monimus
(373 words)
(Μόνιμος/
Mónimos). [German version] [1] From Syracuse, pupil of Diogenes M. from Syracuse, slave of a Corinthian banker, heard Xeniades, a rich citizen of Corinth, extol the virtue of Diogenes [14] of Sinope, who lived with him. In order to be able to leave his master and follow Diogenes, M. made out that he was insane; he was dismissed and so became Diogenes' pupil. He also stayed with Crates [4] for a long time and imitated his way of life (Diog. Laert. 6,82). M. must have been famous, as he appears in…
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Cleomenes
(1,455 words)
(Κλεομένης;
Kleoménēs). [German version] [1] Athenian, rejected the Spartan terms of peace in 404 BC Athenian who rejected the Spartan terms of peace in the popular assembly in 404 BC (Plut. Lysandros 14).…
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Kome
(894 words)
(κώμη;
kṓmē, plural κῶμαι;
kômai). [German version] A. Greece in the 5th and 4th cents. BC With the meaning ‘village’,
kome signified in the Greek world a small community. Thucydides regarded life in scattered, unfortified
kômai as the older and more primitive form of communal living in a political unit (Thuc. 1,5,1; on Sparta: 1,10,1; on the Aetolians: 3,94,4). Under the Aristotelian model of
pólis formation, families first group together in a
kṓmē, and then the
kômai group toget…
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Pancrates
(537 words)
(Παγκράτης/
Pankrátēs). [German version] [1] Musician, archaic style Musician; according to Aristoxenus [1] an enthusiast of the archaic style (
trópos) of Pindar and Simonides (Plut. De Musica 1137f). Harmon, Roger (Basle) …
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Chaereas
(228 words)
(Χαιρέας;
Chairéas). [German version] [1] Strategos at Cyzicus, 410 BC Son of Archestratus (Lyc…
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Athenion
(484 words)
(Ἀθηνίων;
Athēníōn). [German version] [1] Peripatetic rhetorician in Athens Peripatetic rhetorician in Athens (different from Aristion [1. 341-343]), only known from the polemic party of Posidonius (FGrH 87 fr. 36). Sent from Athens to Mithridates VI in 88 BC, taken up by him among his φίλοι (
phíloi, friends), he won the support of the people with Mithridates' support and had as στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τὰ ὅπλα (
strategòs epì tà hópla) a decisive influence on Athenian politics (‘tyrant’). A failed raid on Delos seems to have ended his political career. Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart) …
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Protarchus
(265 words)
(Πρώταρχος/
Prṓtarchos). [German version] [1] Comic poet from Thespiae, 1st cent. BC Comic poet from Thespiae, victorious on one occasion in the 1st cent. BC at the Soteria of Acraephia, and son or father of the epic poet Protogenes; otherwise, nothing is known of him. Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther (Göttingen) Bibliography PCG VII, 1989, 583. [German version] [2] Epicurean from Bargilia, 2nd cent. BC P. of Bargilia. Teacher of Demetrius [21] Lacon (Str. 14,20; 2nd cent. BC), perhaps in Miletus. It is unlikely that he was the head of the Epicurean 'Garden' (
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Philocrates
(338 words)
(Φιλοκράτης;
Philokrátēs). [German version] [1] Athenian politician (beginning of the 4th cent. BC) Athenian who advised the Athenians at the negotiations in 392/1 BC to reject a peace treaty with Sparta (Dem. Or. 23,116f.). As
stratēgós, P. in the summer of 390 BC commanded ten ships that were sent to Cyprus to help Evagoras [1] but were captured by the Spartan Nauarch Teleutias (Xen. Hell. 4,8,24). Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld) Bibliography P. Funke, Homónoia und Arché, 1980, 95; 144f.; 150. [German version] [2] Athenian rhetor and envoy, 4th cent. BC Son of Pythodorus from the de…
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Demaenetus
(285 words)
(Δημαίνετος;
Dēmaínetos). [German version] [1] Epithet of Asclepius in Elis Epithet of Asclepius in Elis, from the name of the cult founder (Paus. 6,21,4). Bloch, René (Berne) …
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Hermocrates
(514 words)
(Ἑρμοκράτης;
Hermokrátēs). [German version] [1] Syracusan statesman, 424 BC Syracusan statesman and general. Became prominent for the first time at the peace conference of Gela in 424 BC and successfully invited the Sicilian Greeks with the slogan ‘Sicily to the Siceliots’ to settle the internal disputes (Thuc. 4,58-64). In 415 he recommended the formation of a coalition against Athens reaching beyond Sicily (Thuc. 6,32,3-34). Initially chosen as one of three authorized
strategoi, but soon, like his colleagues, deposed because of his lack of success (Thuc. 6,73,1; …
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Kleomenes
(1,358 words)
(Κλεομένης). [English version] [1] Athener, lehnte 404 v. Chr. die spartan. Friedensbedingungen ab Athener, der 404 v.Chr. in der Volksversammlung die spartan. Friedensbedingungen ablehnte (Plut. Lysandros 14). Welwei, Karl-Wilhelm (Bochum) [English version] [2] Mitglied im spartan. Schiedsgericht E. 7. Jh. v. Chr. über die Insel Salamis Spartiat, Mitglied eines spartan. Schiedsgerichts, das Ende des 7. Jh.v.Chr. den Athenern die Insel Salamis zugesprochen haben soll (Plut. Solon 10). Welwei, Karl-Wilhelm (Bochum) [English version] [3] K. I. Spartan. König wohl ab …
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Lampon
(392 words)
(Λάμπων). [English version] [1] Sohn des Pytheas aus Aigina, 5. Jh. v. Chr. Sohn des Pytheas aus Aigina, schlug nach dem Sieg bei Plataiai (479 v.Chr.) dem Pausanias vor, den Leichnam des Mardonios so zu schänden, wie dieser bei den Thermopylen den toten Leonidas [1] entehrt hatte (Hdt. 9,78f.). Stein-Hölkeskamp, Elke (Köln) [English version] [2] Seher, Mitbegründer von Thurioi L. der Seher. An der Gründung von Thurioi beteiligt (Diod. 12,10,3; schol. Aristoph. Nub. 332; Phot. s.v. Θουριομάντις; Plut. mor. 812d). Durch Deutung eines Vorzeichens (
sēmeíon: einhörniger Widder) 444…
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Aristobulos
(1,118 words)
[English version] [1] Iudas A. I., Hoherpriester 104-103 v. Chr. Iudas A. I., Sohn und Nachfolger des Iohannes Hyrkanos, Hohepriester 104-103 v. Chr., ließ zur Sicherung seiner Herrschaft seine Mutter und seine Brüder einkerkern bzw. töten. Dies und seine philhell. Neigungen bestimmen sein negatives Bild in der jüd. Überlieferung. Die Behauptung des Iosephos, er habe den Königstitel angenommen, wird durch (seltene) M…
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Protarchos
(253 words)
(Πρώταρχος). [English version] [1] Komödiendichter aus Thespiai, 1. Jh. v. Chr. Komödiendichter aus Thespiai, der im 1. Jh. v. Chr. einmal…
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Dionysodoros
(520 words)
(Διονυσόδωρος). [English version] [1] Taxiarch des Theramenes um 400 v. Chr. Taxiarch des Theramenes, wurde von Agoratos an die Dreißig verraten (Lys. or. 13,30; 39-42). Diesen verklagte 399/98 v.Chr. der Bruder und Schwager des D., Dionysios, der Sprecher der 13. Rede des Lysias. Strothmann, Meret (Bochu…
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