• Diocles may refer to: Diocles (mathematician) (c. 240 BC–c. 180 BC), Greek mathematician and geometer Diocles (mythology), one of the first priests of...
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  • Diocles (Greek: Διοκλῆς; c. 240 BC – c. 180 BC) was a Greek mathematician and geometer. Although little is known about the life of Diocles, it is known...
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    In geometry, the cissoid of Diocles (from Ancient Greek κισσοειδής (kissoeidēs) 'ivy-shaped'; named for Diocles) is a cubic plane curve notable for the...
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    Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104 – after 146 AD) was a Roman charioteer. His existence and career are attested by two highly detailed contemporary inscriptions...
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  • Diocles of Corinth (Greek: Διοκλῆς ὁ Κορίνθιος) was an ancient Greek athlete from Corinth who won the stadion race of the 13th Ancient Olympic Games in...
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  • Diocles of Peparethus (Greek: Διοκλῆς; fl. late 4th – early 3rd century BC) was a historian from the Greek island of Peparethus. His works are lost, but...
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  • Diocles of Carystus (/ˈdaɪ.əkliːz/; Greek: Διοκλῆς ὁ Καρύστιος; Latin: Diocles Carystius; also known by the Latin name Diocles Medicus, i.e. "Diocles...
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    until his abdication in 305. He was born Diocles to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia. Diocles rose through the ranks of the military...
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  • Diocles of Magnesia (Greek: Διοκλῆς ὁ Μάγνης) was an ancient Greek writer from Magnesia ad Sipylum, who probably lived in the 2nd or 1st century BC. The...
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  • In Greek mythology, Diocles (Ancient Greek: Διοκλῆς Dioklēs) may refer to: Diocles, king of Pherae as son of previous ruler Orsilochus. He was possibly...
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    Diocles of Syracuse (Greek: Διοκλῆς) was a legislator, orator, and political and military leader in the Greek city-state of Syracuse, Magna Graecia, toward...
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  • Diocles of Megara (Greek: Διοκλῆς ὁ Μεγαρεύς) was an ancient Greek warrior from Athens who died a hero in Megara. Diocles was known for his pederasty...
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    Deudorix diocles, the orange-barred playboy, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Mozambique, from Zimbabwe to Zaïre and in Uganda...
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  • spoon of Diocles (Greek: κυαθίσκος τοῦ Διοκλέους) was a Roman surgical instrument described by Celsus. The instrument was designed by Diocles of Carystus...
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  • Diocles of Cnidus (Greek: Διοκλῆς) was an Academic Skeptic philosopher, who is mentioned as the author of Διατριβαί (Discussions) from which a fragment...
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  • fragments, are all that survives of Diocles' (Greek: Διοκλῆς) work. The Suda states that some accounts claimed that Diocles invented a means of playing music...
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    earliest-known history of Rome. He is cited by all three canonical works. Diocles of Peparethus wrote a history of Rome that is cited by Plutarch. Lucius...
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    The legislator Philolaus of Corinth, lover of the stadion race winner Diocles of Corinth at the Ancient Olympic Games of 728 BC, crafted laws for the...
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    Archimedes's contemporary Diocles made no mention of Archimedes or burning ships in his treatise about focusing reflectors. Diocles, On Burning Mirors, ed...
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  • have quoted Diocles rather extensively, and it is in these fragments that we gain knowledge of his writings. It is purported that Diocles actually wrote...
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  • fixed. The generator is the vertex of the rolling parabola and describes the roulette, shown in red. In this case the roulette is the cissoid of Diocles....
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    Quintus Fabius Pictor, of which only a terse summary survives. See also Diocles of Peparethus, Romulus and Remus and Plutarch, The Parallel Lives, Life...
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    Orxines macklotti De Haan, with a note on the startle display of Metriotes diocles (Westw.)(Phasmatodea, Phasmidae)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 104:...
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    Corinth, a Bacchiad who was a lawgiver at Thebes. He became the lover of Diocles, the winner of the Olympic games. They both lived for the rest of their...
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    and the Edwin Smith Papyrus of the 16th century BC. In Ancient Greece, Diocles of Carystus (4th century BC) was one of several men studying the medicinal...
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  • of the Nile Delta. He founds the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. 728 BC—Diocles of Corinth wins the stadion race at the 13th Olympic Games. 727 BC—Babylonia...
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    light. Parabolic mirrors were described and studied by the mathematician Diocles in his work On Burning Mirrors. Ptolemy conducted a number of experiments...
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    (2011). Cratinus F 342, in Fragments of Old Comedy, Volume I: Alcaeus to Diocles. Storey, I. C. (ed. and trans.). Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England:...
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  • son of Cephalus is mentioned in Plato's Republic Euthydemus, a son of Diocles is mentioned in Xenophon's Memorabilia Euthydemus I (3rd century BC), ruler...
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    negligible inflation ratio (during the same year) Salary cap Gaius Appuleius Diocles List of most expensive association football transfers List of professional...
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