• Leptines (‹See Tfd›Greek: Λεπτίνης) was an Athenian orator. He is known as the proposer of a law that no Athenian, whether citizen or resident alien (with...
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    Anthene leptines, or Leptines ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cross River loop in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the...
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  • Leptines II (‹See Tfd›Greek: Λεπτίνης Β΄; died after 342 BC), son of Leptines I, was the nephew of Dionysius the Elder. In 351 BC, Leptines aided Callippus...
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  • "Against Leptines" was a speech given by Demosthenes in which he called for the repeal of a law sponsored by Leptines, which denied anyone a special exemption...
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  • Leptines (‹See Tfd›Greek: Λεπτίνης; died 375 BC) was a military leader from Syracuse, Sicily, Magna Graecia, active during his brother, Dionysius the Elder's...
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    superstitious and pagan practices"), which was drafted by the Synod of Leptines in 742. It condemned the Spurcalibus en februario. Pope Gregory the Great...
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  • of Syracuse 354 BC Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse Calippus Callippus 352 BC Leptines II Philip II King of Macedon October 30, 336 BC Aigai Macedonia Pausanias...
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  • his former wife: the beautiful Barsine. The two grow close, which makes Leptine jealous of their relationship. After the Macedonian army finally defeats...
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    Nysaios 348 Stagira is annexed by Makedonia 348 Callipus is overthrown by Leptines 347 Leontini is overthrown by Hicetas 347 Plato, Greek philosopher, founder...
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    be mocked using masks and disguises. In the year 743 the synod in Leptines (Leptines is located near Binche in Belgium) spoke out furiously against the...
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    public affairs. During this period, he wrote Against Androtion and Against Leptines, two fierce attacks on individuals who attempted to repeal certain tax...
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    Halle. During Wolf's time at Halle he published his commentary on the Leptines of Demosthenes (1789), which influenced his student Philipp August Böckh...
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  • Calippus of Syracuse, tyrant of Syracuse revolting mercenaries led by Leptines II and Polyperchon reputedly was stabbed to death with the same sword he...
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    commander-in-chief. He strengthened his position by marrying the daughter of Leptines, one of the leading citizen of Syracuse. In the meantime, the Mamertines...
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    Catana to attack the Carthaginians. Due to the rash tactics of his brother Leptines, the Greek fleet was heavily defeated at the Battle of Catana (397 BC)...
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    retained control of Phoebeia, but it was captured by Syracusan forces led by Leptines and Callippus in 351 BC. Rhegion then reverted to its original name. Throughout...
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  • sources on the period are fragmentary. Meanwhile Troina may have taken Leptines's power in Apollonia and Eugione, Mamercus was based in Catania, Nicodemus...
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  • their slaves. He strengthens his position by marrying the daughter of Leptines, the city's leading citizen. Antiochus's alliance with Antigonus II, now...
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    Deipnosophists. Vol. XIII, VI. 70. Demosthenes (1886). King, John R. (ed.). Against Leptines. Macmillan. Gellius, Aulus (1927). The Attic Nights. Translated by Rolfe...
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    Demosthenes, XX = Against Leptines (27). Demosthenes XI = Against Phenippos (16). Demosthenes, XX = Against Leptines (26). The law of Leptines specifically sought...
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    after the nearby great naval Battle of Catana (397 BC) where they defeated Leptines of Syracuse, and in 396 BC forcing the local Campanian mercenaries to relocate...
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    Books 3–7, Xenophon Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3.8 Demosthenes Against Leptines 20.52–20.53 Philippic I, Book 4.24 Shipley, G. 2000. The Greek World After...
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    in consequence chosen as a place of retirement or exile by his brother Leptines and his friend Philistus. The rise of the Bruttian people about 356 BC...
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  • friends all the latest notions of science, philosophy, and literature. Leptine, a girl that Alexander himself had saved from slavery, also joins the boys...
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    infantry and 3,000 cavalry. Dionysius sent his navy under his brother Leptines to blockade Motya, and himself moved with the army to Eryx, which surrendered...
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    and dedicated to a friend named in several fragments: Glaucus, son of Leptines. The chronology for Archilochus is complex but modern scholars generally...
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  • attacked the city, while the tyrant Leptines (Ancient Greek: Λεπτίνης) was the ruler. After he defeated the Leptines, he restored its autonomy. Its site...
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  • Younger, before 352 BC (expelled) Calippus, 352/351 BC (assassinated) Leptines II, after 351 BC Decius Vibellius, 280-270 BC (conquered) Demoteles, 7th...
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    Philistus married the daughter of Dionysius' brother Leptines. Dionysius feared that Leptines and Philistus would use the marriage as the basis of an...
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    Dionysus garrisoned it under an officer named Biton, while his brother Leptines of Syracuse made it the base of his fleet. But the next spring (396 BC)...
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