Hiero (Greek: Ἱέρων, Hiéron) is a minor work by Xenophon, set as a dialogue between Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, Magna Graecia, and the lyric poet Simonides...
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Hiero I of Syracuse (redirect from Hieron I)
Siculus XI 38, 48, 49, 51, 53, 66, 67; Xenophon, Hiero, 6. 2; E. Lübbert, Syrakus zur Zeit des Gelon und Hieron (1875). N. Luraghi, Tirannidi archaiche...
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instance of this penalty in fact being carried out. In his dialogue Hieron, Xenophon claims that the right to kill a moichos was enshrined in law not just...
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On Horsemanship (redirect from De l'Équitation (Xénophon))
soldier Xenophon (c. 430–354 BC). Other common titles for this work are De equis alendis and The Art of Horsemanship. The other work by Xenophon on horsemanship...
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Peloponnesian war, placing them to 804 or 821 BC. The 4th century BC Greek general Xenophon, on the other hand, claimed that he was also responsible for the creation...
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denounced the rule of tyrants (i.e. rulers like Hieron) in an ode composed shortly after a visit to Hieron's sumptuous court in 476–75 BC (Pythian 11). Pindar's...
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highlights the fertility and richness of this plain, as do Herodotus, Xenophon, Polybius, and Livy. Historians such as Walter Leaf have speculated on...
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there, especially if we are to think of him as spending his last days at Hieron's court. It is very remarkable that no ancient writer expressly says he ever...
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Apparently, Pytheas said that tides ended at the "sacred promontory" (Hieron akrōtērion, or Sagres Point), and from there to Gades is said to be 5 days'...
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level of wealth and size by this time. Writing in the 5th century BC, Xenophon refers to Colossae as "a populous city, wealthy and of considerable magnitude"...
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Mantineia 79 § 464 BC Stadion Xenophon Corinth Eusebius 79 § 464 BC Boxing Diagoras Rhodes 79 § 464 BC Pentathlon Xenophon Corinth 79 § 464 BC Boys' Boxing...
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coins of the town as well as in manuscripts of Herodotus's Histories, Xenophon's Hellenica, Arrian's Anabasis, and other works. Except for the Maiden's...
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Herodotus calls it Cius of Mysia; and also Xenophon, from which it appears that Mysia, even in Xenophon's time, extended at least as far east as the head...
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Vol. 29.1.1. Xenophon. Anabasis. Vol. 7.2.28. Xenophon. Anabasis. Vol. 5.15. Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 1.1.21. Plutarch, Alc. 30; Xenophon. Hellenica....
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there, especially if we are to think of him as spending his last days at Hieron's court. It is very remarkable that no ancient writer expressly says he ever...
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Tarsus was the seat of a Persian satrapy from 400 BC onward. Indeed, Xenophon records that in 401 BC, when Cyrus the Younger marched against Babylon...
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the name of the location: "Delphi says ..." etc. Implication was common: hieron, "the sacred [pronouncement]," fatus meus, "my fate," etc. The other type...
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18866/j.ctt1pc5gxc.27. Greenwalt, Crawford H. (1995). "Sardis in the Age of Xenophon". Pallas. 43 (1): 125–145. doi:10.3406/palla.1995.1367. Gadbery, Laura...
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century) — physician Artemidorus (2nd century CE) — diviner and author Xenophon (2nd–3rd century) — novelist Maximus (4th century) — neoplatonic philosopher...
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Eusene, Gadilon,Garzoubanthon, Gaziura, Gozalena, Heracleium, Hermonassa, Hieron Oros, Hyssus, Ibora, Ischopolis, Kabeira, Karoussa, Kizari, Komana Pontika...
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site's history. Gordion is mentioned in the following ancient sources: Xenophon Hellenica 1.4.1; Hellenica Oxyrhynchia 21.6; Plutarch Life of Alexander...
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'school' ζυγόν zugón 'yoke', ᾠόν ōión 'egg', ναυτικόν nautikón 'fleet', ἱερόν hierón 'temple' (the last two are derived from adjectives) Words ending in -ιον...
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Pericles (1894) and Themistocles (1881 ; 3rd ed. enlarged, 1892); Xenophon's 'Hieron' (1883; 3rd ed. 1888) and 'Œconomicus' (1884; 4th ed. 1889); and Cicero's...
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48 (4): 421–5. doi:10.1001/archneur.1991.00530160091020. PMID 2012518. Hierons R (1993). "Charcot and his visits to Britain". BMJ. 307 (6919): 1589–91...
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1989, p. 78. Classical Philology. p. 53 The Works of Xenophon: & II and Anabasis. 1890 By Xenophon. Pg 98 Thucydides (2.2) states that it began "in the...
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Athens throughout this time, and contributed a phoros of 4-6 talents. Xenophon documented that Abydos possessed gold mines at Astyra or Kremaste at the...
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sources comes from Xenophon's Anabasis, since the march of the Ten Thousand under Xenophon's command ended at Pergamon in 400/399 BC. Xenophon, who calls the...
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Hipparchicus (category Works by Xenophon)
soldier Xenophon (circa 430 – 354 BC). Other common titles for this work include The cavalry commander and The cavalry general. The other work by Xenophon on...
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the area. The name of the city was first cited in the book Anabasis by Xenophon as Kerasus. Historic records reveal that the city was dominated by the...
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