Pheidon (Greek: Φείδων) was an Argive ruler during the 7th century BCE and 10th in line to Temenus. He was arguably Argos's most ambitious and successful...
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Aristomachos. Ancestor of the royal Macedonian dynasty, the Temenids. Pheidon I. Son of Temenus. Deiphontes. Son-in-law of Temenos. Cisos or Ceisos....
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Pheidon I (Greek: Φείδων'A) was a king of Argos in the 8th century BC, and seems to have been a son of Temenus, a great-great-grandson of Heracles. He...
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in the Argolis, possibly c. 669 BC during the rule of the Argive tyrant Pheidon. One of the few major setbacks suffered by the Spartans in conflict with...
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expansion and power under the energetic 7th century BC ruler King Pheidon. Under Pheidon, Argos regained sway over the cities of the Argolid and challenged...
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associated with the invention (although the Parian Chronicle mentions Pheidon of Argos as a contender). In 546 BC, Croesus was captured by the Persians...
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Yale Professor and Historian Donald Kagan sustains that the king of Argos Pheidon was "the first man to strike silver coins on the island of Aegina" in the...
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Temenus, was the first king of Argos, who later counted the famous tyrant Pheidon. At Macedonia, the Heraclids formed the Argead Dynasty, whose name comes...
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2006 British three volume set of reference books on industrial design Pheidon, king of Argos This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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pride is the dispute about coinage, whether the first one to strike it was Pheidon of Argos, or Demodike of Kyme (who was wife of Midas the Phrygian and daughter...
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assistance of Pheidon I, tyrant of Argos, in conjunction with whom they celebrated the festival. But almost immediately afterwards the power of Pheidon was destroyed...
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(1917–1999), Greek general who was President of Greece from 1973 to 1974 Pheidon, an Argive ruler during the 7th century BCE Phedon Papamichael (born 1962)...
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Mediterranean known to have officially set standards of weight and money was Pheidon. Minting occurred in the late 7th century BC amongst the Greek cities of...
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Argives won the battle and so repulsed the invasion. Argos, then ruled by Pheidon II, thus confirmed its continuing dominance in the Peloponnese, unbroken...
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pre-Dorian times. It is usually stated on the authority of Ephorus, that Pheidon of Argos established a mint in Aegina, the first city-state to issue coins...
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Committees of The House of Representatives. Used around the Euboea Used by Pheidon, king of Argos Used around the Aegina by which the exclusive rights which...
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prestige and political advantage. Pausanias later writes that in 668 BC, Pheidon of Argos was commissioned by the town of Pisa to capture the sanctuary...
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various ancient authors, either the son, brother, or relative of the Argive king Pheidon Coenus Unknown Son of Caranus Tyrimmas Unknown Son of Coenus...
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of Temenus, the princes argued about who should be king. One of them, Pheidon, defeated his brothers in battle and took over the kingship. Caranus then...
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priests of Heraion that Pheidon, king of Argos, dedicated rod-shaped obeloi to Heraion. Similar information about Pheidon's obeloi was also recorded...
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270 BC (hands city over to Kingdom of Pontus) Laphaes, 6th century BC Pheidon, around 550 BC Perilaus, c. 546 BC Archinus, c. 395 BC Aristippus the Elder...
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speaks about those who invented the process of coining money mentioning Pheidon and Demodike from Cyme, wife of the Phrygian king, Midas, and daughter...
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in classical Greece, but archon (ruler) or tyrannos (tyrant); although Pheidon of Argos is described by Aristotle as a basileus who made himself into...
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- Aristomachus - Temenus - Cissius - Thestius - Merops - Aristodamis - Pheidon - Caranus. Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.760 ff. & 2.184 Antoninus Liberalis, 36;...
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the first law code of this city. In another notable city-state, Corinth, Pheidon composed the first set of the city laws. Though the author of the law code...
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dates: older datings are noted in Donald W. Bradeen, "The Lelantine War and Pheidon of Argo", Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association...
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Demetrius (Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος) son of Pythonax, surnamed Pheidon, was one of the Hetairoi of Alexander. In 327 BC, when the King attempted to introduce...
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founded by Ionians 691 Antandrus is founded and annexed by Mytilene 690 Pheidon becomes tyrant of Argos. 689 Gela is founded by Cretans and Rodians 688...
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Kleonikos 242/241 BC 6th P. Petrie II 44 = III 54b. 050 Archibios, son of Pheidon 241/240 BC 7th P. Hausw. 2; 8; 9. 051 Onomastos, son of Pyrgon or Pyrrhon...
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speaks about those who invented the process of coining money mentioning Pheidon and Demodike from Cyme, wife of the Phrygian king, Midas, and daughter...
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