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The ancient people of the Middle East referred to the Hellenes as Yunan, deriving from Persian Yauna [citation needed], itself a loan of Greek Ιωνία , the western coast of Asia Minor. It is by affiliation with the Ionian tribe the Persians conquered in the late 6th century BC that their name extended to all Hellenes.
A slightly different mythical version of Athens' past is given in Plato's dialogue Timaeus. In this dialogue, a story is told about information given to Athenian leader Solon from Egyptian priests of the goddess Neith while he visited Egypt, according to which a well advanced Athenian state was established 9,000 years prior to his time that ...
This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ancient people of Greek culture who were also born and have Greek origins and ethnic Greeks from Greece and the Mediterranean world. These include ancient people of Greek culture who were also born and have Greek origins and ethnic Greeks from Greece and the Mediterranean world.
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
Relief believed to depict a procession honoring Athena; the woman in the middle has sometimes been identified as the High Priestess of Athena Polias. The High Priestess of Athena Polias held the highest religious office in Ancient Athens. The priesthood was a hereditary position open only to married women, with a lifetime appointment. [1]
Alexander I of Macedon, runner and Olympic winner; Astylos of Croton; Pheidippides Phidippides, acclaimed runner and 'inspirator' of the Olympic Marathon race, who had run back and forth between Athens and Sparta in order to relay news of the Battle of Marathon, resulting in his death from ultimate exhaustion, when in his last breath he yelled out "We (the Greeks) won".
Ancient Athenians (10 C, 54 P) B. Byzantine Athenians (12 P) F. ... Pages in category "People from Athens" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total.
His mother and her name are not recorded. [14] Most of the details known about his life come from the biography and anecdotes preserved by Diogenes Laërtius in his Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers written in the 3rd century AD, a few of which are confirmed by the Suda (a 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia). [15]