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The early Athenian tradition, followed by the 3rd century BC Parian Chronicle, made Cecrops, a mythical half-man half-serpent, the first king of Athens. [5] The dates for the following kings were conjectured centuries later, by historians of the Hellenistic era who tried to backdate events by cross-referencing earlier sources such as the Parian Chronicle.
Ancient Athenians (10 C, 54 P) B. Byzantine Athenians (12 P) F. ... Pages in category "People from Athens" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total.
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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".
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.
Lycurgus of Athens, one of the ten notable orators at Athens, (4th century BC) Lycurgus (of Nemea), king; Lycurgus of Sparta, creator of constitution of Sparta; Lycurgus of Thrace, king, opponent of Dionysus; Lycurgus, a.k.a. Lycomedes, in Homer; Lycus – historian; Lydiadas – Megalopolitan general; Lygdamis of Naxos – tyrant of Naxos ...
Myrtis' reconstructed appearance, National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Myrtis is the name given by archaeologists to an 11-year-old girl from ancient Athens, whose remains were discovered in 1994–95 in a mass grave during work to build the metro station at Kerameikos, Greece. [1] The name was chosen from common ancient Greek names. [2]
Cleanthes was born in Assos in the Troad, about 330 BC. [a] According to Diogenes Laërtius, [2] he was the son of Phanias, and early in life he was a successful boxer.With but four drachmae in his possession he came to Athens, where he took up philosophy, listening first to the lectures of Crates the Cynic, [3] and then to those of Zeno, the Stoic.