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Leonidas of Epirus (Greek: Λεωνίδας ο Ηπειρώτης) or Leuconides (Greek: Λευκονίδης), was a tutor of Alexander the Great. A kinsman of Alexander's mother, Olympias , he was entrusted with the main superintendence of Alexander's education in his earlier years, apparently before he became a student of Aristotle.
Echetus King of Epirus; Epirus, a Theban, died in Epirus. Callidice of Thesprotia, queen of Thesprotians and wife of Odysseus; Molossus; Pandrasus, a Greek king in medieval British legend [1] Thesprotus; Tyrimmas, King of Dodona; his daughter Euippe made a child with Odysseus
Leonidas – Olympias' uncle and Alexander's great-uncle. Leonidas serves as regent of Macedon during one of Philip's absences and seeks to toughen Alexander into an obedient, hard soldier. Attalos – One of Phliip's generals. Early in the novel he attacks Pausanias as part of a romantic quarrel of honor.
Cover page of first edition (1853) 1921 edition illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys.
Leonidas was heir to the Agiad throne (successor of Cleomenes I) and a full citizen at the time of the Battle of Sepeia against Argos (c. 494 BC). [7] Likewise, he was a full citizen when the Persians sought submission from Sparta and met with vehement rejection in 492/491 BC.
He was a son of King Pyrrhus of Epirus and his fourth wife, Bircenna, daughter of Bardylis II of Illyria.Helenus was the youngest of Pyrrhus' sons. [1]At a very young age he accompanied his father on his ambitious campaign in Italy. [2]
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
In a non-Homeric version of the story, Achilles's mother Thetis had a vision many years before Achilles's birth that there would be a great war, and that her only son was to die in it if he partook. She tried to prevent him from being called to fight in the Trojan War by hiding him , disguised as a woman, in the court of Lycomedes , the king of ...