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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.
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.
In 1578, the members of the family living in Pesaro were embroiled in a scandal as brothers Leonidas and Scipione Paleologus, and their nephew Theodore, were arrested for attempted murder. [93] What happened to Scipione is not known, but Leonidas was executed. On account of his young age, Theodore was exiled from Pesaro rather than executed. [94]
In order to ensure the protection of the local population, Zografos proposed three options to the European Powers for Northern Epirus: full autonomy under the nominal sovereignty of the Prince of Albania, extensive administrative or cantonal-type autonomy with a gendarmerie recruited exclusively among locals, or a period of direct control by ...
Apollodorus' Library, in Book 3 and in the Epitome 5.10–12, 5.21, 5.24; The Aeneid by Virgil; Trojan Women by Seneca; The Posthomerica, an epic poem by Quintus of Smyrna; In Historia Regum Britanniae, he enslaved Helenus and other Trojans in revenge for the death of his father; In Confessio Amantis Book 4 line 2161ff he is the slayer of the ...
Cleombrotus II, put on the throne by the Eurypontid Agis IV to replace Leonidas II forced into exile in 243–241, but in turn went into exile when Leonidas was restored. He was the son-in-law of Leonidas II, but his relationship with the other Agiads is uncertain. [64] Chilonis, daughter of Leonidas II, wife of Cleombrotus II.
Michael I Komnenos Doukas, Latinized as Comnenus Ducas (Greek: Μιχαήλ Κομνηνός Δούκας, romanized: Mikhaēl Komnēnos Doukas), and in modern sources often recorded as Michael I Angelos, a name he never used, [1] was the founder and first ruler of the Despotate of Epirus from c. 1205 until his assassination in 1214/15.
Leonidas, a 5th-century BC sculpture; Leonidas at Thermopylae, a 19th-century oil painting by Jacques-Louis David; Leonidas, an 1894 secular oratorio by Max Bruch. Leonidas Squadron (Leonidas Staffel), experimental Luftwaffe unit of suicide pilots that tested crewed versions of the V-1 flying bomb; Leonidas, the codename for Fedora 11