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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.
Philetas of Dodona Tragoedus c. 400 - 375 [11] Epicrates of Ambracia comic poet 4th century BC; Pyrrhus of Epirus memoirs and books on military, mechanics and siegecraft [12] Nicolaus of Epirus Tragoedus winner in Delian festival 279 BC [13] Glaucus of Nicopolis epigrammatic poet of Greek Anthology
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.
According to the Christian historian Eusebius, Leonides' son was the early Church father Origen. [1] Eusebius also says that he was of Greek nationality. [1] In the same passage Eusebius tells us that Leonides was martyred during the persecution of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus in the year 202 AD. Condemned to death by the Egyptian ...
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.
Leonidas [a] of Alexandria (/ l i ˈ ɒ n ɪ d ə s,-d æ s /; Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας; Latin: Leonidas Alexandrinus; fl. 1st century AD) was a Greek epigrammatist active at Rome during the reigns of Nero and Vespasian. Some of his epigrams are preserved in the Greek Anthology, and in one he lays claim to having invented the isopsephic ...
Leonidas at Thermopylae, a 19th-century oil painting by Jacques-Louis David; Leonidas, an 1894 secular oratorio by Max Bruch. ELBO Leonidas-2, Greek-built armored personnel carrier; Leonidas Squadron (Leonidas Staffel), experimental Luftwaffe unit of suicide pilots that tested crewed versions of the V-1 flying bomb; Leonidas, the codename for ...
Leonidas I (/ l i ə ˈ n aɪ d ə s,-d æ s /; Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. He was the son of king Anaxandridas II and the 17th king of the Agiad dynasty , a Spartan royal house which claimed descent from the mythical demigod Heracles .