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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.
Pleistarchus was born as a prince, likely the only son of King Leonidas I and Queen Gorgo. His grandparents were Kings Anaxandridas II and Cleomenes I. [3] He was born from an avunculate marriage – his parents were uncle and niece. [4] His uncle Cleombrotus was his tutor. [5] Pleistarchus' father King Leonidas perished in 480 BC at the Battle ...
The music of Epirus (Greek: Μουσική της Ηπείρου), in Epirus, northwestern Greece, present to varying degree in the rest of Greece and the islands, contains folk songs that are mostly pentatonic and polyphonic, characterized as relaxed, gentle and exceptionally beautiful, and sung by both male and female singers. [1]
Some Nisiotika musicians include Nikos Oikonomidis, Leonidas Klados and Stathis Koukoularis. Folk dances in the Cyclades include Lerikos, Syrtos (Serifou, Naxou and Kythnou), Amorgos dance and Ballos. A prominent singer of Cycladic music was Domna Samiou, who was trained by Greek musicologist, Simon Karas. [12]
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.
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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 ...