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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.
Arybbas of Epirus Tethrippon Olympics 344 BC [3] Tlasimachus of Ambracia Tethrippon and Synoris Olympics 296 BC [4] Simacus (son of Phalacrion) Thesprotian 3rd-2nd century BC Pancratiast, Epidauria (fined) [5] [6] Alcemachus (son of Charops) Diaulos (~400-metre race) Panathenaics 194/3 BC
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] 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 ...
Hermoniakos' Iliad was mainly based on two 12th century works: the Chronike Synopsis of Constantine Manasses and John Tzetzes' Allegories of the Iliad. [2] His intention was to make Homer easy to comprehend for his contemporaries, so while some sections are copied verbatim, others are considerably altered to remove "pagan" references to the Olympian gods and to reflect the more familiar ...
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. [92] 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. [93]
King Edward V of England (as Prince Edward) Giorgio Battistelli, Richard III (2004) [1] King Edward VI of England. Priit Pajusaar: The Prince and the Pauper (2013) [2] Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi SS Head Erkki-Sven Tüür: Wallenberg; Albert Einstein, German-American scientist Paul Dessau: Einstein; Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach