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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.
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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.
Leonidas was the second son of Anaxandridas' first wife, and either the elder brother or twin of Cleombrotus. [1] Leonidas' name means "descendant of Leon", and he was named after his grandfather Leon of Sparta. The Doric Greek suffix -ίδας, with corresponding Attic form -ίδης, mainly means "descendant of". [2]
The prince returns and, seeing the puppy, banishes his wife to the stables. Meanwhile, an aspen tree sprouts on the spot where they poured out the cauldron. The prince fells it down and uses it as beam in his house. His wife gets some splinters of the aspen to make a fire to warm herself. A coal jumps out of the fire and turns into a gold coin.
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One night, the three daughters of a poor couple talk to each other: the oldest wants to marry the royal cook so she can eat the finest meals; the middle one wants to marry the royal treasurer to be rich, and the youngest wants to marry the king's son and bear him three children, the Sun, the Moon and the Morning Star.
Leonidas I: Battle of Thermopylae: c. 480 – 459 BC: Pleistarchus: First Peloponnesian War begins c. 459 – 445 BC, 426 – 409 BC: Pleistoanax: Second Peloponnesian War begins c. 445 – 426 BC, 409 – 395 BC: Pausanias: Helped restore democracy in Athens; Spartan hegemony: c. 395 – 380 BC: Agesipolis I: Corinthian War begins c. 380 ...