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Fragment of an epigram attributed to Leonidas about deer-hunting, from a fresco in Suasa (now Castelleone di Suasa, Italy) Leonidas of Tarentum (/ l iː ˈ ɒ n ɪ d ə s /; Doric Greek: Λεωνίδας ὁ Ταραντῖνος) was an epigrammatist and lyric poet. He lived in Italy in the third century B.C. at Tarentum, on the coast of ...
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 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.
Saint Leonidas (or Leonides) refers to several Christian martyrs: An Egyptian who died in the Diocletianic Persecution (feast day 28 January) A companion of St. Diomedes (feast day 2 September) A 4th-century Eastern Orthodox martyr (feast day 8 August) A sixth-century Bishop of Athens (feast day 15 April)
YouTube Kids has faced criticism from advocacy groups, particularly the Fairplay Organization, for concerns surrounding the app's use of commercial advertising, as well as algorithmic suggestions of videos that may be inappropriate for the app's target audience, as the app has been associated with a controversy surrounding disturbing or violent ...
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]
In Odyssey, former Abstergo employee Layla Hassan discovers the broken spear of King Leonidas of Sparta, which is in fact a powerful Isu artifact. After reliving Leonidas' final moment of triumph during the Battle of Thermopylai for the game's tutorial section, she is then presented with a choice to explore the genetic memories of Leonidas' grandchildren, either Alexios or Kassandra, via her ...
Leonidas was the son of Cleonymus and grandson of King Cleomenes II (r. 370–309) of the Agiad dynasty, one of the two royal families of Sparta (the other being the Eurypontids). [1] [2] Leonidas II was raised at the Seleucid court, and according to Plutarch's Life of Agis IV, he married a Persian woman.