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Calchas (Κάλχας), a powerful Greek prophet and omen reader, who guided the Greeks through the war with his predictions. Diomedes ( Διομήδης , also called "Tydides"), the youngest of the Achaean commanders, famous for wounding two gods, Aphrodite and Ares .
A polemarch (/ ˈ p ɒ l ə ˌ m ɑːr k /, from Ancient Greek: πολέμαρχος, polemarchos) was a senior military title in various ancient Greek city states . The title is derived from the words polemos (war) and archon (ruler, leader) and translates as "warleader" or "warlord". The name indicates that the polemarch's original function ...
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Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... List of ancient Greek tyrants; List of kings of Argos;
Greek name English name Description The Twelve Titans Κοῖος (Koîos) Coeus: God of intellect and the axis of heaven around which the constellations revolved. Κρεῖος (Kreîos) Crius: The least individualized of the Twelve Titans, he is the father of Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. Implied to be the god of constellations. Κρόνος ...
Anax (Greek: ἄναξ; from earlier ϝάναξ, wánax) is an ancient Greek word for "tribal chief, lord (military) leader". [1] It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king", the other being basileus, and is inherited from Mycenaean Greece. It is notably used in Homeric Greek, e.g. for Agamemnon.
The hoplite was an infantryman, the central element of warfare in Ancient Greece. The word hoplite (Greek ὁπλίτης, hoplitēs) derives from hoplon (ὅπλον, plural hopla, ὅπλα) meaning the arms carried by a hoplite [1] Hoplites were the citizen-soldiers of the Ancient Greek City-states (except Spartans who were professional ...