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Pages in category "Ancient Greek generals" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The early Athenian tradition, followed by the 3rd century BC Parian Chronicle, made Cecrops, a mythical half-man half-serpent, the first king of Athens. [5] The dates for the following kings were conjectured centuries later, by historians of the Hellenistic era who tried to backdate events by cross-referencing earlier sources such as the Parian Chronicle.
Ancient Greek generals (9 C, 103 P) H. Hellenic Army generals (3 C, 48 P) ... Pages in category "Greek generals" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of ...
This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ancient people of Greek culture who were also born and have Greek origins and ethnic Greeks from Greece and the Mediterranean world. These include ancient people of Greek culture who were also born and have Greek origins and ethnic Greeks from Greece and the Mediterranean world.
Alcibiades (/ ˌ æ l s ɪ ˈ b aɪ. ə d iː z / AL-sib-EYE-ə-deez; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκιβιάδης; c. 450 – 404 BC) was an Athenian statesman and general. The last of the Alcmaeonidae , he played a major role in the second half of the Peloponnesian War as a strategic advisor, military commander, and politician, but subsequently fell ...
Map of Ancient Thrace made by Abraham Ortelius in 1585. Olorus, 5th century BC [12] Syrmus, king of the Triballi [13] 4th century BC; Bergaios, petty king of Pangaeum; Dromichaetes, of the Getae 300 BC; Langarus, of the Agrianes; Pleuratus, a Thracian or Illyrian king that attacked Tylis 213–208 BC; Diegylis, chieftain of the Caeni extremely ...
For most of its history, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta in the Peloponnese was ruled by kings. Sparta was unusual among the Greek city-states in that it maintained its kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had two kings simultaneously, who were called the archagetai, [1] [n 1] coming from two separate lines.
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. Helen (Ἑλένη) the wife of Menelaus, the King of Sparta. Paris visits ...