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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 ...
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 I (/ l i ə ˈ n aɪ d ə s,-d æ s /; Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. He was the son of king Anaxandridas II and the 17th king of the Agiad dynasty , a Spartan royal house which claimed descent from the mythical demigod Heracles .
Attributed in the Greek Anthology to Leonidas. Greek Anthology, vii, 35. Included in the Edmonds edition. The Fates decreed tears for Hecuba and the Trojan women even at the hour of their birth; and after thou, Dio, hadst triumphed in the accomplishment of noble deeds, the gods spilt all thy far-reaching hopes. But thou liest in thy spacious ...
As Leonidas of Tarentum wrote epigrams on fishermen, and one of them is a dedication of his tackle to Poseidon by Diophantus, the fisher, it is likely that the author of this poem was an imitator of Leonidas. It can hardly be by Leonidas himself, who was a contemporary of Theocritus, as it bears marks of lateness. [6] 25.
The Last Watch of Hero by Frederic Leighton, depicting Hero anxiously waiting for Leander during the storm. Hero and Leander (/ ˈ h iː r oʊ /, / l iː ˈ æ n d ər /) is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero (Ancient Greek: Ἡρώ, Hērṓ; [hɛː.rɔ̌ː]), a priestess of Aphrodite (Venus in Roman mythology) who dwelt in a tower in Sestos on the European side of the Hellespont, and ...
King Leonidas of Sparta, in response to King Xerxes of Persia's demand that the Greek army lay down their arms before the Battle of Thermopylae. [21] μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως mustḗrion tês písteōs "mystery of faith", from I Timothy 3:9. Latinized as Mysterium Fidei is a Christian theological term.
In Greek mythology, Lethe (Ancient Greek: Λήθη, lit. 'Forgetfulness, Oblivion') [1] is the personification of forgetfulness and oblivion. According to Hesiod's Theogony, Lethe was the daughter of Eris (Strife), with no father mentioned. Her name was also given to Lethe, the river of oblivion in the Underworld. [2]