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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. Helen (Ἑλένη) the wife of Menelaus, the King of Sparta. Paris visits ...
A. Achaeus (general) Adeimantus of Corinth; Admetus of Macedon; Aegialeus (strategos) Aeropus of Lyncestis; Agasias of Arcadia; Agatharchus of Syracuse; Agathocles of Syracuse
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 ...
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
a listing of names and features (with period, modern name and literature reference information) a bibliography; The CD-ROM also contains the gazetteer in PDF format and an installer of the version 4 of Adobe Acrobat Reader with Search for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. However, on Windows systems with the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat ...
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Both for Greek and for Latin texts, in both the systems referred to above, abbreviations are conventionally based on the Latin name of the author and title of the work. For instance, Aristophanes' Frogs is abbreviated "Ra." or "Ran." (from Ranae) and Horace's Odes are abbreviated "Carm." (from Carmina). This is due to the former status of Latin ...
Aeneas Tacticus [1] (Ancient Greek: Αἰνείας ὁ Τακτικός; fl. 4th century BC) was one of the earliest Greek writers on the art of war and is credited as the first author to provide a complete guide to securing military communications. [2] Polybius described his design for a hydraulic semaphore system. [3] [4]