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- Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: Following the unification of the multiple city states of [[Ancient Gr...
9: ...ed not by Philip, who was afraid of her and her affinity for sleeping in the company of snakes, but by...
11: ...he [[Oracle]] of Ammon at Siwah, according to all five of the extant historians ([[Arrian]], [[Quintus...
23: ...Halicarnassus]], Alexander successfully waged the first of many sieges, eventually forcing his opponen...
27: ...tle of Gaugamela]]. Darius was forced to flee the field after his charioteer was killed, and Alexander... - Anacharsis (4399 bytes)
2: ...n; those who have ''no'' skill, judge"'' —[[Diogenes Laertius]], of Anacharsis.
8: ... countrymen." Thereupon the Scythian stepped significantly across the threshold, and said that, now th...
10: Anacharis was the first stranger who received the privileges of Atheni...
14: ...that the vine bears three clusters of grapes: the first wine, pleasure; the second, drunkenness, the t...
20: ...ys and especially for the impious attempt to sacrifice to the Mother Goddess [[Cybele]], whose role wa... - Anaxarchus (1184 bytes)
3: ... Great]] in his Asiatic campaigns. According to [[Diogenes Laertius]] (Lives 9.10.2), in response to Alexand...
7: Diogenes Laertius (Lives 9.10.3) also says that [[Nicocreo... - Pyrrho (3149 bytes)
1: ...quoting from [[Apollodorus]], says that he was at first a painter, and that pictures by him were in ex...
5: ..., said Pyrrho, is to ask himself three questions. Firstly we must ask what things are and how they are... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
6: ...ratic]]s, grace smells one can say little with confidence about his life and teachings. Pythagoras an...
17: ...er [[taboo]]s, including the proper way to stir a fire or place one's shoes before going to sleep.
23: ...original teaching. Even today, scholars cannot definitively identify the "real" Pythagoreans.
25: ...mer, a pioneering scientist, or a wild [[shaman]]-figure. <!-- examples here might be nice --> The tru...
30: ==Scientific contributions== - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
10: ...tific importance. Plato can be called, with qualification, an [[idealism|idealist]] and a [[rationali...
12: ...lt, these works tend to be eclectic, dense and difficult to read. Among the most important ones are ''...
14: Aristotle is known for being one of the few figures in history who studied almost every subject ...
19: ...ater hidden to avoid confiscation or destruction; finally, the manuscripts were rediscovered in [[70 B...
45: ...cquisition of books and the pursuit of his scientific investigation. - Plato (17363 bytes)
4: ...er suspect (e.g., ''[[First Alcibiades (dialogue)|First Alcibiades]]'', ''[[Clitophon (dialogue)|Clito...
20: ...thought and attention on the consideration of his first principles: are they or are they not rightly l...
24: In Plato's writings one finds debates concerning the best possible form of g...
27: ...opic by asking questions of one another. Socrates figures prominently and a lively, more disorganized ...
29: ...-and-answer style is more ''pro forma'': the main figure represents Plato and the minor characters hav... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
387: *[[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], (1631-1679){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
430: *[[Bruno de Finetti]], (1906-1985){{fn|O}} - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ... Latin]] by making [[Greek language|Greek]] the official language). Numismatists note the monetary ref...
8: ...; son in-law of Constantine I, brother-in-law and first cousin of Constantius II, grandson of Constant...
23: ...d [[474]] - [[491]]) – son-in-law of Leo I (first husband of Ariadne), father of Leo II
84: ...]]) – son-in-law of Constantine VIII (Zoe's first husband)
98: *[[Romanus IV]] Diogenes (1032-1072, co-emperor [[1067]] - [[1071]]) &ndas...
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