Hellenistic
There are 1575 items in Hellenistic:
Zeno of Kition
Zeno of Kition (336-264): philosopher from Cyprus, founder of the philosophiocal school that is known as Stoicism or the Stoa. Zeno of…
Zeno of Kition |
Zeugma (Belkis)
Zeugma: one of the main crossings of the Upper-Euphrates., famous for the many mosaics excavated in the 1990s. Belkis Tepe Zeugma (litt.:…
Zeugma, Antiochus I Theos of Commagene shaking hands with Apollo-Helios-Mithras (1) |
Zeugma, Antiochus I Theos of Commagene shaking hands with Apollo-Helios-Mithras |
Zeus
Zeus (Greek: Ζεύς): Supreme deity of the ancient Greeks. Adopting Greek mythology, the Romans identified him with Jupiter.Zeus A thundering Zeus…
Zeus on a coin from Antimachus I Theos |
Ziaelas of Bithynia
Ziaelas: king of of Bithynia (r. 254-228 BCE).When Nicomedes I of Bithynia died in 255 BCE, he left sons from two marriages: from Ditizele, a lady from Hellespontine Phrygia, he had sons named Ziaelas and Prusias, and several other children…Zipoetes I of Bithynia
Zipoetes I (r.c.326-c.278 BCE): king of Bithynia.Zipoetes I succeeded his father Bas in about 326 BCE, during the reign of Alexander the Great, and managed to keep the Bithynians independent during the Diadoch Wars, fighting mainly against Lysimachus, the ruler…Zipoetes II of Bithynia
Zipoetes II: rebel king of Bithynia (r.278-276 BCE).King Zipoetes I of Bithynia died in 278, after a reign of almost half a century, in which he had been able to maintain his independence. seventy-six years old. His son Nicomedes I succeeded…
Zoilus of Bactria |
Zone
Zone: Samothracean colony on the south-east coast of Thrace. It was an important commercial centre in this region and reached the height of its prosperity during the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. …