Hellenistic

There are 1575 items in Hellenistic:

Herodas

Herodas (Greek: Ἡρώδας): Hellenistic poet, author of several mimes, short poems containing a farce.The Author Myrina, Statuette of two chatting ladies Among…

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Herodian 1.11

Herodian (late second, first half third century): Greek historian, author of a History of the Roman Empire since the Death of Marcus Aurelius in which he describes the reign of Commodus (180-192), the Year of the Five Emperors (193), the age…

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Herodian 2.2

Herodian (late second, first half third century): Greek historian, author of a History of the Roman Empire since the Death of Marcus Aurelius in which he describes the reign of Commodus (180-192), the Year of the Five Emperors (193), the age…

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Hipparchus

Hipparchus of Nicaea (second century BCE): Greek astronomer, discoverer of the precession.The stellar catalogue made by Hipparchus of Nicaea contains observations that can be dated to 162-128 BCE, and this gives us an indication about the period in which he…

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