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Epaminondas

Epaminondas (†362): Theban general, famous for improvements of the phalanx.After the Athenian defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Sparta was the leading power in Greece. Immediately, it started to support the revolt of Cyrus the Younger against the Persian king Artaxerxes II…

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Ephor

Ephor (Greek: ἔφορος) “overseer”: name of an annually elected official in ancient Sparta and its colonies Thera and Cyrene.Origin The origin of the ephorate is not known. Writing in the mid fifth-century, the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus states that it…

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Epictetus

Epictetus (c.50-c.125): Greek-Roman philosopher, belonging to the Stoic school. A Roman, first quarter of the second century Born in Phrygia, Epictetus became…

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Epicurus

Epicurus (342-271): Greek philosopher, founder of a school that is named after him, Epicurism. Epicurus We live happiest when we are free…

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