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Ephorus of Cyme
Ephorus of Cyme: (Greek: Ἔφορος ὁ Κυμαῖος): Greek historian, living in the fourth century BCE.Ephorus of Cyme, who lived from c.400 to c.330 BCE and was a disciple by Isocrates, is the author of a General History in thirty books, which…Euripides
Euripides (485-406): Athenian poet, author of many tragedies, of which sixteen survive. Euripides The last of Athens' great tragic poets is Euripides,…
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Eutropius
Eutropius (c.320-c.390?): Roman historian, author of a very popular Short History of the Roman Empire.Life Portrait of a Roman man, fourth…P. Annius Florus
Publius Annius Florus (c.70? - c.140?): Roman author, published a brief work on the history of the Roman empire during the reign of the emperor Hadrian (r.117-138). …Galen
Galen of Pergamon (129-216): Greek-Roman physician. A physician at work Galen of Pergamon (a city with an important sanctuary of Asclepius) started…
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Herodas
Herodas (Greek: Ἡρώδας): Hellenistic poet, author of several mimes, short poems containing a farce.The Author Myrina, Statuette of two chatting ladies Among…Herodes Atticus
Herodes Atticus (c.102-177): Greek orator, one of the representatives of the Second Sophistic. Herodes Atticus Herodes Atticus was living in the past.…
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Herodotus
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great (r.559-530), Cambyses (r.539-522), and Darius I the Great (r.522-486), culminating…Herodotus (2)
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, and Darius I the Great, culminating in Xerxes' expedition…