Politician
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Aeschines
Aeschines (c.390-c.315): Athenian politician and orator. Aeschines During the fourth century, the Greek towns were even more divided than in the fifth century,…Alcibiades
Alcibiades (450-404/403): Athenian politician who played an important role in the Peloponnesian War. Alcibiades Alcibiades, the son of Cleinias and an Alcmeonid…
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Alcmeonids
Alcmeonids (Greek Ἀλκμαιωνίδαι): noble family from Athens. Delphi, Alcmeonid temple of Apollo, Western acroterion The Alcmeonids were a wealthy, aristocratic ("Eupatrid") family in…Athronges
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Athronges, the shepherd (4 BCE) Sources: Flavius Josephus,…Cleisthenes
Cleisthenes (Greek Κλεισθένης): Athenian politician, founder of the Athenian democracy. Fragment of the list of Athenian archons; [C leisthene[s] is mentioned in…Cleisthenes of Sicyon
Cleisthenes (Greek Κλεισθένης): tyrant of Sicyon (first quarter of the sixth century BCE). Delphi, Treasury of the Sicyonians Sicyon, a city on…Cleon
Cleon (†422): leading Athenian democratic statesman after the death of Pericles.New politicians Portait of an unknown Athenian general Athens had become a democracy…
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Demosthenes
Demosthenes (384/383-322): Athenian politician, considered to be the greatest orator of Antiquity. Demosthenes During the fourth century, the Greek towns were even…Eunus
Eunus: Syrian slave, leader of a revolt on Sicily in 135-132 BCE. Sicily in Antiquity In the mid-third century, the Romans conquered…