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This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ethnic Greeks from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD.
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Abronychus – Athenian commander and diplomat
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Acacius of Caesarea – bishop of Caesarea
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Acesias – physician
[1]
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Acestorides – tyrant of Syracuse
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Achaeus – general
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Achaeus of Eretria – poet
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Achermus – sculptor
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Achilles Tatius – writer
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Acron – physician
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Acrotatus I – son of
King Cleomenes of Sparta
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Acrotatus II – King of Sparta, grandson of the above
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Acusilaus – scholar
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Adeimantus – Corinthian general
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Adrianus – sophist
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Aglaophon – painter
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Aedesia – female Neoplatonic philosopher
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Aedesius – philosopher
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Aegineta – modeller
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Aeimnestus – Spartan soldier
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Aelianus Tacticus – military writer
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Aelius Aristides – orator and writer
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Aeneas Tacticus – writer
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Aenesidemus – Sceptic philosopher
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Aeropus I of Macedon – king
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Aeropus II of Macedon – king
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Aesara – female Pythagorean philosopher
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Aeschines Socraticus – Socratic philosopher
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Aeschines – Athenian orator
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Aeschines – Physician
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Aeschylus – playwright
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Aesop – author of fables
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Aetion – painter
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Aetius – philosopher
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Agallis – female grammarian
- Agarista – see Agariste
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Agariste of Sicyon, daughter of the tyrant of Sicyon,
Cleisthenes.
- Agariste, daughter of Hippocrates, wife of Xanthippus, and mother of Pericles.
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Agasias – sculptor
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Agasicles – King of Sparta
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Agatharchides – historian and geographer
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Agatharchus – painter
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Agatharchus of Syracuse – naval commander
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Agathias – historian
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Agathinus – medicine
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Agathocles – tyrant of Syracuse
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Agathocles of Bactria – Indo-Greek king
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Agathon – tragic poet
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Agathotychus – veterinary surgeon
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Ageladas – sculptor
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Agesander – sculptor
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Agesilaus I – King of Sparta
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Agesilaus II – King of Sparta
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Agesipolis I – King of Sparta
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Agesipolis II – King of Sparta
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Agesipolis III – King of Sparta
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Agis I – King of Sparta
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Agis II – King of Sparta
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Agis III – King of Sparta
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Agis IV – King of Sparta
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Aglaonike – first female astronomer of Ancient Greece
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Agnodike – female Athenian physician and gynecologist
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Agoracritus – sculptor
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Agresphon – philologist
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Agrippa – astronomer
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Agroetas – historian
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Agyrrhius – Athenian politician c. 400 BC
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Albinus – philosopher
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Alcaeus – comic and lyric poet
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Alcaeus of Messene – Greek author of a number of epigrams
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Alcaeus of Mytilene – playwright
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Alcamenes – sculptor
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Alcetas – King of Macedon
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Alcibiades – Athenian general
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Alcidamas – sophist
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Alciphron – sophist
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Alcisthene – female painter
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Alcmaeon of Croton – physician
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Alcman – lyric poet 7th century BC
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Alcmenes – King of Sparta
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Alexander Aetolus – poet
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Alexander Balas – Seleucid king of Syria
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Alexander Cornelius – grammarian
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Alexander I of Epirus- king of Epirus (also known as Alexander Molossus)
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Alexander I of Molossia
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Alexander II of Epirus – king of Epirus
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Alexander II of Molossia
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Alexander of Abonuteichos – cult leader
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Alexander of Aphrodisias – Peripatetic philosopher
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Alexander of Greece – rhetorician
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Alexander of Pherae – tyrant
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Alexander Polyhistor – writer
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Alexander the Great – King of Macedon
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Alexandrides – historian
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Alexias – physician
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Alexion – physician
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Alexis – playwright
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Alexis – sculptor, pupil of
Polykleitos
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Alypius of Alexandria – music writer
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Ambryon – writer
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Ameinias of Athens - Athenian commander during the
Greco-Persian Wars
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Ameinocles – Corinthian inventor of the trireme
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Ameipsias – Athenian comic poet
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Amelesagoras – writer
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Amelius – philosopher
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Amentes – surgeon
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Ammonius Grammaticus – writer
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Ammonius Hermiae – philosopher
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Ammonius Saccas – philosopher
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Amphicrates – king of Samos
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Amphis – Middle Comedy poet
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Amynander – king of Athamania
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Amyntas of Mieza –
somatophylax of
Philip III of Macedon
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Anacharsis – philosopher
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Anacreon – lyric poet 6th century BC
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Anaxagoras – philosopher
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Anaxander – King of Sparta
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Anaxandra – female artist of
Sicyon
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Anaxandridas I – King of Sparta
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Anaxandridas II – King of Sparta
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Anaxandrides – philosopher
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Anaxarchus – philosopher
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Anaxidamus – King of Sparta
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Anaxilas of Rhegium – tyrant
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Anaxilas – Middle Comedy poet
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Anaxilaus – physician
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Anaximander – philosopher
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Anaximenes of Lampsacus – historian
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Anaximenes of Miletus – philosopher
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Anaxippus – New Comedy poet
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Andocides – two; Athenian politician, potter
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Andreas – physician
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Andriscus – Adramyttian adventurer
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Andromachus of Cyprus – admiral of Alexander the Great
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Andron – writer
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Andronicus of Cyrrhus – astronomer
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Andronicus Rhodius – Peripatetic philosopher
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Androsthenes – navigator
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Androtion – Athenian politician and writer
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Anniceris – philosopher
- Anonymus (author of Antiatticista), an opponent of
Phrynichus Arabius
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Antagoras of Rhodes – writer
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Antalcidas – Spartan general
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Antenor – sculptor
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Anthemius of Tralles – architect
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Anticleides – writer
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Antidorus of Cyme – grammarian
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Antigenes – Attic poet
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Antigonus of Carystus – scholar
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Antigonus II Gonatas – King of Macedon
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Antigonus III Doson – King of Macedon
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Antigonus III of Macedon – King of Macedon
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Antimachus – poet and scholar
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Antimachus I – Greco-Bactrian king
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Antinous – lover of Hadrian
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Antiochis –
Seleucid queen of
Cappadocia
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Antiochus of Ascalon – philosopher
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Antiochus I Soter – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus II Theos – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus III the Great – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus IX Cyzicenus – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus V Eupator – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus VI Dionysus – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus VII Sidetes – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus VIII Grypus – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus X Eusebes – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus XI Ephiphanes – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus XII Dionysus – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antiochus XIII Asiaticus – Seleucid king of Syria
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Antipater I of Macedon – King of Macedon
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Antipater II of Macedon – King of Macedon
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Antipater of Sidon – writer
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Antipater of Tarsus – philosopher
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Antipater of Thessalonica – epigrammatist
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Antipater of Tyre – philosopher
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Antipater – Macedonian general
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Antiphanes – playwright
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Antiphemus – one of the founders of the city of
Gela
[2]
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Antiphilus – writer
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Antiphon – three; two Athenian orators, tragic poet
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Antisthenes – two; philosopher, writer
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Antonius Diogenes – writer
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Antoninus Liberalis – grammarian
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Antyllus – physician
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Anyte of Tegea – poet
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Anytos – Athenian general
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Apega of Sparta – wife of
Nabis
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Apelles – painter
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Apellicon – book collector
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Apion – scholar
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Apollocrates – tyrant of Syracuse
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Apollodorus of Alexandria – physician
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Apollodorus of Athens – scholar
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Apollodorus of Carystus – New Comedy poet
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Apollodorus of Damascus – architect
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Apollodorus of Gela – New Comedy poet
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Apollodorus of Phaleron – student of Socrates
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Apollodorus of Pergamon – rhetor
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Apollodorus of Seleuceia on the Tigris – Stoic philosopher
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Apollodorus – several; painter, grammarian, comic playwright, architect
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Apollodotus I – Indo-Greek king
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Apollonius (finance minister) – finance minister of Egypt
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Apollonius Molon – rhetor
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Apollonius Mus – physician
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Apollonius of Citium – physician
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Apollonius of Perga – mathematician
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Apollonius of Rhodes – writer and librarian
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Apollonius of Tyana – Neopythagorean sage
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Apollonius Sophista – scholar
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Apollonius – several; philosopher and mathematician
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Apollophanes – comedian
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Apollos – early Christian
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Appian – historian
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Apsines – Roman-era Athenian rhetorician
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Arachidamia – wealthy Spartan queen
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Araros – son of Aristophanes
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Aratus – two; scholar, statesman
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Arcesilaus – four Cyrene kings, philosopher, sculptor
- Archidameia – name of several women
- Archidamis (Ἀρχίδαμις) – daughter of the Spartan King Cleadas
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Archedemus of Tarsus – Stoic philosopher
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Archedicus – New Comedy poet
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Archelaus – King of Macedon
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Archelaus – five;
philosopher,
Pontic army officer,
phrourarch,
son of Androcles,
Judaean ruler
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Archermus – sculptor
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Archestratus – two; Athenian general, writer
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Archinus – Athenian politician
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Architimus – writer
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Archias – poet
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Archidamus I – King of Sparta
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Archidamus II – King of Sparta
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Archidamus III – King of Sparta
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Archidamus IV – King of Sparta
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Archidamus V – King of Sparta
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Archigenes – physician
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Archilochus – poet
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Archimedes – mathematician
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Archytas – philosopher
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Arctinus – epic poet
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Aretaeus – medical writer
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Aretaphila of Cyrene – noblewoman who deposed the tyrant
Nicocrates and his co-conspirators
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Arete of Cyrene – Cyrenaic philosopher, daughter of
Aristippus
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Areus I – King of Sparta
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Areus II – King of Sparta
- Argas – notably bad poet
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Argentarius – two; epigrammatist, rhetorician
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Arignote – philosopher; student and perhaps daughter of Pythagoras
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Arimneste – Aristotle's older sister
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Arion – poet
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Aristaeus – mathematician
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Aristagoras – tyrant of Miletus
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Aristander of Telmessus – soothsayer to Alexander the Great
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Aristarchus of Samos – astronomer and mathematician
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Aristarchus of Samothrace – critic and grammarian
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Aristarchus of Tegea – tragedian
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Aristeas – poet
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Aristeus – Corinthian general
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Aristias – playwright
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Aristides of Miletus – writer
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Aristides Quintilianus – writer
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Aristides – three; Athenian statesman, two painters
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Aristippus – philosopher
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Aristobulus of Cassandreia and
Aristobulus of Paneas – two; historian, commentator
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Aristocles – three; Spartan general, two scholars
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Aristodemus – three; Spartan hero, Roman hero, historian
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Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum – student of Socrates
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Aristogiton – Athenian tyrannicide
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Aristolycus of Athens – athlete
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Aristomenes – two; Messenian hero, Athenian comedian
- Aristomelidas - Spartan, father of the mother of
Agesilaus
[3]
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Ariston of Alexandria – philosopher
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Ariston of Ceos – philosopher
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Ariston of Chios – philosopher
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Ariston (king of Sparta) – King of Sparta
- Aristonus of Aegina - sculptor
[4]
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Aristonicus of Pergamum – Attalid king of Pergamum
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Aristonicus – grammarian
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Aristonous – citharode
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Aristonymus – comedian
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Aristophanes of Byzantium – scholar
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Aristophanes – playwright
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Aristophon - several people
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Aristotle – two; philosopher, Athenian general
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Aristoxenus – philosopher and music theorist
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Arius Didymus – philosophy teacher
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Arius – Christian heretic
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Arrian – historian
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Arsinoe I of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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Arsinoe II of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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Arsinoe III of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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Artemidorus – three; grammarian, two travellers
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Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), queen of Halicarnassus under the First Persian Empire, naval commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece
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Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), queen of Caria under the First Persian Empire, ordered the construction of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
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Artemon – five scholars
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Artemon – painter
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Artemon of Clazomenae – engineer
[5]
- Arxilaidas (Ἀρξιλαΐδας) - Laconian general
[6]
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Asclepiades – four scholars
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Asclepigenia – Athenian mystic and philosopher, daughter of
Plutarch of Athens
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Asclepiodotus – scholar
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Asius of Samos – poet
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Asmonius – grammarian
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Aspasia –
hetaera of Pericles
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Aspasius – philosopher
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Astydamas – two poets
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Astyochus – Spartan general
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Athenaeus – two scholars, physician
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Athenais – prophet who told Alexander the Great of his allegedly divine ancestry
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Athenagoras of Athens – apologist
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Athenodorus – philosopher
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Athenodorus – actor
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Attalus I – Attalid king of Pergamum
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Attalus II – Attalid king of Pergamum
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Attalus III – Attalid king of Pergamum
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Autocrates – Athenian comic poet
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Autolycus of Pitane – astronomer
- Avaris – priest of Apollo (or
Abaris the Hyperborean?)
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Axiochus – Alcmaeonid aristocrat
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Axionicus – Middle Comedy poet
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Axiothea of Phlius – female student of Plato
B
C
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Cadmus of Miletus – one of the first
logographers
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Caecilius of Calacte – rhetorician
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Caesarion – son of Cleopatra VII, possibly by
Julius Caesar
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Calamis – 2 sculptors
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Calliades – archon of Athens
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Callia – three; Athenian statesman, comic poet, nobleman
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Callias of Syracuse – historian
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Callicrates – architect
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Calicrates of Leontium – Acheaean statesman
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Callicratidas – Spartan general
- Callicratidas of Cyrene, a general
[7]
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Callicratides – Spartan general
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Callimachus (polemarch) – Athenian general
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Callimachus (sculptor) – sculptor
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Callimachus – poet
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Callinus – poet
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Calliphon – philosopher
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Callippides – runner
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Callippus – astronomer
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Callisthenes – historian
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Callisthenes (Seleucid)
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Callistratus – four; grammarian, poet, sophist, orator
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Carcinus (writer) – tragedian
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Carneades – philosopher
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Cassander – King of Macedon
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Castor of Rhodes – rhetorician
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Cebes – two philosophers
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Celsus – theologian
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Cephidorus – two; Old Comedy poet, writer
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Cephisodotus – two sculptors
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Cercidas – politician/philosopher/poet
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Cercops of Miletus – poet
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Chabrias – Athenian general
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Chaeremon – tragic poet
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Chaeremon of Alexandria – teacher
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Chaeris – writer
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Chaeron of Pellene – tyrant of Pellene
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Chamaeleon – writer
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Charax (writer) – writer
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Chares of Athens – general
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Chares of Lindos – sculptor
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Chares of Mytilene – historian
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Charidemus – Euboean soldier
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Charillus – King of Sparta
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Chariton – writer
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Charmadas – philosopher
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Charmidas – Athenian noble
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Charmus –
Athenian
polemarch
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Charon of Lampsacus – writer
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Charondas – lawgiver
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Cheramyes – nobleman of Samos
- Cheilonis (Χειλωνὶς) - wife of the Spartan King
Theopompus
[8]
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Chilon – Spartan ephor
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Chionides – comic poet
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Choerilus – Athenian tragic poet
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Choerilus of Iasus – epic poet
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Choerilus of Samos – epic poet
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Chremonides – Athenian statesman
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Christodorus – epic poet
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Chrysanthius – philosopher
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Chrysippus – philosopher
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Dio Chrysostom – orator
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John Chrysostom – theologian
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Cimon – Athenian statesman
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Cimon of Cleonae – painter
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Cinaethon of Lacedaemon – epic poet
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Cineas – Thessalian diplomat
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Cineas (Athenian) – fought at the
Battle of Mantinea (362 BC)
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Cinesias – Athenian poet
- Cleadas (Κλεάδας) – father of Cheilonis who was the wife of the Spartan King
Theopompus
[8]
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Cleandridas – Spartan statesman
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Cleanthes – philosopher
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Clearchus of Athens – comic poet
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Clearchus of Herachleia
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Clearchus of Rhegium – sculptor, teacher of Pythagoras
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Clearchus of Sparta – general, son of Rhampias
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Clearchus of Soli – author, pupil of Aristotle
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Clearidas (general) – Spartan general
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Cledonius – grammarian
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Cleidemus –
atthidographer
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Cleinias – Athenian general, father of Alcibiades
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Cleisthenes – Athenian statesman
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Cleisthenes of Sicyon – tyrant of Sicyon
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Cleitarchus – historian
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Cleitus – two Macedonian nobles
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Clement of Alexandria – theologian
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Cleombrotus I – King of Sparta
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Cleomedes – astronomer
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Cleomenes I – King of Sparta
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Cleomenes II – King of Sparta
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Cleomenes III – King of Sparta
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Cleomenes (seer) – seer
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Cleomenes of Naucratis – administrator
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Cleon – Athenian statesman
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Cleon of Sicyon – tyrant
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Cleonides – writer
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Cleonymus – Spartan general
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Cleopatra I of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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Cleopatra II of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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Cleopatra III of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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Cleopatra IV of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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Cleopatra Thea – Seleucid king of Syria
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Cleopatra V of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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Cleopatra V of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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Cleopatra VI of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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Cleopatra VII of Egypt – Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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Cleophon – two; Athenian statesman, tragic poet
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Clitomachus (philosopher) – philosopher
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Clitophon – oligarchic statesman
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Cnemus – Spartan general
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Colaeus – explorer
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Colluthus – epic poet
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Colotes (sculptor) – sculptor
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Colotes of Lampsacus – philosopher
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Comeas – archon of Athens
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Conon – Athenian general
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Conon of Samos – astronomer
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Conon (mythographer) – mythographer
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Corinna – poet
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Cosmas Indicopleustes – explorer
-
Crantor – philosopher
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Craterus of Macedon – King of Macedon
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Crates of Thebes – philosopher
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Crates of Mallus – grammarian and philosopher
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Crates of Olynthys – architect
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Cratesipolis – queen
-
Cratippus – historian
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Cratylus – philosopher
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Creon – archon of Athens
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Cresilas – sculptor
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Critias – one of the Thirty Tyrants
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Critius – sculptor
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Crito – several
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Critolaus – general
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Croesus – king of Lydia
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Ctesias – physician and historian
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Ctesibius – scientist
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Cylon – attempted usurper in Athens
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Cynaethus – writer
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Cynegeirus – heroic soldier
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Cynisca – female Spartan athlete
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Cypselus – tyrant of Corinth
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
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Lacedaimonius – Athenian general
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Lachares – tyrant of Athens
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Laches – Athenian aristocrat and general
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Lacritus – sophist
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Lacydes – philosopher
-
Lais of Corinth –
hetaera
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Lais of Hyccara –
hetaera
-
Lamachus – Athenian general
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Lamprocles – Athenian musician and poet
-
Lamprus of Erythrae – philosopher
-
Lanike – mother of
Cleitus the Black
-
Lasus of Hermione – poet
-
Leochares – sculptor
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Leon – King of Sparta
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Leonidas I – King of Sparta
-
Leonidas II – King of Sparta
-
Leonida of Alexandria – astrologer and poet
-
Leonnatus – Macedonian noble
-
Leosthenes – Athenian general
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Leotychidas II – King of Sparta
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Leotychides – Spartan general
-
Lesbonax – writer
-
Lesches – epic poet
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Leucippus – philosopher
-
Leucon – Old Comedy poet
-
Libanius – writer
-
Licymnius of Chios – poet
-
Livius Andronicus – poet, dramaturg, colonist and slave
-
Lobon – literary forger
-
Longinus – literary critic
-
Longus – writer
-
Lucian – writer
-
Lyco – philosopher
-
Lycophron – three; poet, son of Periander, Spartan general
-
Lycortas – statesman and father of Polybius
-
Lycurgus of Arcadia, king
-
Lycurgus of Athens, one of the ten notable orators at Athens, (4th century BC)
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Lycurgus (of Nemea), king
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Lycurgus of Sparta, creator of constitution of Sparta
-
Lycurgus of Thrace, king, opponent of Dionysus
- Lycurgus, a.k.a.
Lycomedes, in Homer
-
Lycus – historian
-
Lydiadas – Megalopolitan general
-
Lygdamis of Naxos – tyrant of Naxos
-
Lygdamus – poet
-
Lysander – Spartan general
-
Lysanias – philologist
-
Lysias – orator
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Lysimachus – Macedonian general
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Lysippus – two; poet, sculptor
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Lysis – two; philosopher, actor
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Lysistratus – sculptor
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
X
Z
See also
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