For other uses, see Alexander and Alexander Aetolian general AlexanderAetolus lang grc was a Greeks Greek poet and grammarian, the only known representative of Aetolian poetry. ref name DGRBM cite encyclopedia last Schmitz first Leonhard authorlink title Alexander editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 111 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0120.html ref He was the son of Satyrus and Stratocleia, and was a native of Pleuron, Aetolia Pleuron in Aetolia , although he spent the greater part of his life at Alexandria , where he was reckoned one of the seven tragic poets who constituted the Tragic Pleiad . ref Suda , s. v. ref ref Eudoc. p. 62 ref ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , Description of Greece ii. 22. 7 ref ref Scholiast , ad Homer Hom Iliad Il. xvi. 233 ref He flourished about 280 BC, in the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus . He had an office in the Library of Alexandria , and was commissioned by Ptolemy to make a collection of all the tragedies and satyric dramas that were extant. He spent some time, together with Antagoras and Aratus , at the court of Antigonus II Gonatas . ref Aratus , Phaenomena et Diosem. ii. pp. 431, 443, &c. 446, ed. Buhle ref Notwithstanding the distinction he enjoyed as a tragic poet, he appears to have had greater merit as a writer of epic poems, elegy elegies , epigram s, and cynaedi. Among his epic poem s, we possess the titles and some fragments of three pieces the Fisherman , ref lang grc , Athenaeus , vii. p. 296 ref Kirka or Krika , ref Athenaeus , vii. p. 283 ref which, however, is designated by Athenaeus as doubtful, and Helena , ref August Immanuel ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Aetolus, Alexander ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Aetolus, Alexander Category Ancient ... more details
Pleuron , a son of Aetolus son of Endymion Aetolus and Pronoe , and brother of Calydon son of Aetolus Calydon , was married to Xanthippe mythology Xanthippe , daughter of Dorus , by whom he became the father of Agenor son of Pleuron Agenor , Sterope , Stratonice mythology Stratonice , and Laophonte. He is said to have founded the town of Pleuron, Aetolia Pleuron in Aetolia and apparently was its eponym , but he had also a heroon at Sparta, erected by his great granddaughter, Queen Leda mythology Leda . References reflist Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Apollodorus . i. 7. 7 Pausanias geographer Pausanias . iii. 13. 5. SmithDGRBM DEFAULTSORT Pleuron Son Of Aetolus Category Greek mythology Category Aetolian mythology Category Religion in ancient Sparta Category Greek mythological hero cult de Pleuron Mythologie es Pleur n fi Pleuron ... more details
Aetolus Greek language Greek lang grc was, in Greek mythology , a son of Endymion mythology Endymion , grandson of Deucalion , and the nymph Ne s, or Iphianassa . ref Citation last Smith first William author link William Smith lexicographer contribution Aetolus 1 editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 54 publisher place Boston year 1870 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0063.html ref ref name bibl Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus i. 7. 6 ref According to Pausanias geographer Pausanias , his mother was called Asterodia , Chromia , or Hyperippe . ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , 5. 1. 4 ref He was married to Pronoe , by whom he had two sons, Pleuron Greek mythology Pleuron and Calydon son of Aetolus Calydon . His brothers were Paeon son of Endymion Paeon , Epeius , and others. ref Stephanus of Byzantium , s.v. ref ref Conon mythographer Conon , Narrations 14. ref ref Scholia on Pindar , Olympian Ode 1. 28 ref His father compelled him and his two brothers Paeon and Epeius to decide by a contest at Olympia, Greece Olympia as to which of them was to succeed him in his kingdom of Elis . Epeius gained the victory, and occupied the throne after his father, and on his demise he was succeeded by Aetolus. During the funeral games which were celebrated in honor of Azan mythology Azan , he ran with his chariot over Apis Greek mythology Apis , the son of Jason or Salmoneus , and killed him, whereupon he was expelled by the sons of Apis. The kingdom then passed to Eleius , son of his sister Eurycyda . ref name bibl ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , 5. 1. 8 ref ref Strabo , Geography , 8. 3. 33 ref After leaving Peloponnesus , he went to the country of the Curetes tribe Curetes , between the Achelous and the Corinth ian gulf, where he slew Dorus , Laodocus , and Polypoetes , the sons of Apollo and Phthia , and gave to the country the name of Aetolia . ref name bibl This story ... more details
In Greek mythology , Calydon was the eponym of the city Calydon . ref Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Kalyd n ref He was a son of Aetolus and Pronoe and brother of Pleuron Greek mythology Pleuron . He was married to Aeolia, daughter of Amythaon , and had by her two daughters Protogeneia , who consorted with Ares , and Epicaste , who married her cousin Agenor, son of Pleuron Agenor . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 1. 7. 7 ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Aetolian mythology ca Calid fill d Etol de Kalydon Mythologie ... more details
of Alexander the Great AlexanderAetolus , poet and member of the Alexandrian Pleiad Alexander ...About the male first name Infobox given name2 name Alexander image Rubens Judgement of Paris.jpg caption ... Judgment of Paris judgment , was given the surname Alexander as a child when he routed a gang of cattle ... Alexandra . meaning Defender, protector of man . language From the Latin Alexander , itself based ..., protect and aner meaning man . seealso Alexander IPAc en icon l k s n d r is a common male first name, and less common Alexander surname surname . The most famous is Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon , commonly known as Alexander the Great , who created one of the largest ... , the character Paris mythology Paris is known also as Alexander. ref http www.perseus.tufts.edu ... the Greek world by the military conquests of Alexander the Great King Alexander III, commonly known as Alexander the Great . Most later Alexanders in various countries were directly or indirectly named for him. citation needed date June 2010 People known as AlexanderAlexander has been the name ... BC Alexander, more often known as Paris of Troy Alexander of Corinth , 10th king of Ancient Corinth Corinth 816 791 BC Alexander I of Macedon Alexander II of Macedon Alexander of Pherae despot of Pherae between 369 and 358 BC Alexander I of Epirus king of Epirus about 342 BC Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon , King of Macedon, 356 323 BC Alexander IV of Macedon Alexander V of Macedon Alexander II of Epirus king of Epirus 272 BC Alexander, viceroy of Antigonus Gonatas and ruler of a rump state based on Corinth c. 250 BC Alexander Balas , ruler of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria between 150 and 146 BC Alexander Zabinas , ruler of part of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria based in Antioch between 128 and 123 BC Alexander Jannaeus king of Judea, 103 76 BC Alexander of Judaea , son of Aristobulus II, king of Judaea Alexander Severus , 208 235 ... more details
Will Alexander may refer to Will W. Alexander 1884 1956 first president of Dillard University Will Alexander poet born 1948 , American poet See also William Alexander disambiguation hndis Alexander, Will ... more details
Infobox Company company name Alexander s company logo Missing image removed Image Alexanders.jpg 200px Alexander s store type Public NYSE ALX slogan fate successor foundation 1928 location Paramus, New Jersey industry real estate key people George Farkas products defunct 1992 parent homepage http www.alx inc.com Alexander s NYSE ALX was a department store chain in the New York City New York metropolitan area. Catering to low and middle income consumers, Alexander s offered discounted designer fashions and high quality private label goods. At its height, the company operated 16 stores. Its advertising slogan was You ll find Alexander s has what you re looking for how lucky can you get? . The company still exists as a REIT . The Paramus, New Jersey , location was notable because the building was the site of the world s largest mural painted by Polish artist Stefan Knapp . Although the location closed in 1992, the mural remained on the vacant building until 1998 when it was disassembled and put into storage. Several attempts to relocate the mural have failed including a plan to include it in the Meadowlands ... Center mall. Upon completion in 1974, Alexander s became the anchor tenant for the new mall located ... chain, seeking to convert its real estate to more profitable ventures. Throughout the 1980s, Alexander ..., these changes came too late, and Alexander s finally declared bankruptcy in 1992 as debts to vendors mounted and inventories dwindled. After being reorganized into a real estate company, Alexander ... Guys , bought a controlling share of Alexander s at bargain prices and refocused the company on development ... ai 12243938 Red Ink Sinks Alexander s Files Chapter 11 http www.fundinguniverse.com company histories Alexanders Inc Company History.html Alexander s, Inc., Company History http query.nytimes.com gst ... 2fS 2fShopping 20Centers Changes Considered at Alexander s Units http www.youtube.com watch?v nBPBQ0iJys 1980 s TV Ad http www.nytimes.com 1992 11 05 business company news alexander s sale of world trade ... more details
extant, which however has also been attributed to AlexanderAetolus , particularly by the scholars ...Alexander ancient Greek Gr. lang grc surnamed Lychnus lang grc , was an ancient Greek rhetorician and poet. ref name DGRBM cite encyclopedia last Schmitz first Leonhard authorlink title Alexander Lychnus editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 117 118 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http quod.lib.umich.edu cgi t text pageviewer idx?c moa cc moa idno acl3129.0001.001 size l frm frameset seq 132 ref He was a native of Ephesus , from which he is sometimes called Alexander Ephesius, and must have lived shortly before the time of Strabo i.e., the 1st century BC , who mentions him among the more recent Ephesian authors, and also states that he took a part in the political affairs of his native city. ref Strabo , xiv. p. 642 ref Strabo ascribes to him a history, and poems of a didactic kind, viz. one on astronomy and another on geography, in which he describes the great continents of the world, treating of each in a separate work or book, which, as we learn from other sources, bore the name of the continent of which it contained an account. What kind of history it was that Strabo alludes to, is uncertain. The so called Aurelius Victor quotes the first book of a history of the Marsic War by Alexander the Ephesian but this authority is considered doubtful. ref Aurelius Victor , Origo Gentis Romanae 9 ref Some writers have supposed that this Alexander is the author of the history of the succession of Greek philosophers lang grc , which is often referred to by Diogenes La rtius ref Diogenes La rtius , i. 116, ii. 19, 106, iii. 4, 5, iv. 62, vii. 179, viii. 24, ix. 61 ref but this work belonged probably to Alexander ... of Alexander Lychnus when he mentions an Alexander whom he says is a bad poet, and a careless writer ... more details
Lord Alexander may refer to Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis 1891 1969 Robert Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon 1936 2005 hndis Alexander, Lord ... more details
Alexander MacDonnell may refer to Alexander Macdonnell of the Macdonnell Baronets Sir Alexander Macdonnell, 1st Baronet Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell Alexander Ruadh MacDonnell See also Alexander McDonnell disambiguation hndis Macdonnell, Alexander ... more details
Earl Alexander may refer to Earl Alexander of Tunis , a title created in 1952 for Harold Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis Earl Alexander of Hillsborough 1885 1965 , a title created in 1963 for A. V. Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough hndis Alexander, Earl DEFAULTSORT Alexander, Earl ... more details
Alexander Baring may refer to Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton hndis Baring, Alexander ... more details
Alexander Tkachev may refer to Alexander Nikolayevich Tkachyov , governor of Krasnodar Krai Alexander Vasilyevich Tkachyov , Soviet Russian gymnast Alexander Tkachev swimmer hndis Tkachev, Alexander ... more details
Frances Alexander may refer to Cecil Frances Alexander 1818 1895 Frances F. Alexander 1919 2010 See also Francis Alexander disambiguation hndis Alexander, Frances ... more details
Alexander Tucker may refer to Alexander Tucker commissioner , colonial era Chief Commissioner of Balochistan Alexander Tucker musician , English musician hndis name Tucker, Alexander DEFAULTSORT Tucker, Alexander ... more details
Alexander Ushakov may refer to Alexander Ushakov bobsleigh born 1979 , Russian bobsledder Alexander Ushakov biathlete , former Soviet biathlete hndis Ushakov, Alexander de Alexander Uschakow ... more details
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Nathan Alexander may refer to Nathan Alexander screenwriter , of Valkyrie film Nathan Alexander footballer , soccer player for Brisbane Strikers F.C. See also Nathaniel Alexander disambiguation hndis Alexander, Nathan ... more details
King Alexander , may refer to F. King Alexander King Alexander palm , Archontophoenix alexandrae Royalty Alexander I of Epirus Alexander II of Epirus Alexander I of Georgia Alexander of Greece king Alexander II of Imereti Alexander III of Imereti Alexander I of Kakheti Alexander II of Kakheti Alexander I of Serbia 1876 1903 , king of Serbia, son of Milan I Alexander of Yugoslavia disambiguation Alexander of Macedon disambiguation Alexander of Scotland disambiguation See also Alexander King disambiguation Alexander I disambiguation Alexander II disambiguation Alexander III disambiguation disambig hr Kralj Aleksandar sh Kralj Aleksandar ... more details
Cameron Alexander may refer to Cameron L. Alexander , American Baptist church and community leader Cameron Alexander, a character in the film American History X See also Alexander Cameron disambiguation Alexander surname disambig Alexander, Cameron ... more details
Alexander of Russia may refer to Alexander I of Russia 1777 1825 , also known as Alexander the Blessed Alexander II of Russia 1818 1881 , also known as Alexander the Liberator Alexander III of Russia 1845 1894 , also known as Alexander the Peacekeeper hndis Alexander of Russia sl Aleksander Ruski ... more details
Joseph Alexander may refer to Joseph Addison Alexander 1809 1860 , American bible scholar Joseph W. Alexander born 1947 , American politician J. Grubb Alexander 1887 1932 , full name Joseph Grubb Alexander, American screenwrite See also Joe Alexander disambiguation Alexander Joseph , Indian entomologist hndis Alexander, Joseph ... more details
Alexander Kininmonth may refer to Alexander de Kininmund d. 1344 , archdeacon of Lothian and bishop of Aberdeen Alexander de Kininmund d. 1380 , archdeacon of Aberdeen and bishop of Aberdeen hndis Kininmonth, Alexander ... more details
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