Other persons Polycrates lang el , son of Aeaces , was the tyrant of Samos from c. 538 BC ... Burkert , Kynaithos, Polycrates and the Homeric Hymn to Apollo in Arktouros Hellenic studies presented .... 53 62. ref Polycrates was probably a patron of the poets Anacreon , and Ibycus ref See papyrus fragment of a poem by Ibycus that mentions Polycrates at http www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk POxy VExhibition finds ibycus.html Oxyrhynchus Online With them you too, Polycrates, shall have immortal fame for beauty ... to Herodotus , Amasis thought Polycrates was too successful, and advised him to throw away whatever he valued most in order to escape a reversal of fortune. Polycrates followed the advice and threw ... wished to share with the tyrant. While Polycrates cooks were preparing the fish for eating, they discovered the ring inside of it. Polycrates told Amasis of his good fortune, and Amasis immediately .... It is more likely that the alliance was ended because Polycrates allied with the Achaemenid Empire Persian king Cambyses II against Egypt. By this time, Polycrates had created a navy of 40 trireme s, probably ... Polycrates plan, however, and turned back from Egypt to attack the tyrant. They defeated Polycrates ... siege. Herodotus also tells the story of Polycrates death. Near the end of the reign of Cambyses, the governor of Sardis , Oroetes, planned to kill Polycrates, either because he had been unable to add Samos to Persia s territory, or because Polycrates had supposedly snubbed a Persian ambassador. In any case, Polycrates was invited to Sardis, and despite the prophetic warnings of his daughter ... water to his capital city. See also Polycrates complex Notes div class references small references div External links http www.livius.org Livius , http www.livius.org pn po polycrates polycrates.html Polycrates of Samos by Jona Lendering Category 515 BC deaths Category 6th century BC Greek people ... Polikrat it Policrate he hu Pol krat sz nl Polycrates ja no Polykrates ... more details
Polycrates lang grc , Polykrat s is the name of Polycrates , tyrant of Samos from c. 538 BC to 522 BC Polycrates sophist c. 440 370 BC , author of paradoxical encomia and an Accusation of Socrates Polycrates of Ephesus fl. c. AD 130 196 , bishop disambig ... more details
Wikify date December 2011 Polycrates of Argos was a Ptolemaic commander at the Battle of Raphia . ref Polybius 5.84. ref Polycrates of Argus was a governor of Cyprus and chancellor of Ptolematic kingdom in the late third and early second centuries was joined as a hippic winner at the Phanathenea by his wife and three daughters. there are a lot of information received, and those we are uncertain. ref cite book title Women in Hellenistic Egypt from Alexander to Cleopatra last first Sarah B. Pomeroy authorlink coauthors year 1990 publisher Wayne State University Press location isbn page pages 23 url http books.google.it books?id jFY3CxmHk4cC&pg PA13&dq Polycrates of Argos&hl en&ei 1gznToHbBoSk4gSW1pTsCA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&redir esc y v onepage&q Polycrates 20of 20Argos&f false accessdate ref He was married with Zeuxo of Cyrene and he had 3 children Zeuxo, Encrateia and Hermione. He was a Ptolemaic commander at the Battle of Raphia. The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was a battle fought on 22 June 217 BC near modern Rafah between the forces of Ptolemy IV Philopator, king of Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom during the Syrian Wars. It was one of the largest battles of the Hellenistic kingdoms of the Diadochi and was waged to determine the sovereignty of Coele Syria. Important are his daughter. They are winning in horse races 184 192 , at that time was rare for women to participate in races, but it was even more the fact that they won. For this reason they are frequently mentioned in the texts of the period. ref cite book title Women in Hellenistic Egypt from Alexander to Cleopatra last Sarah B. Pomeroy first authorlink coauthors year 1990 publisher Wayne State University Press location isbn page pages 23 url http books.google.it books?id jFY3CxmHk4cC&pg PA13&dq Polycrates of Argos&hl en&ei 1gznToHbBoSk4gSW1pTsCA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&redir esc y v onepage&q Polycrates 20of 20Argos&f false accessdate ref References ... more details
Eastern Christianity Polycrates of Ephesus flourished c. 130s 130 196 was an Early Christian bishop who resided in Ephesus . Roberts and Donaldson noted that Polycrates belonged to a family in which he was the eighth Christian bishop and he presided over the church of Ephesus, in which the traditions of St. John were yet fresh in men s minds at the date of his birth. He had doubtless known Polycarp , and Irenaeus also. He seems to have presided over a synod of Asiatic bishops A.D. 196 which came together to consider this matter of the Paschal feast. It is surely noteworthy that nobody doubted that it was kept by a Christian and Apostolic ordinance. sup Notes 1 sup Polycrates is best known for his letter addressed to the Roman Bishop Pope Victor I Victor who was attempting to find a consensus about the proper date to celebrate Easter , see also Quartodecimanism . The Church historian Eusebius of Caesarea Eusebius wrote, A question of no small importance arose at that time. For the parishes of all Asia, as from an older tradition, held that the fourteenth day of the moon, on which day the Jews were commanded to sacrifice the lamb, should be observed as the feast of the Saviour s passover...But it was not the custom of the churches in the rest of the world...But the bishops of Asia, led by Polycrates, decided to hold to the old custom handed down to them. He himself, in a letter which he addressed to Victor and the church of Rome, set forth in the following words the tradition which ... Eusebius records that Polycrates wrote, We observe the exact day neither adding, nor taking away ... in no respect, but following the rule of faith. And I also, Polycrates, the least of you all .... Book V, Chapter 24 . Pope Victor I Pope Victor attempted to cut off from the common unity Polycrates ... sup Notes 2 sup . It is unclear what happened to Polycrates after his letter. Polycrates letter ... polycrates.html Entry on Polycrates at Early Christian Writings http www.vision.org visionmedia ... more details
orphan date April 2010 In psychology , a Polycrates Complex is a desire to be punished. ref cite web url http links.jstor.org sici?sici 0033 5770 194606 21 3A2 3C206 3AMMASAP 3E2.0.CO 3B2 T title JSTOR The Quarterly Review of Biology Vol. 21, No. 2 Jun., 1946 , pp. 206 208 publisher links.jstor.org accessdate 2008 03 27 last first ref Origin This complex was named after the tyrant Polycrates who, instead of heeding his daughter s prophecy of his impending death, went to visit a treacherous would be benefactor and was murdered. Common usage It is used by psychoanalysis psychoanalyst criminology criminologists to explain crime. During the ages 4 6, the phallic stage , a male child undergoes what Freud calles the Oedipus complex , meaning the desire to kill one s father and commit incest with one s mother. This desire is the cause of unconscious guilt which makes the child wish to be punished, thus reaching catharsis . Therefore, the criminal act in this context is considered a means to a goal i.e., punishment . References refs Category Criminology Category Freudian psychology Category Complex psychology bg gl Complexo de Pol crates ... more details
Expand German Der Ring des Polykrates date September 2010 Polycrates Ring Der Ring des Polykrates is a ballad written in June 1797 by Friedrich Schiller . It was first published the following year. It gave its name to the Korngold opera Der Ring des Polykrates opera Der Ring des Polykrates , set in or around 1797. Friedrich Schiller DEFAULTSORT Ring Des Polykrates, Der Category Poetry by Friedrich Schiller Poem stub de Der Ring des Polykrates no Polykrates sagnet ... more details
Syloson lang grc , gen. was the brother of Polycrates of Samos . When Polycrates became tyrant of the island he exiled Syloson where he stayed in Egypt . Syloson would stay in Egypt until a flame coloured mantle he was selling brought him in contact with Darius I of Persia. At the time Darius I of Persia was a spearman in Cambyses II of Persia s army. Syloson saw how much Darius liked the mantle and gave it to him for free. When Darius rose to power Syloson went to visit him in Susa . Darius offered him gold and silver for his kindness in the past with the mantle but Syloson refused and wanted military assistance in retaking Samos . To me, O king, give neither gold nor silver, but recover and give me my fatherland Samos, which now that my brother Polycrates has been slain by Oroites is possessed by our slave. Darius agreed and sent an expedition led by Otanes . ref http classics.mit.edu Herodotus history.3.iii.html ref At the time when Syloson came back to the island of Samos, Maiandrios was holding rule but decided to give back power to the Samians and established a democracy. Maiandrios had fallen ill and his brothers Lycaretos and Charilaos were both trying to get possession of Samos. The Samians had welcomed Syloson when we came for the good legacy his brother had left. But Charilaos, after being released from prison, persuaded his brother to send mercenaries to attack the Persians. Maiandrios agreed because he loathed Syloson and escaped the island through a secret passage. With Charilaos commanding the mercenaries they were defeated in the uprising and the Persian commander Otanes, against Darius s orders, slew many Samians. ref Herodotus The Histories Book 3, Chapter 140 ref References reflist Category 6th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Samians Category Characters in Herodotus Category Archaic tyrants nl Syloson pl Sylosont ... more details
Infobox philosopher region Ancient Greek philosophy era Ancient philosophy name other names Zoilus, Zoilos, Zo lus birth place Amphipolis or Ephesus death place Chios or Smyrna school tradition Cynic notable ideas critic of Homer influences Isocrates and Polycrates sophist Polycrates for the Christian Saint St. Zoilus Zoilus or Zoilos lang el c. 400 BC 320 BC was a Greece Greek grammarian, Cynic Philosophy philosopher , and literary critic from Amphipolis in East Macedonia , then known as Thrace . Took the name Homeromastix Homer whipper gen . later in life. According to Vitruvius vii., preface he lived during the age of Ptolemy Philadelphus , by whom he was crucified as the punishment of his criticisms on the king but this account should probably be rejected as a fiction based on Zoilus reputation. Vitruvius goes on to state that Zoilus also may have been stoned at Chios or thrown alive upon a funeral pyre at Smyrna . Either way Vitruvius felt it was just as well since he deserved to be dead for slandering an author who could not defend himself. Zoilus appears to have been at one time a follower of Isocrates , but subsequently a pupil of Polycrates sophist Polycrates , whom he heard at Athens , where he was a teacher of rhetoric. Zoilus is especially notable for his role in the beginnings of Homeric scholarship . His monograph Homeric questions seems to have analyzed continuity errors in Homer , but also criticized the impropriety of Homer s depiction of gods indulging in allegedly inappropriate behavior. This monograph is widely regarded as the beginning of Classics classical scholarship . Citation needed date February 2007 Zoilus also wrote responses to works by Isocrates and Plato , who had attacked the style of Lysias of which he approved. However, the Homeric questions led to his name becoming a byword for harsh and malignant criticism in antiquity he gained the name Homeromastix , scourge of Homer in the modern period , ... more details
Other uses Aeschrion disambiguation Aeschrion ancient Greek Gr. lang grc was an Iambus genre iambic poet, and a native of Samos Island Samos . ref name dgrbm Citation last Mason first Charles Peter author link contribution Aeschrion 2 editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 40 publisher place year 1867 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0049.html ref He is mentioned by Athenaeus , ref Athenaeus , vii. p. 296,f. viii. p. 335,c. ref who has preserved some choliamb ic verses of his, in which he defends the Samian Philaenis against Polycrates sophist Polycrates , the Athenian rhetoric ian and sophism sophist . Some of his verses are also quoted by John Tzetzes Tzetzes . ref John Tzetzes , ad Lycophron 638. ref There was an epic poet of the same name, who was called a native of Mytilene and a pupil of Aristotle , and who is said to have accompanied Alexander the Great on some of his expeditions. He is mentioned in the Suda , and also by John Tzetzes Tzetzes . ref Suda , s.v. lang grc ref ref John Tzetzes , Chil. viii. 406 ref As he was also a writer of Iambus genre iambics and choliamb ics, many scholars have supposed him to be identical with the Aeschrion from Samos, and to have been called a Mytilenaean in consequence of having resided for some time in that city. ref name dgrbm References reflist SmithDGRBM Category Ancient Samians Category Ancient Greeks in Macedon Category Poets of Alexander the Great Category Ancient Greek epic poets Category 4th century BC poets Category Iambic poets ca Escri de Samos ... more details
Oroetus was Persian Satrap of Lydia satrapy Lydia from ca. 530 520 BC, during the reigns of Cyrus the Great , Cambyses and Darius the Great , succeeding Harpagus , and being followed by Bagaeus . He is described in Herodotus third book of Histories, where he achieved notoriety for the death of Polycrates , tyrant of Samos . Oroetus became the first satrap recorded as demonstrating insubordination with respect to the central power of Persia. When Cambyses 530 522 BC , who succeeded his father Cyrus, died, the Persian Empire was in chaos prior to Darius the Great 522 486 finally securing control. Oroetus defied Darius orders to assist him, whereupon Bagaeus 520 517 BC was sent by Darius to arrange his murder. Sources http www.livius.org on oz oroetus oroetus.html Jona Lendering. Oroetus http books.google.ca books?id lxQ9W6F1oSYC From Cyrus to Alexander A History of the Persian Empire , Pierre Briant , Eisenbrauns 2002, ISBN 978 1 57506 031 6 Category Characters in Herodotus ... more details
sophist Polycrates sophist Polycrates in his Accusation of Socrates . But Polycrates work is lost ... to Polycrates point by point may be driven as much by the traditionally low esteem for Xenophon s literary powers as to any historical influence from Polycrates. The role of Polycrates is one ... on Isocrates Busiris . Brill, 2001. Rejects the view that Polycrates was Xenophon s source ... more details
tale of Polycrates or Polykrates, ruler of Samos. According to Herodotus , Polycrates was making a treaty with Amasis the king of Egypt, when Amasis told Polycrates to dispose of some of his most valued .... Polycrates s, taking Amasis s advice throw away some of his possessions including his most prized, emerald ring. The loss of the ring weighed heavy on Polycrates one day a fisherman brought a great fish as tribute, and as is the custom, had the fish gutted. When the fish was cut open, Polycrates ... loc 3.39.1 Herodotus on Polycrates http www.fordham.edu halsall basis Jocelyn LifeofKentigern.html ... more details
Infobox Greek Isles name Rineia native name skyline sky caption map coordinates chain Cyclades isles area 14 highest mount elevation periph South Aegean prefect Cyclades capital Uninhabited population 0 pop as of 2001 postal 846 00 telephone 22890 license EM website Rineia or Rhenea is a Greece Greek island in the Cyclades . It lies just west of the island of Delos and further southwest of the island of Mykonos , of which it and Delos are administratively a part. Its area is 14 km . It had a small population until the 1980s, but is currently uninhabited. In ancient times the island was subdued by the tyrant Polycrates of Samos and dedicated to the Delian Apollo . External links http www.mykonos.gr Official website of Municipality of Mykonos en el icon Mykonos Aegean Sea The Cyclades SouthAegean geo stub coord 37.409 25.229 region GR type isle display title Category Islands of Greece Category Cyclades Category Ancient Delos Category Mykonos br Reneia ca R nia de Rinia el es Rinia fr Rinia nl Rinia nn R nia pl Rineja sv Rheneia ... more details
unreferenced date April 2010 Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Bathyllus was a dancer performer of pantomimus in Rome during the period of Augustus . Born in Alexandria , he was the favourite comedic performer of Maecenas . He is often described with the performer Pylades , who was seen as the epitome of tragic performance, while Bathyllus was seen as the epitome of comedic performance. They were both former slaves and they are both credited with having modernised pantomimus in Rome adding different forms of dance which are often described as erotic. Each founded a school and had some political influence in Rome occasionally leading to their supporters clashing in the streets. References to a different, earlier, Bathyllus are found in the writing of Horace who describes him as beloved of Polycrates the Tyrant and the poet, Anacreon . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bathyllus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bathyllus Category 1st century BC Romans Category 1st century Romans Category Ancient Roman theatre practitioners Category Erotic dancers Category Greek and Roman dancers Category LGBT history in Greece Category LGBT history prior to the 19th century Category LGBT people from Greece Category Pantomime Category Roman era Alexandrians Category Roman Imperial era slaves and freedmen Dance stub ancient Rome bio stub ... more details
Aeaces Ancient Greek Greek lang grc is the name of several different figures in ancient Greek history and mythology Aeaces , the father of Syloson and Polycrates . ref Herodotus , Histories Herodotus Histories iii. 39, 139, vi. 13 ref Aeaces , the son of Syloson , and the grandson of the above Aeaces. He was tyrant of Samos Island Samos , but was deprived of his tyranny by Aristagoras , when the Ionians revolted from the Persian people Persians in 500 BC . He then fled to the Persians, and induced the Samians to abandon the other Ionians in the sea fight between the Persians and Ionians. After this battle, in which the latter were defeated, he was restored to the tyranny of Samos by the Persians in 494 BC . ref Herodotus , Histories Herodotus Histories iv. 138, vi. 13, 14, 25 ref ref Citation last Smith first William author link William Smith lexicographer contribution Aeaces 1 and 2 editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 22 publisher place Boston year 1867 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0031.html ref References reflist SmithDGRBM Category Ancient Samians ... more details
between Polycarp 155 and Sagaris under Sergius Paulus, 166 7 in the letter of Polycrates to Pope ... he was from Eumenia, Thraseas was, according to Polycrates and Jerome, martyred in Smyrna Thraseas of Eumenia ..., vol. 3.2, 1889, pp.488 506 . ref titles A Quartodeciman Polycrates mentions that Thraseas was among ... recorded that Polycrates of Ephesus, around 195 A.D. wrote the following to the Roman Bishop Victor ... the rule of faith. And I also, Polycrates, the least of you all, do according to the tradition ... Edition Copyright 2004 by K. Knight . ref Notice that Polycrates said that he and the other early church ... the Passover on the correct date, and not on a Sunday. Polycrates also reminded the Roman bishop ... of Bishops by Polycrates In a synodal letter written by Polycrates of Ephesus about the year 190 this bishop ... more details
Democedes of Croton , described in The Histories of Herodotus as the most skillful physician of his time . Democedes s Background Democedes was a Greek physician and a part of the court of Darius I . He was born in Crotone Croton , in southern Italy. His father was Calliphon of Croton Calliphon , a priest as part of Asclepius . His first position as physician seems to be in civil service of Athens and Aegina. Later he entered service under Polycrates . In 522 B.C., Polycrates, his entourage, and Democedes were all captured as Lydians by Oroites and sent to Susa . Democedes s Travels Herodotus describes the journeys of Democedes with much detail. Services rendered to Darius and Atossa Darius once sprained his ankle while he was hunting, and his Egyptian doctors could not help his ankle. This may seem a very small injury today, but medicine around those times was very primitive. However, Democedes was able to heal his ankle, and he was thereafter given great esteem. The court regarded his actions highly enough that he was able to eat in the presence of the king. He was the first of many Greek physicians to be within the Persian court. He lived in what the Persians regarded as luxury. Nevertheless, he always wanted to go back to his homeland, Greece. Later on, Darius s wife, Atossa, had a breast ulcer. When Democedes cured her ulcer, as a reward, he was set free and allowed to visit Greece. Democedes s Escape He went to Greece as passenger on one ship of a reconnaissance mission for a later military campaign. Three Phoenician ships were sent with fifteen Persian nobles. Through the latter half of the mission, the fleet stopped in Tarentum, where Democedes made his escape with help from the Tarentian king. After his escape he went back to Croton. He was guarded from the Persians, and later married a daughter of Milon . Sources The Histories of Herodotus Category 6th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Crotonians Category Ancient Greek physicians Category Characters ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Praise Singer is a historical novel by Mary Renault first published in 1978. Its narrator and main character is the real life lyric poet Simonides of Ceos Simonides of Keos , whose life ca. 556 BC 469 BCE spanned the transition from an Oral tradition oral to a written culture in Ancient Greece . Renault s fiction argues that this transition was in part responsible for the cultural flowering known as the Golden Age of Athens though she also gives credit to Hipparchus tyrant Hipparchus , Tyrant of Athens, who attracted talented artists like Simonides to live in his city. Renault depicts him as having the works of Homer set down in writing for the first time. The book contains portraits of several other historical figures, such as the mathematician philosopher Pythagoras , and the erotic poet Anacreon poet Anakreon . Plot summary The book follows the life of Simonides from the point of view of his older self. As a boy, silent and lacking confidence due to his extreme ugliness, he is brought up with strict discipline by his father, Leoprepes. He finds comfort in the love of his handsome older brother Theasides, and in music. When a travelling singer, Kleobis, visits Keos to perform at a wedding, Simonides begs to be taken on as an apprentice. This, Kleobis does, and they leave together on their travels. Under Kleobis tutelage Simonides becomes a talented composer and performer, but remains physically ugly. This proves a severe disadvantage when, after the fall of Kleobis native city of Ephesos to the Persians, Kleobis and Simonides attempt to find a patron at the court of Polycrates of Samos. Polycrates is a conoisseur of beauty, in boys as much as in music or art, and Simonides appearance is not a recommendation. Kleobis and Simonides find themselves out of fashion at court, and scrabbling for work. Simonides travels back to Keos to enter a music contest, leaving Kleobis behind in Samos nursing a slight illness. He wins the contest, ... more details
Various Early Christianity Religious writing Early Christian writers wrote gospel s and other books, some of which were canonized as the Development of the New Testament canon New Testament canon developed . The Apostolic Fathers were prominent writers who are traditionally understood to have met and learned from Jesus personal Disciple Christianity disciples . The Church Fathers are later writers with no direct connection to the disciples other than the claim to Apostolic Succession . Christian apologetics Apologists defended Christianity against its critics, especially Greek philosophers Greek and Roman philosophers. Dates given, if not otherwise specified, are of their writings or Episcopal see bishopric , not of their lives. multicol Paul of Tarsus , Apostle to the Gentiles , earliest New Testament author 45 65 Four Evangelists , traditionally identified as the authors of the canonical gospels 60 125 Ignatius of Antioch Ignatius , bishop of Antioch, apostolic father 68 107 Clement of Rome , bishop of Rome, apostolic father 88 101 Papias of Hierapolis Papias , bishop of Hierapolis, apostolic father 110 130 Polycarp of Smyrna , bishop of Smyrna, apostolic father 110 160 Justin Martyr church father 165 Melito of Sardis , bishop of Sardis, 180 Irenaeus , bishop of Lyon , disciple of Polycarp, apologist 180 202 Origen of Alexandria 185 254, Platonist, controversial during his lifetime, posthumously condemned at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553 Tatian , pupil of Justin Martyr, ascetic theologian 185 Athenagoras of Athens , philosopher, apologist 190 Polycrates of Ephesus Polycrates , bishop of Ephesus, excommunicated by Victor I of Rome over the Easter controversy 196 Montanus , self proclaimed prophet and founder of Montanism , last quarter of 2nd century CE Tertullian church father, apologist, first Christian writer in Latin, later a Montanist 197 230 multicol break Hippolytus writer Hippolytus , church father, sometimes termed the first anti pope, reconc ... more details
of of the tyrant Polycrates. This was in the time of Croesus , in the 54th Olympiad 564 60 ... known to have flourished at the court of Polycrates, and it is inconsistent with what we know of the Samian ... differences between manuscripts ref and this better fits the period of Polycrates reign. Suda s account ... a youthful Polycrates, but this was unlikely to have been the Polycrates of Samos and might instead have been his son, mentioned in a different context by Himerius as Polycrates, governor of Rhodes ... that he left Samos at the same time as Anacreon, on the death of Polycrates, and there is an anonymous ... of Ibycean verses notably, and controversially, forty eight continuous lines addressed to Polycrates, whose identification with Polycrates of Rhodes son of Polycrates, the Samian tyrant requires a careful ... is not about, until he reaches the final stanza, where he reveals that his real subject is Polycrates ... more details
For the genus of algae Kerkis alga Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox mountain name Kerkis photo Mount Kerkis Samos island, 3D reprezentation version 1.gif photo caption elevation m 1,433 elevation ref location Samos Island Samos , Greece coordinates N37 43.582 E26 37.323 Kerkis or Kerketeus Greek language Greek , Modern , K rkis Ancient , Kerkete s is an extinct volcano , forming the bulk of the center of the List of islands of Greece Greek island of Samos Island Samos . Its highest peak, named Vigla , its maximum elevation is 1,433 m 4,701 ft , making it the second highest peak in the East Aegean Sea Aegean after Fengari on Samothrace . The mountain s name, in both ancient and modern forms, means roughly, belonging to Circe . The mountain has a whitish color due to a high chalk content, especially visible on several exposed cliffs. It is considered a sanctuary for numerous plants and animals, some of them endangered species endangered , and so is part of the European Union s Natura 2000 network of protected sites. There are also several small monasteries on its slopes, as well as a number of caves. Of these, the most notable is the Cave of Pythagoras on the eastern slope, in which Pythagoras is reputed to have hidden from the tyrant Polycrates prior to going into exile in Italy . coord 37.7267 N 26.6217 E source kolossus dewiki display title Category Mountains of Greece Category Samos Category Extinct volcanoes de Kerkis el es Kerkis nn K rkis sv Kerkis ... more details
Taxobox name Rhyparochromidae image Rhyparochromussp.png image caption Rhyparochromus sp. regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hemiptera infraordo Pentatomomorpha superfamilia Lygaeoidea familia Rhyparochromidae familia authority nowrap Charles Jean Baptiste Amyot Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet Serville Serville , 1843 ref ITIS id 676868 taxon Rhyparochromidae ref subdivision ranks Subfamilies subdivision Plinthisinae br Rhyparochrominae The Rhyparochromidae are a large family biology family of true bugs order Hemiptera , many of which are commonly referred to as seed bugs . The family includes two subfamilies, 368 genera, and over 1,800 species. ref cite web publisher Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage url http www.discoverlife.org 20 q?search Rhyparochromidae title Rhyparochromidae date 2002 02 15 ref Rhyparochromidae are small and generally brown or mottled. The fore femora are often enlarged. The name Rhyparochromidae comes from the Greek words rhyparos , meaning dirt , and chromus , meaning color . The Rhyparochromidae were previously classified as a subfamily of Lygaeidae . commonscat Incomplete list of genera Tribe Drymini Appolonius Eremocoris Salaciola Sinierus Stilbocoris Tribe Lethaeini Lamproceps Neolethaeus Tribe Antillocorini Botocudo Cligenes Tribe Rhyparochromini Dieuches Graphoraglius Naphiellus Naphius Poeantius Tribe Ozophorini Ozophora Tribe Myodochini Cholula Heraeus Neocattarus Pachybrachius Tribe Megalonotini Allocentrum Polycrates Tribe Plinthisini Plinthisus Tribe Udeocorini Udeocoris References references Hemiptera stub Category Insect families Category Pentatomomorpha fr Rhyparochrominae it Rhyparochromidae ... more details
Lygdamis lang el was the tyrant of Naxos Island Naxos , an island in the Cyclades , during the third quarter of the 6th Century BCE. He was initially a member of the oligarchy which ruled Naxos. In 546 BCE, Lygdamis supported the former Ancient Athens Athenian tyrant Peisistratos in his landing at Marathon, Greece Marathon which led to the restoration of Peisistratos to power in Athens. ref Pomeroy, Sarah B. 1998 . Ancient Greece a political, social and cultural history , p. 171 ref The following year Lygdamis, taking advantage of discontent arising from the concentration of wealth in the hands of the oligarchs, turned against the oligarchy and seized power as tyrant with the aid of his ally Peisistratos. ref name Grant185 Grant, Michael 1987 . The Rise of The Greeks . Guild Publishing London. p. 185 ref He secured his position by exiling potential rivals and extended his dominance over neighbouring islands such as Paros . ref Grant, Michael 1987 . The Rise of The Greeks . Guild Publishing London. p. 188 ref Image Naxos Gate.JPG thumb The Portara , the lintel of Lygdamis Temple of Apollo at Naxos Lygdamis contributed a force of mercenaries to aid his ally Polycrates , the powerful tyrant of Samos , in his campaigns against Miletus and Mytilene . ref Grant, Michael 1987 . The Rise of The Greeks . Guild Publishing London. p. 153 ref Lygdamis had an ambitious building program and in 530 BCE he began work on a huge Temple of Apollo which was never completed. The Portara , the lintel of the temple, stands today as one of the chief landmarks of Naxos. In 524 BCE Lygdamis rule over Naxos was ended when he was overthrown by the intervention of a Sparta n army. ref name Grant185 Naxos continued to prosper in the years immediately after Lygdamis rule under a new oligarchy. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Lygdamis Of Naxos Category 6th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Greek rulers Category Archaic tyrants Category Naxos Category History of the Cyclades ca Ligda ... more details
Italic title The Homeric Hymns are a collection of thirty three anonymous Ancient Greek hymn s celebrating individual gods. The hymns are Homeric in the sense that they employ the same epic meter dactylic hexameter as the Iliad and Odyssey , use many similar formulas and are couched in the same dialect. They were uncritically attributed to Homer himself in Antiquity&mdash from the earliest written reference to them, Thucydides iii.104 &mdash and the label has stuck. The whole collection, as a collection, is Homeric in the only useful sense that can be put upon the word A. W. Verrall noted in 1894, ref A.W. Verrall. The Hymn to Apollo An Essay in the Homeric Question . The Journal of Hellenic Studies 14 1894 1 29 p. 2. ref that is to say, it has come down labeled as Homer from the earliest times of Greek book literature. History The oldest of the hymns were written in the seventh century BC, somewhat later than Hesiod and the usually accepted date for the writing down of the Homeric epics. This still places the older Homeric Hymns among the oldest monuments of Greek literature but although most of them were composed in the seventh and sixth centuries, a few may be Hellenistic , and the Hymn to Ares might be a late pagan work, inserted when it was observed that a hymn to Ares was lacking. Walter Burkert has suggested that the Hymn to Apollo , attributed by an ancient source to Cynaethus of Chios a member of the Homeridae , was composed in 522 BC for performance at the unusual double festival held by Polycrates of Samos to honor Apollo of Delos and of Delphi . ref Walter Burkert . Kynaithos, Polycrates and the Homeric Hymn to Apollo in Arktouros Hellenic studies presented to B. M. W. Knox ed. G. W. Bowersock, W. Burkert, M. C. J. Putnam Berlin De Gruyter, 1979 pp. 53 62. ref The hymns, which must be the remains of a once more strongly represented genre, vary widely in length, some being as brief as three or four lines, while others are in excess of five hundred lines. ... more details
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