Thespiae Greek language Greek , Thespia was an ancient Greece ancient Greek city polis in Boeotia ... Greece History history of ancient Greece , Thespiae was one of the cities of the federal league known ... of generations, of which the occupation of Thespiae formed a later stage. ref Buck A History of Boeotia ..., A History of Boeotia , p. 96 ref Thespiae therefore decided to become a close ally of Thebes. ref ... settled Eutresis between 600 550. Thespiae also took control over Creusis, Siphae, Thisbe and Chorisae ... 9 ref The Thessalians invaded Boeotia as far as Thespiae, more than 200 years before Battle of Leuctra Leuctra according to Plutarch , c. 571 BC, which might have given Thespiae the impetus to join ... Plutarch Plut. de. Hdt. mal. 33 Mor. 866e ref Herodotus suggests that Thespiae had been a member of the league as long as Thebes had been. ref Herodotus Hdt. 5.79 ref Following the Persian Wars, Thespiae ... the Second Persian invasion of Greece Persian invasion of 480 BC Thespiae s ability to field a substantial force of hoplites had changed. Thespiae and Thebes were the only Boeotian cities to send a contingent to Battle of Thermopylae fight at Thermopylae , Thespiae sending a force of 700 hoplites who ... state to side with the Persians, and in doing so they denounced both Plataea and Thespiae to Xerxes ... losses at the Battle of Delium . In the next year the Thebans dismantled the walls of Thespiae ... War , Thespiae was initially part of the anti Spartan alliance. At the Battle of Nemea in 394 ... were defeated by the Boeotians. ref Xenophon Xen. Hell. 4.2.20 ref After Nemea, Thespiae became ... autonomy until 373. ref Xenophon Xen. Hell. 5.1.31 ref In 373 Thespiae was subdued by the Thebans ... at Thespiae in the 4th century BC, though she seems to have lived at Athens . One of the anecdotes ... Thespiae sought the friendship of the Roman Republic in the war against Mithridates VI . It is subsequently ... within the Roman Empire , a reward for its support against Mithridates. Thespiae hosted an important ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Demophilus led a contingent of about 1,000 Thespiae Thespians at the Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC . He stood along with the 300 Spartans at the last stand, and is immortalised in many books and movies. DEFAULTSORT Demophilus Category Battle of Thermopylae Category 5th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Greeks killed in battle Category 480 BC deaths Category People of the Greco Persian Wars AncientGreece bio stub el es Dem filo de Tespias pt Dem filo filho de Diadromes ... more details
Wiktionary thespian Thespian may refer to An actor of either sex , after the legendary 6th century BC Greek actor playwright Thespis . A citizen of the ancient Greek city of Thespiae A member of the International Thespian Society , an honor society that promotes excellence in high school theater disambig ... more details
Demophilus lang grc may refer to Demophilus Thespiae led a contingent of about 700 the Thespians at the Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC Demophilus, an ancient Greek artist from Sicily Demophilus historian edited the first universal history which was written by his father Ephorus Demophilus of Constantinople , bishop of Constantinople from 370 until expelled in 380 disambig de Demophilos el hu D mophilosz egy rtelm s t lap ... more details
Bishop Peter Bernardine Collingridge , Order of Friars Minor OFM 10 March 1757 3 March 1829 was Vicar Apostolic of Western District Western District, England, Great Britain and Titular Bishop of Thespiae . Born at Fritwell , Oxfordshire , Collingridge was appointed Coadjutor bishop coadjutor to Bishop William Gregory Sharrock , Vicar Apostolic of the Western District England Vicar Apostolic of the Western District on 13 January 1807. On the same day, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Thespiae, and Consecration consecrated on 11 October 1807. On 18 October 1809, aged 52, he succeeded to Vicar Apostolic of the Western District England Vicar Apostolic of the Western District . On 3 March 1829, the same year as Catholic Emancipation , Bishop Collingridge died one week before his 72nd birthday. He had been a bishop for 21 years. External links http www.nationalarchives.gov.uk nra browser person page person CO.htm UK National Archives http www.catholic history.org.uk nwchs recushandbook.htm UK Catholic History site http www.catholic hierarchy.org bishop bcolp.html Catholic Hierarchy Collingridge biodata http www.coventry catholicdeanery.org.uk StOsburg history 20sep 2007.pdf Coventry Catholic Deanery site s start s rel ca s bef before William Gregory Sharrock s ttl title Vicar Apostolic of the Western District England Vicar Apostolic of the Western District years 1809 1829 s aft after Peter Augustine Baines s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Collingridge, Peter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Catholic bishop DATE OF BIRTH 10 March 1757 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 3 March 1829 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Collingridge, Peter Category 1757 births Category 1829 deaths Category Franciscans Category People from Cherwell district Category 19th century Roman Catholic bishops Category Vicars Apostolic of England and Wales ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Thespies name local image map Dimos Thespieon.png map caption Location within the regional unit periph Central Greece region Central Greece periphunit Boeotia municipality Aliartos pop municunit 5949 population as of 2001 area municunit elevation lat deg 38 lat min 18 lon deg 23 lon min 09 postal code area code licence mayor website image skyline caption skyline party since Thespies lang el is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aliartos , of which it is a municipal unit. ref name Kallikratis http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 FEKB129211082010 kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior el icon ref Population 5,949 2001 . Thespies is named after the ancient city of Thespiae . References reflist Aliartos div Category Populated places in Boeotia CentralGreece geo stub el it Thespies ... more details
for the asteroid 22203 Prothoenor In Greek mythology , Prothoenor Greek language Greek lang grc was one of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War , from Thespiae in Boeotia , ref Homer , Iliad , 2. 495 ref son of Areilycus and Theobule , brother of Arcesilaus mythology Arcesilaus he commanded eight ships. ref Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 4. 67. 7 ref ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 97 ref John Tzetzes makes him a son of Alector and Arteis, and thus a half brother of Leitus and Clonius . ref Tzetzes, Allegoriae Iliadis , Prologue, 535 ref According to the Iliad , he was killed by Polydamas Iliad Polydamas , who immediately began to boast about it. ref Homer , Iliad , 14. 450 455 ref References reflist Characters in the Iliad Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category People of the Trojan War Category Characters in the Iliad ... more details
Image Venus of Arles Louvre Ma439 n01.jpg thumb 180px left The Venus of Arles. Image Venus of Arles Louvre Ma439 n04.jpg thumb 200px right Restored surface on the Praxitelean figure by Fran ois Girardon Image VdArestaur.jpg thumb left 180px Restorations indicated in blue The Venus of Arles is a convert 1.94 m ft adj mid high sculpture of Venus mythology Venus at the Mus e du Louvre . ref http www.theoi.com Gallery S10.5.html Theoi Project ref It is in Hymettus Hymettus marble and dates to the end of the 1st century BC. It may be a copy of the Aphrodite of Thespiae by Praxiteles , ordered by the courtesan Phryne . ref The attribution, as a youthful work of Praxiteles, was advanced by Adolf Furtw ngler , Meisterwerke der Griechischen Plastik Berlin , 1893. ref In the 2nd century AD, Pausanias geographer Pausanias mentioned the existence at Thespiae in Boeotia central Greece of a group made up of Cupid, Phryne and Aphrodite. ref Pausanias, Description of Greece IX.27.5. ref The Praxitelean style may be detected in the head s resemblance to that of the Cnidian Aphrodite , a work of Praxiteles known through copies. In a tentative attempt to reconstruct his career, the original Aphrodite of Thespiae would be a work from his youth in the 360s BC , if we choose to believe that this partially draped female frequently repeated in the Hellenistic era the Venus de Milo , for example is a prelude to the fully naked nude that was his c. 350 BC Cnidian Aphrodite. ref http cartelen.louvre.fr cartelen visite?srv car not frame&idNotice 20232 Louvre catalogue ref The Venus of Arles was discovered in several pieces at the Roman theatre structure Roman theatre at Arles Roman Arles Arles . The sculptural program at Arles was executed in Italy, perhaps by Greek artisans. Venus mythology Venus was the divine ancestor of the gens Julia Arles, which had backed Caesar when Massilia backed Pompey was rewarded in numerous ways. A semi nude heroic statue of Augustus was the dominating figure in ... more details
Phoebidas lang el was a Sparta n general who, in 382 BC , seized the Thebes Greece Theban acropolis, thus giving Sparta control over Thebes. To punish his unauthorized action, Phoebidas was relieved of command. Nevertheless, the Spartans continued to hold Thebes. The Spartan king Agesilaus II Agesilaus argued against punishing Phoebidas, on the grounds that his actions had benefitted Sparta, arguing out that was the only standard by which he should be judged. Several years later, Phoebidas s actions appear to have been the model for a similar action by another general, Sphodrias , who attempted to seize Piraeus , the port of Athens. In 378 BC, Phoebidas was killed by Theban horsemen, swag, while serving as the harmost of Thespiae . References Fine, John V.A. The Ancient Greeks A critical history Harvard University Press, 1983 ISBN 0 674 03314 0 cite wikisource title Hellenica wslink Hellenica Xenophon author Xenophon others Trans. Henry Graham Dakyns year 1890s origyear original 4th century BC Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Phoebidas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category 378 BC deaths Category Ancient Spartans Category Ancient Greek generals Category 4th century BC Greek people es Febidas pt Febidas sh Febida ... more details
File Mousai Helikon Staatliche Antikensammlungen Schoen80 full.jpg thumb 150px Lyre playing Muse seated on a rock labeled , Helicon Pottery of ancient Greece Attic White ground technique white ground lekythos , 440 430 BC The Valley of the Muses was the site of an ancient Greek sanctuary to the Muses and the Mouseia festivals held in their honor. It is presently an open air historical site open permanently to the public . It is located at Thespiae Thespies on the eastern slopes of Mount Helicon in the Greek prefecture of Boeotia . History The recorded history of the valley began in the 6th century BC. Its greatest period started in the 3rd century BC with the establishment of the Mouseia festivals Grk , organised every fifth year by the Thespiae Thespians . Poets and musicians from all over Greece participated in various game s. In the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, games in honor of the Roman emperor were added. From that time the emperors sponsored the festivals, which were then called Great Kaisareia Grk because the emperor was honored over the Muses . Winners of the games dedicated their tripods to a sanctuary. Many statues depicting the Muses, famous poets, and musicians stood in the open air space of the Valley. With the rise of monotheism , the festivals and the valley were abandoned. Archaeology In 1882 , Stamatakis made the first test trench in the little church of Ayia Triada and noted the rectangular foundation of a small temple of the Muses. He also indicated the remains of the theatre on the mountain slope. The French Archaeological School under Jamot excavated systematically in 1888 , 1889 and 1890 , and discovered all the antiquities G. Roux, Le Val des Muses et les Musees chez les auteurs anciens, in Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique, 1954, 1, pp. 22 48 . The sanctuary The Sanctuary consisted of The theater, dated to the end of the 3rd century BC or the beginning of the 2nd century BC built for the musical and thea ... more details
Dienekes or Dieneces lang el , died 480 BC was a Sparta n soldier present at the Battle of Thermopylae . He was acclaimed the bravest of all the three hundred Spartiate s selected to fight in that battle. Herodotus related the following anecdote about Dienekes Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespiae Thespians , yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes. It is said that on the eve of battle, he was told by a native of Trachis that the Achaemenid Empire Persian archers were so numerous that, their arrows would block out the sun. Dienekes, however, undaunted by this prospect, remarked with a laugh, Good. Then we will fight in the shade. Histories, 7.226 Dienekes is one of the main characters in Steven Pressfield s novel Gates of Fire . He does not appear in the 1962 film The 300 Spartans his famous line is delivered instead by Leonidas I King Leonidas himself in reply to a threat from the Persian general Hydarnes the same scene also includes Leonidas famous phrase, Molon labe Mol n labe . He also does not appear in Frank Miller comics Frank Miller s graphic novel 300 comics 300 or the 300 film film based on it his famous quip is delivered instead by the fictional character Stelios. Moreover, Stelios makes the remark in response to a Persian language Persian taunt, not the statement of a fellow Greeks Greek . In his honor, the street on the left of the empty tomb of King Leonidas I in Sparta is named after him. References reflist 1 Category Ancient Spartan soldiers Category 480 BC deaths Category 5th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Greeks killed in battle Category Battle of Thermopylae Category People of the Greco Persian Wars Category Characters in Herodotus Greece mil bio stub bg el es Dienekes fr Dienekes nl Dienekes no Dienekes pt Dieneces ... more details
Sphodrias lang el 4th century BC was a Sparta n general during the period of Greek history known as the Spartan hegemony . In 379 BC , he was in command of a garrison in the Spartan occupied city of Thespiae in Boeotia. Aiming to increase Spartan power in the region, he attempted to march by night to seize the Piraeus , the port of Athens . He miscalculated the length of the march, however, and when the sun rose he and his army were caught out in the middle of the Thyrian plain, still some miles from the Piraeus. He retreated back to Boeotia. The Athenians, furious at Sphodrias action, seized several Spartan emissaries who were in Athens at the time, and released them only when the Spartans promised that Sphodrias would be executed. Sphodrias son Kleonymos, however, got Archidamus III Archidamus , the son of the Spartan king Agesilaus II Agesilaus to intervene. Agesilaus then used his influence to secure Sphodrias unexpected acquittal. Agesilaus justified himself by saying it is a hard thing to put to death one who as a young man has consistently acted well and honorably, for Sparta has need of such soldiers Xenophon Xen. Hellenica . This infuriated the Athenians even further, and they formed an alliance with Thebes Greece Thebes , a bitter enemy of Sparta at that time. Together with Phoebidas , who had seized Thebes several years earlier, Sphodrias came to be seen as representative of an aggressive Spartan foreign policy that alienated other states throughout Greece. Sphodrias died at the battle of Leuctra in 371 BC. References Fine, John V.A. The Ancient Greeks A critical history Harvard University Press, 1983 ISBN 0 674 03314 0 Hodkinson, Stephen. Property and Wealth in Classical Sparta The Classical Press of Wales, 2000 ISBN 0 7156 3040 7 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sphodrias ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category 371 BC deaths Category Ancient Spartan generals Categ ... more details
Alexandros of Antioch was an otherwise unknown artist of the Hellenistic period Hellenistic age who is best known today for the Venus de Milo Aphrodite of Milos at the Louvre Museum in Paris , France . He is known from several ancient inscriptions including one from a now missing plinth that was a part of the Venus de Milo but was removed and lost due to museum politics and national pride at the Louvre Museum in the 1820s. The inscription and the style of its lettering cast into doubt the claim that the statue was an original by the master sculptor Praxiteles from Attica . Alexandros appears to have been a wandering artist who worked on commission. According to inscriptions at the ancient city of Thespiae , near Mount Helicon , in Greece , he was a winner in contests for composing and singing. The inscriptions date to around 80 BCE . His father s name was Menides according to all the inscriptions. Alexandros is also thought to have sculpted a statue of Alexander the Great that is also displayed at the Louvre Museum. This statue was discovered at the Greek island of Delos . His dates of birth and death are unknown. References Gregory Curtis. Disarmed the Story of the Venus de Milo . Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. ISBN 0 375 41523 8 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Alexandros of Antioch ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION There is a sculpture but I can not find a painting DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Alexandros of Antioch Category Hellenistic sculptors Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown da Alexandros fra Antiokia it Alessandro di Antiochia nl Alexandros van Antiochi ja pt Alexandros de Anti quia sv Alexandros fr n Antiochia ... more details
Image NAMA H racl s & Busiris.jpg thumb right Pelike showing Heracles fighting Busiris , found at Thespiae Thespiai . Circa 470 BC. Athens , National Archaeological Museum of Athens National Archaeological Museum . The Pan Painter was an Ancient Greece ancient Greek Pottery of ancient Greece vase painter of the Attica Attic Red figure pottery red figure style, active ca. 480 to 450 BC. A pupil of Myson , he stands the beginning of the Mannerists, though his drawing technique is considered the finest. ref J.D. Beazley, Attic Red figure Vase painters . 2nd ed., Oxford, 1963 550. ref John Beazley Sir John Beazley attributed over 150 vases to his hand. His name vase is a bell krater in Boston Museum of Fine Arts Boston depicting Pan mythology Pan pursuing a goatherd. ref Boston MFA 19,185. ref Works bell krater in Boston Pan and shepherd, death of Aktaion pelike in Athens Heracles and Busiris psykter in Munich Apollo s fighting for Marpessa lekythos in Boston depiction of a hunter Notes reflist Bibliography John Beazley, Attic Red figure Vase painters . 2nd ed., Oxford 1963. John Beazley. Der Pan Maler . Berlin 1931. Anna Follmann. Der Pan Maler . Bonn 1968. Pan Maler. in Lexikon Alte Kulturen. Vol 3, p. 101. Pan Maler. in Lexikon der Kunst. Vol 3, p. 716. Category 5th century BC deaths Category Ancient Greek vase painters Category Anonymous artists of antiquity Category People from Attica Greek Vases de Pan Maler ru sh Slikar Pana fi Pan maalari uk ... more details
Portal Catholicism John Talbot Stonor 1678 1756 was an English people English Catholic Church Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District from 1715 to 1756. ref name bston Catholic hierarchy bishop bston Bishop John Talbot Stonor 21 June 2011 ref Born in 1678, he was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District and Titular Bishop of Thespiae by the Holy See on 18 September 1715. ref name bston He was Consecration consecrated to the Episcopal polity Episcopate on 9 August 1716, ref name bston the principal consecrator was Cardinal Henri Pons de Thiard de Bissy, Roman Catholic Diocese of Meaux Bishop of Meaux , France. ref name bcashman Catholic hierarchy bishop bcashman Henri Pons Cardinal de Thiard de Bissy 21 June 2011 ref He died in office on 29 March 1756, aged 78. ref name bston References Reflist s start s rel ca s bef before George Witham s ttl title Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District years 1715 1756 s aft after John Joseph Hornyold end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stonor, John Talbot ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Catholic bishop DATE OF BIRTH 1678 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1756 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stonor, John Talbot Category 1678 births Category 1756 deaths Category Post Reformation Roman Catholic bishops in England Category Vicars Apostolic of England and Wales ... more details
other uses Aganippe disambiguation Aganippe lang grc was a name or epithet of three figures in Greek mythology . Aganippe the Mare who destroys mercifully was an aspect of Demeter . In this form she was a black winged horse worshiped by certain cults. In this aspect her idols such as one found in Mavrospelya, the Black Cave, in Phigalia she was portrayed as mare headed with a mane entwined with Gorgon Snakes. This aspect was also associated with Anion or Arion whom Heracles rode, who later inspired tales of Pegasus. ref Walker, B. G. The Woman s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, pg 219 ref Aganippe was the name of both a fountain and the Naiad a Crinaeae Crinaea associated with it. The well is in Boeotia , near Thespiae , at the base of Mount Helicon . It was created by the hooves of Pegasus and was associated with the Muses as a source of poetic inspiration. The nymph is called a daughter of the river god Termessus. ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , ix. 29. 5. ref ref Virgil , Bucolics Eclogues x. 12. ref The Muses are sometimes called Aganippides. ref name DGRBM Citation last Schmitz first Leonhard author link contribution Aganippe 1 and 2 editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 59 publisher place Boston year 1867 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0068.html ref ref http www.theoi.com Nymphe NympheAganippe.html Theoi Project Aganippe ref Another Aganippe was the wife of Acrisius , and according to some accounts the mother of Dana , although the latter is more commonly called a daughter of Eurydice . ref name DGRBM ref Gaius Julius Hyginus Hyginus . Fabulae , 63. ref ref Scholiast , ad Apollon. Rhod. iv. 1091. ref Son of the king Egypt. And Leukipp s or Leucippe who was Eu n r or Evenor s spouse and Efesto s granddaughter and Kleito s mother. ref ... 113 113 , ... more details
File HelikonZagarasMt.jpg thumb Mount Helicon, upon which the town of Ascra was located Ascra lang grc , skr was an ancient town in Boeotia which is best known today as the home of the poet Hesiod . ref name Gaz W. Hazlitt 1858 The Classical Gazeteer London , http books.google.com books?id Y1sbAAAAMAAJ&q ascra v snippet&q ascra&f false p. 54, s.v. Ascra . ref It was located upon Mount Helicon , five miles west of Thespiae . ref name Gaz According to a lost poetic Atthis by one Hegesinous, a maiden by the name of Ascra lay with Poseidon and bore a son Oeoclus who, together with the Aloadae , founded the town named for his mother. ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text jsessionid 6608086C6F6B93EB4774A8CCA5723B0C?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.01.0160 3Abook 3D9 3Achapter 3D29 3Asection 3D1 9.29.1 . ref In the Works and Days , Hesiod says that his father was driven from Cuma Aeolis Aeolian Cyme to Ascra by poverty, only to find himself situated in a most unpleasant town lines 639 40 style border 0px margin left 100px white space nowrap scope col width 400px scope col width 400px border 0 Valign top lang grc br lang grc , , , . He settled in a miserable village near Helicon, br Ascra, vile in winter, painful in summer, never good. The 4th century BCE astronomer Eudoxus of Cnidus Eudoxus thought even less of Ascra s climate, ref Strabo , Geographica http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text jsessionid 6608086C6F6B93EB4774A8CCA5723B0C?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.01.0198 3Abook 3D9 3Achapter 3D2 3Asection 3D35 9.2.35 . ref and by the time he wrote the town had been all but destroyed, a loss commemorated by a similarly lost Hellenistic poetry Hellenistic poem, which opened Of Ascra there isn t even a trace anymore lang grc . ref Citation last West first M.L. authorlink Martin Litchfield West title Four Hellenistic First Lin ... more details
from the decisions of the Ephor s and the Gerousia . They are subsequently reinforced by Thespiae Thespians led by Demophilus Thespiae Demophilus and other Greek allies. After several days of fighting ... more details
Hieronymus of Cardia , Ancient Greece Greek general and historian from Cardia Thrace Cardia in Thrace, was a contemporary of Alexander the Great 354 250 BC . After the death of Alexander he followed the fortunes of his friend and fellow countryman Eumenes of Cardia Eumenes . He was wounded and taken prisoner by Antigonus I Monophthalmus Antigonus , who pardoned him and appointed him superintendent of the asphalt beds in the Dead Sea . He was treated with equal friendliness by Antigonus s son Demetrius I of Macedon Demetrius , who made him polemarch of Thespiae , and by Antigonus Gonatas , at whose court he died at the age of 104. He wrote a history of the Diadochi and their descendants, embracing the period from the death of Alexander to the war with Pyrrhus of Epirus Pyrrhus 323 272 BC , which is one of the chief authorities used by Diodorus Siculus xviii. xx. and also by Plutarch in his life of Pyrrhus. He made use of official papers and was careful in his investigation of facts. The simplicity of his style seemingly rendered his work unpopular to people of his time, but modern historians believe it was very good. In the last part of his work he made a praiseworthy attempt to acquaint the Greeks with the character and early history of the Romans. He is reproached by Pausanias geographer Pausanias i. 9. 8 with unfairness towards all rulers with the exception of Antigonus Gonatas. No significant amount of his work survived the end of the ancient world. Like the even more famous lost history of Alexander by Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemy I of Egypt , not one book, not one chapter has seen the light of day. See Lucian , Macrobii , 22 Plutarch, Demetrius , 39 Diod. Sic. xviii. 42. 44. 50, xix. i 09 Dionysius of Halicarnassus Dion. Halic. Antiq. Rom. 1. 6 F Br ckner, De vita et scriptis Hieronymi Cardii in Zeitschrift f r die Alterthumswissenschaft 1842 F Reuss, Hieronymos von Kardia Berlin, 1876 Charles Wachsmuth , Einleitung in das Studium der alten Geschichte 1895 fragments ... more details
Thespius was a legendary founder and king of Thespiae , Boeotia . His life account is considered part of Greek mythology . Life account He was reportedly son of Erechtheus , King of Athens , and Praxithea . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 9. 26. 6 scholia on Homer , Iliad , 2. 498 call him son of Teuthras or Cepheus ref His maternal grandparents were Phrasimus and Diogenia, the daughter of the river god Cephissus Athenian plain Cephissus . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3. 15. 1 ref He married Megamede, daughter of Arneus . They supposedly had fifty daughters together, although Thespius may have fathered some of the daughters from unnamed mistresses with Megamede being their stepmother. ref So in Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 4. 29. 2 ref All his daughters came of marrying age but Thespius seems to have sought no husband for them he instead desired grandchildren from the hero Heracles . When Heracles was assigned to kill a lion not to be confused with the Nemean Lion , Thespius offered his fifty daughters as a prize. The hunt for the lion lasted fifty days, and during each night of the hunt Heracles slept with each of the fifty daughters, who in turn each gave birth to one son. ref Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 2. 4. 10 ref Alternate sources claim that Heracles slept with the daughters in a single night. In this version, only forty nine slept with the hero, with the fiftieth being destined to serve as a virgin priestess of a temple to Heracles, as a punishment for her refusal to sleep with him. ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 9. 27. 7 ref In another version there were fifty one grandsons of Thespius, of which forty colonized the island of Sardinia . ref Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 4. 29. 1, 4 6 ref The daughters are often referred to as the Thespiades, also being the subject of an 1853 painting by Gustave Moreau . Daughters and grandchildren The Bibliotheca ... more details
The Boeotian or Theban War broke out in 378 BCE as the result of a revolt in Thebes against Sparta. The war would last six years. ref Historians History of the World, Editor Henry Smith Williams vol 4 p140 ref Outbreak of the War File 7264 Piraeus Arch. Museum, Athens Bronze shields Photo by Giovanni Dall Orto, Nov 14 2009.jpg Hoplite Shields thumb 220px In 378 BCE a revolt in Thebes led to the assassination of the ruling 3 man junta and the expulsion of the Spartan garrison. ref Spartans, a new history , Nigel Kennell, 2010, p139 ref An expedition against Thebes was mounted led by Kleombrotus achieved little but left a garrison in Thespiae under Sphodrias. ref Spartans, a new history , Nigel Kennell, 2010, p140 ref That winter Sphodrias attempted a raid on Pireus which ended in fiasco. ref Spartans, a new history , Nigel Kennell, 2010, p140 ref Sphodrias had not acted under orders and was brought to trial. However, he was acquitted which led Athens to declare for Thebes ref Historians History of the World, Editor Henry Smith Williams vol 4 p140 ref The War Two expeditions against Thebes led by King Agesilaus achieved little. ref Historians History of the World, Editor Henry Smith Williams vol 4 p142 ref Mark Munn argues that it is likely that the Dema wall was built at this time to defend Attica. ref Mark H. Munn, The Defense of Attica The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378 375 BC Berkeley University of California Press, 1993 ref An expedition in 376 BCE led by King Keombrotus was blocked at the passes of Kithairon . ref Historians History of the World, Editor Henry Smith Williams vol 4 p142 ref Sparta then sent a fleet in and attempted to blockade Athens. ref Historians History of the World, Editor Henry Smith Williams vol 4 pp 142 3 ref The result was the defeat of the Spartan fleet at the Battle of Naxos at the hands of a predominately Athenian fleet commanded by Chabrias in 376 BCE. ref Agesilaos, P Cartledge p377 ref In 375 BCE Athens mounted 2 successful e ... more details
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