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  • Lacydes of Cyrene, Greek philosopher, became head of the Platonic ... activities shifted from the study of Platonic metaphysics to methods ...
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  • † 443 B.C.E. in Argos), was one of the canonical nine poets of ... a poet that, although only a tiny fraction of his works have survived, what ...
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  • philosopher. See also Chrysippus (mythology) of Greek mythology ... and adding numerous testimonies. Apollodorus of Athens criticized him in ...
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  • Tītânes) were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary ... the Titans in the Titanomachy ('War of the Titans'). The Titans ...
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  • In Greek mythology, Ares, the Olympian god of war, was the son of ... a war deity, Athena's stance was that of strategic warfare while Ares ...
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  • from 117 C.E.–138 C.E., and a member of the plebian family gens Aelia ... Ulterior). He was a distant relative of his predecessor Trajan, being ...
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  • Comedy, together with tragedy was one of two principal dramatic forms ... The Old Comedy, dating from the establishment of democracy by Kleisthenes ...
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  • a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, the second of the philosophers of Ionia ... citizen. The computations of Apollodorus of Athens have fixed his birth ...
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  • quot;distribution-mother" from the noun of the Indo-European mother-earth ... She and her daughter Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian ...
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  • ceremonies held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based ... Of all the mysteries celebrated in ancient Mediterranean world, these ...
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  • a multifaceted Greek goddess whose spheres of influence centered around wisdom ... She was known as the companion of heroes, protector of cities, and ...
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  • called by Pindar "the minstrel father of songs." ... or Hesiod, though he was known by the time of Ibycus (c. 530 B.C.E.). ...
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  • the Italic Liber), was the ancient Greek god of wine who represented the power ... Paradoxically, he was also viewed as the promoter of civilization ...
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  • Epicureanism is a system of philosophy based upon the teachings of ... pleasure is an important constituent of human happiness, but only when ...
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  • , transliterated Asklēpiós; Latin Aesculapius) was the god of medicine ... it is not surprising that Asclepius was one of the more popular deities in ...
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  • [[Image:Epikur.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Bust of Epicurus]] an ancient Greek philosopher, the founder of Epicureanism, one of the most ...
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  • ) was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of Apollo ... The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (located in western part of Turkey ...
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  • ) was a hero of the Trojan War, the central character and greatest ... state that Achilles was invulnerable on all of his body except for his heel ...
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  • ) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations ... go on to devote the most productive years of his life to opposing Macedon ...
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  • The term Greek mythology refers to the collection of tales belonging ... on the culture, arts and literature of Western civilization. Indeed ...
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