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Ἀμωντιανός
Amontianos, Amontianus
A Roman, [who] became a senator.
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α
4735
Ἀψίνης
Apsines
Of Gadara. Sophist. Begotten (so the story has it) by Pan. A pupil of Heraclides of Lycia in Smyrna, and then of Basilicus in Nicomedia. He was sophist in Athens under the emperor Maximian, …
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αι
348
Αἰσχίνης
Aeschines, Aischines, Aiskhines
Of Athens; son of the elementary teacher Atrometus and Leucothea the priestess. He himself was an actor, then a secretary, then an orator; he was a traitor, who betrayed Cersobleptes and the Phocians. He …
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45
Δαμιανός
Damianus, Damianos
Of Ephesus. Sophist. He was raised to consular rank under the emperor [Septimius] Severus, was governor of Bithynia, and constructed the domed stoa which extends to the shrine outside Ephesus.
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415
Δημάδης
Demades
Ruling after Antipater he restored Thebes. Son of Demeas, a sailor, he was himself a sailor too, a ship-builder and ferryman. Having given up these activities he entered politics, and turned traitor; as a …
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429
Δημήτριος
Demetrius, Demetrios
Son of Phanostratus, of Phalerum (Phalerum is a harbour in Attica); he was called Phanus at first; a Peripatetic philosopher. He wrote on philosophy, history, rhetoric and politics, and about poets. He studied with …
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δ
455
Δημοσθένης
Demosthenes
The orator; he was a man of outstanding ability in reflection and in the expression of his thoughts; hence, too, he was regarded as the most eloquent among his contemporaries, since he was most …
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δ
1208
Διοσκόριος
Dioskorios, Dioscorius
Of Myra. Grammarian. Prefect of the city and of the praetorians. He was tutor to the daughters of Leon the emperor in Byzantium.
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ε
2741
Ἐπιφάνιος
Epiphanios, Epiphanius
Son of Ulpian; of Petra. Sophist. He taught both there and in Athens. He wrote On Similarity and Difference of the Issues; Progymnasmata; declamations; Demarchs; Polemarchicus; epideictic speeches; and other assorted investigations.
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η
545
Ἡρώδης
Herodes
Surnamed Julius, son of Atticus the son of Plutarch, a member of the Aeacid family; an Athenian, of the deme Marathon. Sophist. He was extremely wealthy, so much so that he built a stadium …
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