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One of the Ionian Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Peloponnesian Peninsula with an area of 108 square miles (280 square kilometers); site of an ancient Temple of Aphrodite (goddess of Love).
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An Okeanid, i.e. one of the three thousand daughters of Okeanos (Ocean) and Tethys.
Zeus gave the Okeanids, Apollon and the Rivers the special obligation of having the young in their keeping.
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The Kerkopes were two Monkey-Men named Passalus and Akmon (Acmon).
As Herakles (Heracles) was sleeping under a tree, the two mischievous characters stole his bow; Herakles caught the barbaric looking brothers and tied them upside-down to a pole which he carried over his shoulder; the Kerkopes were not only unrepentant but highly amused by their plight and, as they dangled behind Herakles, they began making disparaging comments about Herakles’ hairy posterior; Herakles, who was so accustomed to sorrow and brutality, couldn’t resist the infectious good humor of the Kerkopes and set them free.
Herakles’ encounter with the Kerkopes was a popular artistic theme beginning in the early sixth century BCE and continuing well into the fourth century; the story was popular from mainland Greece to the island of Sicily.
This story is one of the fragmentary remains of the Epic Cycle; for the complete translations of the Epic Cycle I recommend the Loeb Classical Library volume 57, ISBN 0674990633; you can sometimes find this book at the library or you can order it from the Book Shop on this site which is linked to Amazon.com.
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The father of Alope; he could not protect his daughter from the unwanted advances of Poseidon (lord of the Sea) and Alpoe became the consort of Poseidon and bore him a son named Hippothoos.
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A large clay dish used in the worship of Kybele (Cybele), the Mother of Gods, in her temple at Athens.
The temple, the Metroum, was built circa 430 BCE in an attempt to appease Kybele and free Athens from the plague which was decimating the population; the philosopher, Diogenes of Sinope is said to have slept in the Kernos as a demonstration of his commitment to the ideals of austerity and poverty.
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This magical beast was the subject of one of the Labors of Herakles (Heracles).
The hind, i.e. female deer, was portrayed with golden horns which is indicative of a male deer; it was sacred to Artemis and was named after a Peloponnesian river; Herakles spent a year searching for the elusive deer before he was able to capture it.
While returning the hind to his cousin, Eurystheus, Herakles encountered Apollon and Artemis; they demanded the return of the sacred creature but Herakles successfully argued the justice of his quest and was allowed to complete his Labor.
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The daughter of Gaia (Earth) and Pontos (the Sea).
Keto was the consort of her brother, Phorkys (Phorcys), and the mother of the Graiae (the Gray Sisters), the Gorgons, the six-headed monster, Skylla (Scylla) and the serpent, Ladon, who guards the Golden Apples of the Hesperides; she is the sister of Thaumas and Eurybia.
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The son of the Eophorus (the Morning Star) and the husband of Alkyone (Alcyone); they were both transformed into birds that bore their names; Alkyone was changed into a kingfisher and Keyx was changed into some sort of sea bird.
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A king of Trakhis (Trachis) mentioned in the poem, Shield of Herakles (Heracles) on line 354.
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One of the Thirty Tyrants elected to rule the city of Athens after the end of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE).
Having lost the war to the Spartans, the citizens of Athens elected thirty men to lead the new post-war government; these men became known as the Thirty Tyrants; the short lived government they comprised was an oligarchy.
The tyrants immediately began to prosecute Athenians who had been Spartan informers and collaborators during the long, hard war; the punishment of the guilty seemed appropriate to the common citizens and aristocrats alike but it soon became clear that the executions and banishments were going beyond the bounds of necessity or prudence; open hostilities soon developed between members of the Thirty and their authority and rule came to an end after one year.
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An early and fanatical follower of Sokrates (Socrates) who was viciously ridiculed in the comedy Clouds by Aristophanes because of his presumed aversion to fresh air and sunlight; Aristophanes clearly did not like Sokrates and took every opportunity to denounce him, his school and his students.
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An ancient city in eastern Greece, in Boeotia; the site where Philip of Makedon (Macedon) defeated the combined forces of the Athenians, the Thebans and their allies.
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A district in northern Greece, in southeastern Makedon (Macedon), which forms a three-fingered peninsula and juts into the Aegean Sea; bounded on the east by the Gulf of Strimon and on the west by the Gulf of Salonika.
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The daughter of the king and queen of Kolkhis (Colchis), Aietes (Aeetes) and Eidyia; the sister of the sorceress, Medea, and half-sister of Apsyrto.
When the fugitive, Phrixus, came to Kolkhis on the flying ram with the Golden Fleece, Aietes gave him sanctuary and allowed him to marry Khalkiope “without gifts of wooing;” at the magical ram’s request, its body was sacrificed and its Golden Fleece was placed in the Garden of Ares at Kolkhis.
Years later, after Phrixus had died of old age, the four sons of Khalkiope and Phrixus (Argus, Kytissoros (Cytissoros), Phrontis, and Melas) set out on a quest to avenge their father’s unjust expulsion from his home in Orkhomenos (Orchomenos); they had not traveled far from Kolkhis when they became shipwrecked on the Island of Ares and were rescued by the Argonauts, who were on their way to Kolkhis to retrieve the Golden Fleece.
When king Aietes found out why the Argonauts had come to his remote kingdom, he became furious and blamed Khalkiope’s sons for bringing the strangers to his shores; Khalkiope begged her sister, Medea, to help the Argonauts and divert the king’s anger from her sons; Khalkiope swore a great oath to return from the Underworld as an avenging Fury if her father harmed her sons; Medea was distressed at her sister’s plight and, under the influence of Eros (god of Love), used her magical powers to assist Iason (Jason) and the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece and flee Kolkhis; after Medea fled Kolkhis in disgrace and her half-brother, Apsyrtos, was killed in pursuit of the Argonauts, Khalkiope was Aietes’ only child who stayed with him in Kolkhis.
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A bird that flies in its sleep and never wakes; its proximity induces sleep.
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A city located on the eastern-central side of the island of Euboea and the site of the fountain of Arethusa.
Approximate east longitude 23.36 and north latitude 38.28.
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The original Immortal; all creation is derived from her.
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Sculptor of the 100+ foot bronze statue of Helios (the Sun) known as the Colossus of Rhodes which was one of the Seven Wonders of the World; the statue, which was erected in 290 BCE, stood in the harbor of the city of Rhodes on the island of Rhodes until it was toppled in an earthquake, sixty six years later, in 224 BCE.
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One of the Thirty Tyrants elected to rule the city of Athens after the end of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE).
Having lost the war to the Spartans, the citizens of Athens elected thirty men to lead the new post-war government; these men became known as the Thirty Tyrants; the short lived government they comprised was an oligarchy.
The tyrants immediately began to prosecute Athenians who had been Spartan informers and collaborators during the long, hard war; the punishment of the guilty seemed appropriate to the common citizens and aristocrats alike but it soon became clear that the executions and banishments were going beyond the bounds of necessity or prudence; open hostilities soon developed between members of the Thirty and their authority and rule came to an end after one year.
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The fifth Eurypontidai king of the city of Sparta who ruled circa 775-750 BCE.
Sparta traditionally had two kings who ruled jointly; one king was required to be a descendant of king Eurypon and the other was required to be a descendant of king Agis I (respectively known as the Eurypontidai and the Agiadai).
Very little is known about Kharillos and the dates given for his rule are extrapolations and should be used only as approximations.
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One of the Charites, i.e. Graces; the wife of the lord of the Sea, Poseidon.
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The Ferryman of the Underworld; he ferries the dead across the river Styx for the fee of one obol.
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A daughter of Gaia (Earth) and Poseidon (lord of the Sea); she is the monster mentioned in The Odyssey and later identified with the whirlpool in the Strait of Messina off the northeastern coast of the island of Sicily.
Kharybdis would alternately suck down the waters into her maw and then spew them out causing gigantic waves; passing ships were in double jeopardy as they passed Kharybdis because in order to avoid the surging waters, they had to sail dangerously close to the six headed monster, Skylla (Scylla), who occupied the other side of the Strait of Messina.
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A wise and beneficent Centaur (half-horse/half-man); the son of Kronos (Cronos) and Philyra.
Rheia (Rhea) caught Kronos when he was with Philyra and, to escape detection, Kronos took the guise of a horse and thus Kheiron was conceived as a Centaur; he was the teacher of Akhilleus (Achilles), Asklepios (Asclepius) and Iason (Jason).
At the marriage between Thetis and Peleus, Kheiron presented the newlyweds with an ashen spear which he had fashioned from wood cut from Mount Pelion; the spear was polished by the goddess, Athene (Athena), and, as a finishing touch, Hephaistos (Hephaestus) fitted it with a head; eventually the spear was used by Akhilleus (Achilles) during the siege of the city of Troy.
Although he was immortal, when he was accidentally wounded by Herakles (Heracles), during his Forth Labor (Capturing the Boar of Mount Erymanthus), he surrendered his immortality and died.
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Silver coins of Aegina; first minted circa 665 BCE; commonly referred to as Tortoises because of their shape.
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The narrow strip of land which comprised the long peninsula on the western side of the Hellespont.
The Khersonese was settled during the reign of Pisistratus (circa 500 BCE) and further developed by Perikles (Pericles) circa 465 BCE as an Athenian colony; the peninsula was important because of its strategic location and command of the narrow Hellespont; before the Athenians took control of the peninsula it was politically unstable because of the constant threats of invasion by Greek and Asian tribes; the name literally means Land-Island.
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The twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet; represented as an X in the upper and x in the lower case; when reciting the Greek alphabet, Khi is pronounced as He with a long E; upper case: χ; lower case: χ.
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(fl. 556 BCE); A Greek sage and one of the ephors at Sparta; he was sometimes included as one of the Seven Sages by some historians which is an indication of his reputation throughout the ancient civilized world.
His name may also be rendered as Khilo or Chilo.
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A fire breathing she-beast with three heads: a lion, a snake and a goat; the child of Hydra.
The Khimera was killed by Bellerophontes and the flying horse, Pegasos (Pegasus); Bellerophontes was sent to kill the Khimera as one of the suicidal tasks he performed for the lord of Lykia (Lycia).
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The consort of Hermes and the mother of Autolykos (Autolycos).
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A Greek island in the Aegean Sea near the central-western coast of Asia Minor; approximately 350 square miles (907 square kilometers) in size.
In regards to the island of Khios, the historian Herodotus mentioned a curious event that might give us a glimpse into his way of perceiving the world; Herodotus claims that the terrible defeat the Khians suffered at the hands of the Persians after the Ionian Revolt should have been expected because two divinely directed catastrophes had befallen the islanders prior to the Persian invasion; the first was the death of 98 out of 100 Khian youths who had gone to Delphi and died of a mysterious disease; the second was the collapse of a school roof on Khios which killed 119 out of 120 of the school’s children; Herodotus said that these events were “signs” and that they “somehow” gave advance warning of the great evils that were to befall the Khians.
Approximate east longitude 26.00 and north latitude 38.22.
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The principal city of the island of Khios located on the eastern central side of the island.
Approximate east longitude 26.08 and north latitude 38.22.
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A long woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece.
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A short, fine woolen mantle worn by men in ancient Greece, usually clasped at the shoulder with a scarab, i.e. a broach in the shape of a scarab beetle.
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The youngest daughter of Amphion and Niobe and the only one to survive the wrath of Apollon and Artemis when Niobe insulted Leto by bragging that she had many children and Leto had only two; she married Neleus and became the queen of Pylos; she and Neleus had three sons and one daughter: Nestor, Khromios (Chromios), Periklymenos and beautiful Pero.
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A unit of measure; approximately one quart.
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A tragedy by the Athenian playwright, Aeskhylus (Aeschylus); usually called The Libation Bearers; one of the seven surviving tragedies by Aeskhylus.
This play is the second in the Oresteia trilogy dealing with the murder of Agamemnon and the revenge meted out by his son, Orestes; the name of this play may also be rendered as Khoephori or Choephori.
This is a fine story and well worth reading; if you wish to read this play I suggest The Complete Greek Tragedies, Aeschylus I, edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, ISBN 0226307786; you can find this book at your library in the 800 section or you can order it through the Book Shop on this site which is linked to Amazon.com.
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One of the Thirty Tyrants elected to rule the city of Athens after the end of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE).
Having lost the war to the Spartans, the citizens of Athens elected thirty men to lead the new post-war government; these men became known as the Thirty Tyrants; the short lived government they comprised was an oligarchy.
The tyrants immediately began to prosecute Athenians who had been Spartan informers and collaborators during the long, hard war; the punishment of the guilty seemed appropriate to the common citizens and aristocrats alike but it soon became clear that the executions and banishments were going beyond the bounds of necessity or prudence; open hostilities soon developed between members of the Thirty and their authority and rule came to an end after one year.
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One of the sons of Neleus and Khloris (Chloris); when Neleus refused to absolve Herakles (Heracles) for the murder of Iphitos, Herakles killed Khromios, his brother, Periklymenos (Periclymenos), and his father, Neleus; his other siblings, Nestor and Pero, survived the wrath of Herakles.
His name may also be rendered as Khromius or Chromius.
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One of the many creatures born from the blood of Medusa when Perseus cut off her head.
There is no actual physical description of Khrysaor but he is usually assumed to be monstrous because his children were the three-headed Geryon and the snake-like monster, Ekhidna (Echidna); his name was derived from his golden sword, (Khyseos = golden and aor = sword).
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The daughter of the priest of Apollon, Khryses (Chryses); she and another girl, Briseis, were captured by the Greeks during the ninth year of the siege of Troy and were the basis for the bitter dispute between Agamemnon and Akhilleus (Achilles).
The girls were taken as slaves during raiding parties that the Greeks regularly conducted to supply their army with food and slaves; Khryseis was the “prize” of Agamemnon and Briseis was the “prize” of Akhilleus; when Khryseis’ father appealed to Agamemnon and offered a ransom for the return of his daughter, he was treated shamelessly, threatened and sent away; Khryses prayed to Apollon for revenge and his prayers were answered; Apollon rained arrows on the Greek army until Agamemnon relented and returned Khryseis to her father.
Now that Agamemnon was deprived of his prize he took the girl, Briseis, away from Akhilleus; Akhilleus was quick to anger and many harsh words were exchanged; the feud between Akhilleus and Agamemnon nearly cost the Greeks their victory over the Trojans.
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The priest of Apollon whose daughter, Khryseis (Chryseis), was taken captive by the Greek army during the ninth year of their siege of Troy.
The Greeks would regularly raid nearby cities and bring back provisions and slaves; the girl, Khryseis, was taken as a slave on one such raid and Agamemnon kept her as his “prize;” when Khryses went to Agamemnon and begged for the return of his daughter, he was treated shamelessly and sent away with reproach; Khryses prayed to Apollon and asked the god to punish the Greeks for their uncivilized behavior.
To be clear about this: it was NOT uncivilized to plunder and take slaves but it WAS uncivilized to refuse the supplications of a father for the return of his daughter.
Khryses’ prayers were answered; Apollon stood off-shore and rained arrows on the Greek army killing men and livestock; on the advice of the seer, Kalkhas (Calchas), young Khryseis was returned to her father and the Greeks humbled themselves before Apollon and begged forgiveness.
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(280-209? BCE) A Greek stoic philosopher.
His name may also be rendered as Khrysippos or Chrysippos.
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One of the three daughters of Agamemnon who was offered to Akhilleus (Achilles) if he would put away his anger and return to the war with the Trojans.
Agamemnon and Akhilleus began a bitter feud over the possession of a slave girl named Briseis; the feud was finally put aside at the death of Akhilleus’ dear friend Patroklos (Patroclus); Akhilleus accepted the gifts, which included Khrysothemis, but did not live to collect them.
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Of or pertaining to the inhabitants or gods on the Underworld.
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One of the original Spartoi, i.e. the soldiers born from the dragon’s teeth sown by Kadmus (Cadmus).
Khthonios’ sons, Nykteus (Nycteus) and then Lykus (Lycus), ruled the city that was eventually known as Thebes; Nykteus committed suicide and Lykus was deposed as a direct result of Zeus’ seduction of Nykteus’ daughter, Antiope.
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The bag that Perseus used to hold the head of the Gorgon, Medusa, after he had killed her.
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A deme in Attika (Attica) which was one of several which were created after 510 BCE.
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A sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of the city of Troy.
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(507-449 BCE) An Athenian military leader, naval commander and statesman; the son of Miltiades the Younger.
Kimon came to prominence after the ouster of Themistokles (Themistocles) and in 479 BCE he was elected strategos which gave him almost unlimited powers in regard to Athenian military policy; he was less confrontational (some would say sympathetic) with Sparta and more focused on the subjugation of the islands and colonies of the Aegean Sea.
Kimon was finally forced to leave Athens in 461 BCE after a policy dispute with Perikles (Pericles); he was ostracized for ten years but in 457 BCE he tried to rejoin his “tribe” in the battle-lines when the Spartans invaded the district of Tanagra; this might have been proof-positive that he had no confusion as to his loyalties but the followers of Perikles drove him from the ranks and would not let him fight for his city.
Perikles was instrumental in getting Kimon’s citizenship restored but some say that this was done with the condition that Kimon not become involved in politics and spend his time on foreign military campaigns; regardless, Kimon served his city in peace and war and was finally killed in battle on the island of Cyprus.
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An ancient city in southwestern Asia Minor, in Karia (Caria); the city lies on the coast of the narrow peninsula that juts onto the Aegean Sea south of the city of Halikarnassus (Halicarnassus) and east of the island of Kos (Cos); the Athenians defeated the Spartans in a naval battle near there in 394 BCE.
The name may also be rendered as Kindos or Cindos.
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The king of the island of Cyprus and founder of the cult of Aphrodite on that island.
Kinyras was the father of Adonis by the unnatural union with his daughter, Zmyrna (perhaps her name was Myrrha); Zmyrna had dishonored Aphrodite and the goddess had her revenge by causing Kinyras to seduce his daughter; when Kinyras realized the enormity of his debauchery, he thought he could hide his crime by killing Zmyrna but the Immortals intervened and turned the disgraced girl into a myrrh tree.
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The nymph of the island, Aiaia (Aeaea), where Odysseus was stranded on his journey home from the city of Troy; she was the daughter of Helios (the Sun) and the Okeanid, Perseis; she and Odysseus had three sons, Agrios, Latinos and Telegonos.
When Odysseus landed on her island, Kirke turned his sailors into swine with a magic drink but Odysseus was not affected because he was given the antidote to the poison by Hermes; finally, Zeus commanded Kirke to allow Odysseus to leave and resume his journey home to Ithaka (Ithaca).
Kirke was the sister of king Aietes (Aeetes) of Kolkhis (Colchis); Aietes’ daughter, Medea, inherited magical powers from Kirke and used her knowledge of potions and spells to assist Iason (Jason) and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece; when the Argonauts fled Kolkhis with the Golden Fleece, they were pursued by Medea’s brother, Apsyrtos; Medea and Iason lured Apsyrtos into a trap and murdered him; Zeus was so incensed by such a wanton act that he ordered Medea and Iason to go to the island of Aiaia and seek Kirke’s forgiveness; Kirke would not absolve them of their crime and sent them on their way to face the harsh punishment of the Immortals.
For more information on Kirke, I suggest that you consult the Immortals section of this site.
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Mount Kithaeron is a mountain in northern Attika (Attica); 4,622 feet (1,409 meters) in height.
The name may also be rendered as Kithairon or Cithairon.
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An ancient Greek musical instrument with seven strings and a triangular wooden sounding board; played by Apollon and professional musicians; similar to the lyre.
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A Greek city in Lydia in Asia Minor on the southern coast of what is now known as the Gulf of Lzmir.
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A Spartan general during the Peloponnesian War; died 401 BCE.
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One of the five daughters of Atlas who was placed in the heavens as a star and, with her sisters, formed the asterism, Hyades, in the constellation Taurus (the Bull); her sisters are: Phaesyle, Koronis (Coronis), Phaeo and Eudora.
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One of the nine Muses; the Muse who inspired epic poetry and history; her name means To Celebrate.
Her name may also be rendered as Klio or Clio.
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An Athenian statesman; circa 515-495 BCE; after the ouster of the tyrant, Hippias, Kleisthenes led the popular movement for the establishment of a democratic state instead of a tyranny or oligarchy; he is most noted for redistributing the lands of Attika (Attica) into ten “tribal” divisions; each section was called a deme.
His name may also be rendered as Klisthenes (Clisthenes).
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The daughter of king Merops of Perkote (Percote) wife of Kyzikos (Cyzicos) who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts; after her death the nymphs of the grove cried such tears that a fountain formed and was named after her.
Her name may also be rendered as Klite or Clite.
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The only daughter of Evenor and Leukippe (Leucippe) who dwelt on the central mountain of the island of Atlantis.
Kleito was a mortal woman and the wife of Poseidon (lord of the Sea); she and Poseidon had five pairs of twin boys who became the rulers of Atlantis; the twins were named: Atlas and Eumelus (or Gadeirus), Ampheres, and Evaemon, Mneseus, and Autokhthon (Autochthon), Elasippus, and Mestor, and Azaes and Diaprepes; the descendants of Kleito were the rulers of Atlantis and the surrounding seas for many generations.
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The mother of Phoinix (Phoenix) and wife of Amyntor.
When Amyntor was being unfaithful to Kleobule, she begged Phoinix to seduce the mistress and turn her affections away from Amyntor; when Amyntor detected the plot, he cursed Phoinix and drove him from the city of Kalydon (Calydon).
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A Greek sage and lyric poet; fl. 560 BCE; a native and tyrant of the city Lindus on the island of Rhodes; he was sometimes included as one of the Seven Sages by some historians which is an indication of his reputation throughout the ancient civilized world.
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The twenty-first Agiadai king of the city of Sparta who ruled from 380-371 BCE.
Sparta traditionally had two kings who ruled jointly; one king was required to be a descendant of king Agis I and the other was required to be a descendant of king Eurypon (respectively known as the Agiadai and the Eurypontidai).
Beginning with Leonidas I (the sixteenth Agiadai king who ruled from 490-480 BCE) the names and dates for the Spartan kings became a part of the historical record and are generally accepted as factual; prior to Leonidas I the dates for the Spartan kings are extrapolated back from historical times to approximate the time periods in which each king ruled.
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One of the Thirty Tyrants elected to rule the city of Athens after the end of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE).
Having lost the war to the Spartans, the citizens of Athens elected thirty men to lead the new post-war government; these men became known as the Thirty Tyrants; the short lived government they comprised was an oligarchy.
The tyrants immediately began to prosecute Athenians who had been Spartan informers and collaborators during the long, hard war; the punishment of the guilty seemed appropriate to the common citizens and aristocrats alike but it soon became clear that the executions and banishments were going beyond the bounds of necessity or prudence; open hostilities soon developed between members of the Thirty and their authority and rule came to an end after one year.
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The fifteenth Agiadai king of the city of Sparta who ruled circa 520-490 BCE.
Sparta traditionally had two kings who ruled jointly; one king was required to be a descendant of king Agis I and the other was required to be a descendant of king Eurypon (respectively known as the Agiadai and the Eurypontidai).
Kleomenes went to Athens in 508 BCE to impose a solution to the dispute over the Athenian constitution, he was subsequently trapped on the Akropolis (Acropolis) and only allowed to leave after he promised to never return to Attika (Attica); the dates given for his rule are extrapolations and should be used only as approximations.
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