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Karanos (other)
Caranus () may refer to: People * Caranus of Macedon, legendary progenitor of the royal house of Macedon * Caranus (son of Philip II) (4th century BC), half-brother of Alexander the Great * Caranus (hetairos) (died 329 BC), of Alexander the Great * Caranus (3rd century BC), probably a relative of the hetairos Caranus, whose wedding feast was described in a letter by Hippolochus * Saint Caraunus of Chartres, 1st or 5th century Christian missionary in Gaul * Kalanos (4th century BCE), Hindu Brahmin and philosopher, called Caranus by Diodorus Siculus Other uses * Karanos, Chania, a village in the Chania regional unit {{disambiguation, name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caranus Of Macedon
Caranus or Karanos ( gr, Κάρανος, Káranos) was the first king of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia according to later traditions. According to Herodotus, however, the first king was Perdiccas I of Macedon, Perdiccas I. Caranus is first reported by Theopompus and is the mythical founder of the Argead dynasty. Myth According to a Greek myth, Caranus was the son of Temenus, king of Argos, Peloponnese, Argos, who in turn was a Heracleidae, Heraclid, a descendant of Heracles. Plutarch agrees on the Heraclid lineage of Caranus and argues that Alexander the Great is a descendant of Heracles through Caranus.Plutarch, ''Alexander''2.1/ref> Temenus, along with Cresphontes and Aristodemus were the three Dorians, Doric leaders who invaded the Mycenaean Greece, Mycenean Peloponnese region. Then they proceeded to divide the conquered territories between them. Cresphontes was given Messenia and Sparta; Aristodemus took Laconia; and finally Temenus was given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caranus (son Of Philip II)
Caranus (Greek: ) was the son of Philip and a half-brother of Alexander the Great. It used to be thought that his mother was Cleopatra Eurydice and so Caranus was an infant at the time of his death. Cleopatra Eurydice bore Philip a female child, Europa, shortly before his death in October 336 BC. However, since the probable date for Philip and Cleopatra's marriage was spring 337 BC, that would mean that Cleopatra bore two children in 18-20 months. That is possible but unlikely. According to Justin, Alexander had killed Caranus soon after his accession in 336 BC because he feared him. Alexander would have been more likely to fear a teenager brother than an infant as a rival for the throne. It seems probable that Caranus was the son of one of Philip's other wives, either Phila or Philinna. Pausanias reports that Olympias was responsible for the deaths of Cleopatra and her son. See also *Europa of Macedon Europa of Macedon was the daughter of Philip II by his last wife, Cleopat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caranus (hetairos)
Caranus (Greek: ; died 329 BC), a Macedonian member of the elite cavalry body known as the ''hetairoi'' (Greek:''ἑταῖροι'') , was one of the generals sent by Alexander the Great against Satibarzanes when, for a second time, he had encouraged Aria to revolt. Caranus and his colleagues were successful in achieving their objective by defeating and slaying Satibarzanes in the winter of 330 BC. In 329 BC, Caranus was appointed, together with Andromachus and Menedemus, under the command of the Lycian Pharnuches, to act against Spitamenes, the revolted satrap of Sogdiana. Their approach compelled him to raise the siege of Maracanda; but, in a battle which ensued, he defeated them with the help of a body of Scythian cavalry, and forced them to fall back on the river Polytimetus, the wooded banks of which promised shelter. The rashness however or cowardice of Caranus led him to attempt the passage of the river with the cavalry under his command, and the rest of the troops plunging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippolochus (writer)
Hippolochus ( el, Ἱππόλοχος) was a Macedonian writer, a student of Theophrastus, who addressed to his fellow-student Lynceus of Samos a description of a wedding feast in Macedon in the early 3rd century BC. The bridegroom was a certain Caranus, probably a relative of the Caranus who had been a companion of Alexander the Great. The letter survives because it is quoted at length by Athenaeus in the ''Deipnosophistae''. References *Athenaeus, ''The Deipnosophists''Book 4 *Andrew Dalby Andrew Dalby, (born 1947 in Liverpool) is an English linguist, translator and historian who has written articles and several books on a wide range of topics including food history, language, and Classical texts. Education and early career D ..., "Hippolochus: The wedding feast of Caranus the Macedonian" in ''Petits propos culinaires'' no. 29 (1988) pp. 37–45. Reprinted in ''The wilder shores of gastronomy'' ed. Alan Davidson, Helen Saberi (Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caraunus
Saint Caraunus of Chartres (or Caranus, Caro, Chéron) was a 1st or 5th century Christian missionary in Gaul who was murdered by robbers. His feast day is 28 May. Life According to legend, Caronus was a Roman of the 1st century A.D. who was a brilliant student in Rome. He converted to Christianity and came via Marseille to Gaul to preach the Christian faith. He was assigned by King Brenn of the Carnutes to a group of three priests sent by Saint Denis to evangelize the south of the Île-de-France. He was assassinated by brigands on the road from Ablis to Chartres on the 5th day before the calends of June in the year 98 A.D. He was canonized in Chartres around 800 A.D. There are doubts about the veracity of this story, which may have been a 9th-century essay by a school pupil asked to write a story about a saint. Another version says that Caraunus flourished in the 5th century A.D. He was born in Gaul to a Christian family of Roman origin. After his parents died he gave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalanos
Kalanos, also spelled Calanus ( grc, Καλανὸς) ( – 323 BCE), was an ancient Indian gymnosophist, and philosopher from Taxila who accompanied Alexander the Great to Persis and later self-immolated himself by entering into a Holy Pyre, in front of Alexander and his army. Diodorus Siculus called him Caranus ( grc, Κάρανος). He did not flinch as his body burned. He bode goodbye to the soldiers but not to Alexander. He communicated to Alexander that he would meet him in Babylon. Alexander died exactly a year later in Babylon. It was from Kalanos that Alexander learned of Dandamis, the leader of their group, whom Alexander later went to meet in the forest. Early life Plutarch indicates his real name was Sphínēs and that he was from Taxila, but since he greeted people with the word "Kalē!" - perhaps ''kallāṇa (mitta)'' "Greetings (friend)" - the Greeks called him Kalanos. Kalanos lived at Taxila and led an austere life. Kalanos was as suggested by most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
