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Theagenes Of Thebes
Theagenes ( el, Θεαγένης, link=no) may refer to: * Theagenes of Megara (7th century BC), tyrant of Megara * Theagenes of Rhegium (6th century BC), literary critic * Theagenes of Thasos (5th century BC), Ancient greek boxer * Theagenes of Thebes (died 338 BC), last commander of the Theban Sacred Band * Theagenes of Patras (2nd century), Cynic philosopher * Theagenes (patrician) (5th century), Athenian politician * Theagenes (historian), historian of unknown date Other uses * Theagenes, a protagonist from the ''Aethiopica The ''Aethiopica'' (; grc, Αἰθιοπικά, , 'Ethiopian Stories') or ''Theagenes and Chariclea'' (; grc, Θεαγένης καὶ Χαρίκλεια, link=no, ) is an ancient Greek novel which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD. It was ...'' * ''Theagenes'' (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterflies {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theagenes Of Megara
Theagenes of Megara () ruled the ancient Greek city of Megara in the seventh century BC. The only sources for his life are anecdotes recorded by authors several centuries after his death, whose reliability is uncertain. Although very little is known of his life, he is considered one of the archetypal early Greek tyrants (''tyrannoi''). Life Aristotle claims that Theagenes of Megara convinced the Megarians to give him a bodyguard, which he then used to seize control of the city. Elsewhere Aristotle claims that Theagenes came to power by slaughtering the flocks of the rich by a river. It is unclear how reliable these stories are: the bodyguard is a stereotypical trope in accounts of ancient tyrants' seizures of power and the meaning of the slaughter of the flocks is disputed. Aristotle presents the event as an example of a tyrant gaining power by intervening in social conflict between the rich aristocracy and the poor masses on the side of the latter.E. Stein-Hölkeskamp (2009) 107-8. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theagenes Of Rhegium
Theagenes of Rhegium (, ''Theagenēs ho Rhēginos''; ''fl.'' 529–522 BC) was a Greek literary critic of the 6th century BC. Born in Rhegium (modern Reggio Calabria), he is noted for having defended the mythology of Homer from more rationalist attacks. In so doing he became an early proponent of the allegorical method of reading texts. All that he wrote is lost to contemporary history. Information about his life has been available in the existing documents written by his contemporaries, and of those of future generations, these having felt his influence.Thomas Cole, ''The Origins of Rhetoric in Ancient Greece'' (1991), p.60: ''Nothing comparable survives from writers earlier than Protagoras and Parmenides. The earliest clear samples of allegorical narrative used rhetorically are thus later, by at least a generation, than allegorical interpretation itself (Theagenes) or rationalized and "corrected" mythological narrative (Stesichorus Stesichorus (; grc-gre, Στησίχορος ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theagenes Of Thasos
Theagenes of Thasos ( el, Θεαγένης ὁ Θάσιος) (typically spelled Theogenes ( el, Θεογένης) before the first century AD) was an Olympian of ancient Greece, famous for his victories. Background Son of Timosthenes, Theagenes was renowned for his extraordinary strength and swiftness. Aged nine, he supposedly carried home the bronze statue of a god from the agora, then carried it back again. As he grew up he became distinguished in every kind of athletic contest, and gained numerous victories at the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games. Altogether he was said to have won 1300 crowns. He gained a victory at Olympia in the 75th Olympiad, 480 BC. (Paus. vi. 6. § 5.) The popular story among the Thasians was that Heracles was his father. Thomas Green claims that in the course of winning 1,406 boxing matches, Theagenes killed "most of his opponents". Statue and hero-cult Pausanias relates a story regarding a statue of Theagenes made by Glaucias of Ae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theagenes Of Thebes
Theagenes ( el, Θεαγένης, link=no) may refer to: * Theagenes of Megara (7th century BC), tyrant of Megara * Theagenes of Rhegium (6th century BC), literary critic * Theagenes of Thasos (5th century BC), Ancient greek boxer * Theagenes of Thebes (died 338 BC), last commander of the Theban Sacred Band * Theagenes of Patras (2nd century), Cynic philosopher * Theagenes (patrician) (5th century), Athenian politician * Theagenes (historian), historian of unknown date Other uses * Theagenes, a protagonist from the ''Aethiopica The ''Aethiopica'' (; grc, Αἰθιοπικά, , 'Ethiopian Stories') or ''Theagenes and Chariclea'' (; grc, Θεαγένης καὶ Χαρίκλεια, link=no, ) is an ancient Greek novel which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD. It was ...'' * ''Theagenes'' (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterflies {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theban Sacred Band
The Sacred Band of Thebes (Ancient Greek: , ''Hierós Lókhos'') was a troop of select soldiers, consisting of 150 pairs of male lovers which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC, ending Spartan domination. Its predominance began with its crucial role in the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC. It was annihilated by Philip II of Macedon in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC. Formation The earliest surviving record of the Sacred Band by name was in 324 BC, in the oration ''Against Demosthenes'' by the Athenian logographer Dinarchus. He mentions the Sacred Band as being led by the general Pelopidas and, alongside Epaminondas who commanded the army of Thebes (Boeotia), were responsible for the defeat of the Spartans at the decisive Battle of Leuctra (371 BC). Plutarch (46–120 AD), a native of the village of Chaeronea, is the source of the most substantial surviving account of the Sacred Band. He records that the Sacred Band was originally formed by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theagenes Of Patras
Theagenes ( el, Θεαγένης; fl. c. 160 AD) of Patras, was a Cynic philosopher and close friend of Peregrinus Proteus. He is known principally as a character who appears in Lucian's ''The Death of Peregrinus'' ( la, De Morte Peregrini), where he is introduced as praising Peregrinus' desire to kill himself by self-immolation: Proteus," he cried, "Proteus vain-glorious? Who dares name the word? Earth! Sun! Seas! Rivers! God of our fathers, Heracles! Was it for this that he suffered bondage in Syria? that he forgave his country a debt of a million odd? that he was cast out of Rome, — he whose brilliance exceeds the Sun, fit rival of the Lord of Olympus? 'Tis his good will to depart from life by fire, and they call it vain-glory! What other end had eracles? Theagenes aided Peregrinus by setting fire to the funeral pyre, which Peregrinus threw himself upon. Theagenes compared Peregrinus' suicide with the similar practices of the Gymnosophists in India. Lucian, who was hostile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theagenes (patrician)
Theagenes ( el, Θεαγένης, ''floruit'' 470s–480s) was an Athenian politician. Biography A native of Athens, Theagenes belonged to a wealthy and aristocratic family that claimed descent from Miltiades and Plato. He had a wife, Asclepideneia, who was the great-granddaughter of the Neoplatonic philosopher Plutarch of Athens. He also had a son called Hegias. He was a Roman senator, a patricius and an archon. He was a supporter of the Neoplatonic school of Proclus. After Proclus' death however, Theagenes came into conflict with the school's headmasters, as he used its patronage to increase his own prestige. He was a supporter of Pamprepius Pamprepius ( grc-gre, Παμπρέπιος, ''Pamprépios''; Latin: ''Pamprepius''; 29 September 440 – November 484) was a philosopher and a pagan poet who rebelled against the Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno. Damascius described him as a brilliant ... when the poet went to Athens, but later they fell out (Theagenes styled himself a philos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theagenes (historian)
''For other persons with the same name, see Theagenes (other)'' Theagenes ( el, Θεαγένης) was a historical writer, of uncertain date. Stephanus of Byzantium frequently quotes from a work of his, entitled ''Macedonica'' (s. v. Altus (Mygdonia) ), as also from another entitled Carica. It is, perhaps, the same Theagenes, who wrote a work on Aegina, quoted by John Tzetzes. He is one of the authors (= ''FGrHist'' 774) whose fragments were collected in Felix Jacoby's ''Fragmente der griechischen Historiker ''Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker'', commonly abbreviated ''FGrHist'' or ''FGrH'' (''Fragments of the Greek Historians''), is a collection by Felix Jacoby of the works of those ancient Greek historians whose works have been lost, but of ...''. References Ancient Greek historians known only from secondary sources {{AncientGreece-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aethiopica
The ''Aethiopica'' (; grc, Αἰθιοπικά, , 'Ethiopian Stories') or ''Theagenes and Chariclea'' (; grc, Θεαγένης καὶ Χαρίκλεια, link=no, ) is an ancient Greek novel which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD. It was written by Heliodorus of Emesa and is his only known work. Author The author of the ''Aethiopica'' identifies himself upon ending his work in this manner: According to Richard L. Hunter, In the words of Tim Whitmarsh, () "looks like a claim to hereditary priesthood," although "uncertainties" remain. According to ''The Cambridge History of Classical Literature'', "the personal link here established between the writer and Helios has also a literary purpose, as has Calasiris' flashback narrative" . The later tradition maintaining that Heliodorus had become a Christian bishop is likely fictional. Circulation and Western rediscovery The novel continued to circulate during the Middle Ages amid the Greek readership in the Byzantine Empire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
