Diodotus may refer to:
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Diodotus I
Diodotus I Soter (Greek: , ''Diódotos Sōtḗr''; c. 315-300 BC – c. 235 BC), was the first Hellenistic King of Bactria. Diodotus became independent of the Seleucid empire around 255 or 245 BC, and established the Diodotid Bactrian Kingdom, w ...
, Seleucid satrap of Bactria
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Diodotus II
Diodotus II Theos (Greek: , ''Diódotos Theós''; died c. 225 BC) was the son and successor of Diodotus I Soter, who rebelled against the Seleucid empire, establishing the Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom. Diodotus II probably ruled alongside his father ...
, Greco-Bactrian king, son of Diodotus I
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Diodotus Tryphon
Diodotus Tryphon ( el, Διόδοτος Τρύφων), nicknamed "The Magnificent" ( el, Ό Μεγαλοπρεπής) was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire. Initially an official under King Alexander I Balas, he led a revolt against Alexander ...
, king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom 142–138 BC
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Diodotus the Stoic
Diodotus ( el, Διόδοτος; fl. 1st century BC) was a Stoic philosopher, and was a friend of Cicero.
Biography
Diodotus lived for most of his life in Rome in Cicero's house, where he instructed Cicero in Stoic philosophy and especially Logic. ...
, stoic philosopher, and friend of Cicero
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Diodotus the grammarian, who according to Diogenes Laërtius wrote a commentary on the works of Heraclitus.
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Diodotus (son of Eucrates) Diodotus may refer to:
*Diodotus I, Seleucid satrap of Bactria
* Diodotus II, Greco-Bactrian king, son of Diodotus I
*Diodotus Tryphon, king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom 142–138 BC
*Diodotus the Stoic, stoic philosopher, and friend of Cicer ...
, ancient Athenian who opposed
Cleon
Cleon (; grc-gre, Κλέων, ; died 422 BC) was an Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War. He was the first prominent representative of the commercial class in Athenian politics, although he was an aristocrat himself. He strongly advocate ...
's proposal in 427 BC to kill all adult Mytilenean males and to enslave their women and children after the
Mytilenean revolt
The Mytilenean revolt was an incident in the Peloponnesian War in which the city of Mytilene attempted to unify the island of Lesbos under its control and revolt from the Athenian Empire. In 428 BC, the Mytilenean government planned a rebellion ...
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