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Heliodorus
Heliodorus is a Greek name meaning "Gift of the Sun". Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which are: *Heliodorus (minister) a minister of Seleucus IV Philopator c. 175 BC * Heliodorus of Athens ancient author who wrote fifteen books on the Acropolis of Athens, possibly about 150 BC * Heliodorus (ambassador), a Greek ambassador who erected famous votive Heliodorus pillar around 110 BC near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India *Heliodorus (metrist) a metrist in the 1st century who did work on the comedies of Aristophanes * Heliodorus (surgeon) a surgeon in the 1st century, probably from Egypt, and mentioned in the Satires of Juvenal * Gaius Avidius Heliodorus, 2nd century ''secretarius ab epistolis'' and Prefect of Egypt *Heliodorus of Larissa, c. 3rd century, author of an extant treatise on optics *Heliodorus of Emesa, 3rd-century author of the novel ''Aethiopica'' * Heliodorus (sophist) a 3rd century sophist from Arabia Petraea * Heli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodorus (minister)
Heliodorus ( el, Ἡλιόδωρος) was a chancellor of Seleucus IV Philopator (reigned c. 187 BCE – 175 BCE). During his tenure, he is recorded as being involved with an attempt to tax the Temple in Jerusalem in Jewish histories of the period. Around 175 BCE, Seleucus IV died; some historical sources say that Heliodorus assassinated Seleucus. Regardless of if he was responsible or not, he declared himself regent after the death and seized the power of the government for his own, hence the suspicions he was at fault. Helidorus's regency was short-lived. The brother of the late king, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, was aided by the Pergamese monarch, Eumenes II, and arrived in Antioch. The Greek aristocracy favored Antiochus IV, and Heliodorus was overthrown. Biography One of the main incidents recorded in Helidorus's life is in the book of 2 Maccabees and possibly the Book of Daniel as well. The Seleucid Empire of the era suffered under the harsh indemnities imposed by the Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodorus (ambassador)
Heliodorus is a Greek name meaning "Gift of the Sun". Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which are: *Heliodorus (minister) a minister of Seleucus IV Philopator c. 175 BC *Heliodorus of Athens ancient author who wrote fifteen books on the Acropolis of Athens, possibly about 150 BC * Heliodorus (ambassador), a Greek ambassador who erected famous votive Heliodorus pillar around 110 BC near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India *Heliodorus (metrist) a metrist in the 1st century who did work on the comedies of Aristophanes * Heliodorus (surgeon) a surgeon in the 1st century, probably from Egypt, and mentioned in the Satires of Juvenal * Gaius Avidius Heliodorus, 2nd century ''secretarius ab epistolis'' and Prefect of Egypt *Heliodorus of Larissa, c. 3rd century, author of an extant treatise on optics *Heliodorus of Emesa, 3rd-century author of the novel ''Aethiopica'' * Heliodorus (sophist) a 3rd century sophist from Arabia Petraea * Heliod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodorus Of Emesa
Heliodorus Emesenus or Heliodorus of Emesa ( grc, Ἡλιόδωρος ὁ Ἐμεσηνός) is the author of the ancient Greek novel called the ''Aethiopica'' () or ''Theagenes and Chariclea'' (), which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD. Identification He identifies himself at the end of his work as According to Tim Whitmarsh, 'from the race of the sun' "looks like a claim to hereditary priesthood," though "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. Quoting Richard L. Hunter, See also * Emesene dynasty Other ancient Greek novelists: * Chariton – ''The Loves of Chaereas and Callirhoe'' * Xenophon of Ephesus – ''The Ephesian Tale'' * Achilles Tatius – ''Leucippe and Clitophon'' * Longus – ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodorus Of Altino
Heliodorus ( it, Sant'Eliodoro; died c. 410 AD) was the first bishop of Altinum in the 4th century. He was born in Dalmatia. Like Chromatius, he was a disciple of Valerianus, the bishop of Aquileia. He accompanied Jerome on his voyage to the Holy Land, and is mentioned in Jerome's letters. After the death of his mother, Heliodorus went to Italy and was made bishop of Altino. He attempted to counter Arianism in his see, and attended the anti-Arian Council of Aquileia (381). Heliodorus ordained Nepotianus, his nephew, after he left his position as an officer in the imperial bodyguard. A legend, composed around the 10th century and incorporating elements from other saints' hagiographies, states that Liberalis of Treviso was educated in the Christian faith by Heliodorus. The legend goes on to state that, faced with growing opposition from both Arianism and paganism in the see, Heliodorus retired as bishop and lived as a hermit on a desert island in the lagoons near Altino, entrustin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodorus Of Catania
Heliodorus of Catania ( it, Eliodoro, ; died Catania, 778) is a semi-legendary personage accused by his contemporaries of being a necromancer practicing witchcraft. Son of a noble Sicilian family, he was originally a Christian, and was even a candidate to assume the diocese of Catania. In that period the ''Etnean City'' came under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Roman Empire governed by then-Emperor Leo III the Isaurian. Having failed to attain the office of bishop, conferred instead on an archdeacon from Ravenna named Leo, he apostatized from the faith and began to practice magic and sorcery. Besides the accusation of necromancy, Heliodorus was pointed to as an idolmaker and "a disciple of the Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...". He remained a vocal oppon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodorus (sophist)
''For other people with this name, see Heliodorus'' Heliodorus, (Greek: Ἡλιόδωρος) sometimes known as ''Heliodorus the Arab'' was an ancient sophist of Arab origin.{{Cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4NBigJ3NF4C&q=Heliodorus&pg=PA12, title=Roman Arabia, last=Bowersock, first=Glen Warren, date=1994, publisher=Harvard University Press, isbn=9780674777569, language=en He became prominent in the 3rd century CE. Heliodorus is known to be from the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. Although little is known about him, Greek sophist Philostratus in his work ''Lives of the Sophists'' (Βίοι Σοφιστῶν) mentioned that sophist Heliodorus made a strong impression on the Roman Emperor Caracalla Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), better known by his nickname "Caracalla" () was Roman emperor from 198 to 217. He was a member of the Severan dynasty, the elder son of Emperor .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodorus Of Athens
Heliodorus of Athens ( el, Ἡλιόδωρος) was an ancient author who wrote fifteen books on the Acropolis of Athens, possibly about 150 BC. References External links * 2nd-century BC writers 2nd-century BC geographers Ancient Greek geographers {{AncientGreece-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodorus (surgeon)
Heliodorus ( el, Ἡλιόδωρος) was a surgeon of the pneumatic school in the 1st century AD. He was probably from Egypt, and was mentioned in the Satires of Juvenal The ''Satires'' () are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written between the end of the first and the early second centuries A.D. Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five books; all are in the .... Heliodorus wrote several books on medical technique which have survived in fragments and in the works of Oreibasius. References 1st-century Greek physicians {{Greece-med-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Avidius Heliodorus
Gaius Avidius Heliodorus (c. 100 – aft. 142) was an eques and noted orator who held at least two important appointments during the reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. Life He was of Ancient Egyptian or Greek origin and became ''ab epistulis'' under Hadrian, and later prefect of Egypt between 137 and 142. According to the ''Historia Augusta'', Heliodorus drew the wrath of emperor Hadrian, who attacked him in a notorious letter. Nevertheless, he remained prefect of Egypt for several years under Hadrian's successor, Antoninus Pius. Heliodorus married Julia Cassia Alexandra, princess of Judaea; she was the daughter of Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus and Cassia Lepida, a descendant of Cassius and Augustus. Their son was the usurper Avidius Cassius.Dio Cassius Lucius Cassius Dio (), also known as Dio Cassius ( ), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodorus Of Alexandria
Heliodorus of Alexandria ( el, Ἡλιόδωρος) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who lived in the 5th century AD. He was the son of Hermias and Aedesia, and the younger brother of Ammonius. His father, Hermias, died when he was young, and his mother, Aedesia, raised him and his brother in their home city of Alexandria until they were old enough to go to philosophy school. Aedesia took them to Athens where they studied under Proclus. Eventually they returned to Alexandria, where they both taught philosophy. Damascius, who was taught by Heliodorus, describes him as less gifted than his elder brother, and more superficial in his character and studies. He cannot be the author of a commentary on the ''Astrology'' of Paulus Alexandrinus which was written after 564, which is ascribed to another Heliodorus Heliodorus is a Greek name meaning "Gift of the Sun". Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which are: *Heliodorus (minister) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodorus Of Larissa
Heliodorus of Larissa (fl. 3rd century?) was a Greek mathematician, and the author of a short treatise on optics which is still extant. Biography Nothing is known about the life of Heliodorus.John Aikin, William Enfield, et al., (1804), ''General biography: or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most ...'', Volume 5, page 102 He was a native of Larissa,''The prosopography of the later Roman Empire: A.D. 260-395: Volume 1'', (1987), page 531 and he must have lived after the time of Claudius Ptolemy, whom he quotes. His short treatise on optics is little more than a commentary on Euclid Euclid (; grc-gre, Εὐκλείδης; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the '' Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of ....David Eugene Smith, (1958), ''History of mathematics'', page 340 It was edited by one Damianus, who was either his son or his pupil. The first pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodorus (6th-century Philosopher)
Heliodorus ( el, Ἡλιόδωρος) is cited as the author of a work titled ''Commentary'' (dated 564 AD), which has been preserved, on the ''Introduction'' or ''Rudiments'' of Paulus Alexandrinus, the 4th century Alexandrian astrologer. The name "Heliodorus" appears only on the later of two groups of manuscripts, and so is somewhat doubtful. Leendert Westerink has argued that the commentary consists of notes of lectures, most likely given by the 6th-century philosopher and astrologer, Olympiodorus, in 564 AD.Westerink, L. G., (1971), ''Byzantinische Zeitschrift'' 64, p. 6ff. The Greek text of his commentary on Aristotle's '' Nicomachean Ethics'' has been published in vol. 19.2 of ''Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca ''Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca'' 'edita consilio et auctoritate academiae litterarum Regiae Borussicae''(''CAG'') (Greek Commentaries on Aristotle dited by order and auctority of the Prussian Royal Academy of literary studies is the standa ...'' (CAG). Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
