Attalus or Attalos may refer to:
People
*Several members of the
Attalid dynasty
The Kingdom of Pergamon, Pergamene Kingdom, or Attalid kingdom was a Greek state during the Hellenistic period that ruled much of the Western part of Asia Minor from its capital city of Pergamon. It was ruled by the Attalid dynasty (; ).
The ...
of Pergamon
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Attalus I
Attalus I ( ), surnamed ''Soter'' (, ; 269–197 BC), was the ruler of the Greek polis of Pergamon (modern-day Bergama, Turkey) and the larger Pergamene Kingdom from 241 BC to 197 BC. He was the adopted son of King Eumenes I ...
, ruled 241 BC–197 BC
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Attalus II Philadelphus
Attalus II Philadelphus (Greek: Ἄτταλος ὁ Φιλάδελφος, ''Attalos II Philadelphos'', which means "Attalus the brother-loving"; 220–138 BC) was a ruler of the Attalid kingdom of Pergamon and the founder of the city of Att ...
, ruled 160 BC–138 BC
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Attalus III
Attalus III () Philometor Euergetes ( – 133 BC) was the last Attalid king of Pergamon, ruling from 138 BC to 133 BC.
Biography
Attalus III was the son of king Eumenes II and his queen Stratonice of Pergamon, and he was the nephew of A ...
, ruled 138 BC–133 BC
*Attalus, father of
Philetaerus the founder of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon
*Attalus, father of
Attalus I
Attalus I ( ), surnamed ''Soter'' (, ; 269–197 BC), was the ruler of the Greek polis of Pergamon (modern-day Bergama, Turkey) and the larger Pergamene Kingdom from 241 BC to 197 BC. He was the adopted son of King Eumenes I ...
of Pergamon
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Attalus (general)
Attalus (Greek: Ἄτταλος; c. 390 BC – 336 BC), a Macedonian from Lower Macedonia, was an important courtier and soldier of Philip II of Macedonia.
Family connections to Philip II of Macedon
Attalus was born in Lowe ...
(390–336 BC), courtier and general of Philip II of Macedonia
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Attalus (son of Andromenes)
Attalus (Greek: Ἄτταλος; fl. 4th century BC), son of Andromenes from Tymphaia, and one of Alexander's officers, was accused with his brothers, Amyntas and Simmias, of having been engaged in the conspiracy of Philotas in 330 BC, but wa ...
(fl. 330–317 BC), general of Alexander the Great and Perdiccas
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Attalus of Rhodes
Attalus of Rhodes () was an ancient Greek grammarian, astronomer, and mathematician, who lived in Rhodes in the 2nd century BC, and was a contemporary of Hipparchus.. He wrote a commentary on the ''Phaenomena'' of Aratus. Although this work is los ...
(fl. 2nd century BC), astronomer, contemporary of Hipparchus
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Attalus (Stoic)
Attalus ( ; ) was a Stoic philosopher in the reign of Tiberius around 25 AD. He was defrauded of his property by Sejanus, and exiled where he was reduced to cultivating the ground.Seneca, ''Suasoriae'', 2. The elder Seneca describes him as a man ...
(fl. 25 AD), Stoic philosopher and teacher of Seneca
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Attalus (sophist)
Attalus () was an ancient Greek philosopher in the Second Sophistic tradition, who lived during the second century CE.
He was the son of the renowned sophist Polemon of Laodicea, and grandfather of a sophist named Hermocrates of Phocaea.Philost ...
, (fl. 2nd century) sophist, son of
Polemon of Laodicea
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Statilius Attalus (fl. 2nd century), court physician of the emperor
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ( ; ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors ...
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Priscus Attalus
Priscus Attalus (Greek: Πρίσκος Άτταλος, died after 416) was twice Roman usurper (in 409–10 and in 414–15), against Emperor Honorius, with Visigothic support. Originally a pagan, he was eventually baptized as an Arian Christi ...
(fl. 409–416), Roman senator who was proclaimed emperor twice by the Visigoths
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St Attalus, Sicilian saint and protomartyr, bishop of Catania
*, King of Marcomanni
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Attalus (mythology) (also called Perdix or Talos), mythical nephew of Daedalus credited as the inventor of the potter's wheel, saw, and drawing compass
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Attalus (sculptor), statuary of ancient Greece whose time is unknown
Organisms
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Attalus
Attalus or Attalos may refer to:
People
*Several members of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon
**Attalus I, ruled 241 BC–197 BC
**Attalus II Philadelphus, ruled 160 BC–138 BC
**Attalus III, ruled 138 BC–133 BC
*Attalus, father of Ph ...
'', a genus of beetles in the family
Melyridae
Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Description
Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, ...
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Alburnus attalus'', a ray-finned fish of family Cyprinidae
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Henricus attalus'', a moth of family Tortricidae
Other uses
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Attalus (band)
Attalus is an American Christian rock band from Raleigh, North Carolina. The band started making music in 2010, with members, lead vocalist and keyboardist, Seth Davey, guitarist and background vocalist, Evan King, drummer, Adam King, bassist an ...
, an American rock band formed in 2010
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Attalus (UAV), a Greek anti-tank loitering munition
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