Polycrates
Polycrates For the bishop, see Polycrates of Ephesus. Polycrates, son of Aeaces, was the tyrant of Samos from 535 BC to 515 BC. He ... fierce warrior and an enlightened tyrant. On Samos he built an aqueduct, a large ...
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Polycrates   (translated from Dutch)
Polycrates Polycrates of Samos were tyrant of the island Samos in the 6th century v. Chr. He ... two brothers, but he became algauw dictator. Polycrates made a strong sea power of ...
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Samos Island
Samos Island Samos (Greek Σάμος; see also List of traditional ... Trogilium, immediately opposite to the city of Samos, formed the extreme point. The island is ... Icaria and Fourni Korseon, the island of Samos is administered as part of the Samos Prefecture. Its capital and main port ...
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Polycrates of ephesus
Polycrates of ephesus Polycrates of Ephesus, not to be confused with Polycrates of Samos, lived from approximately A.D. 130-196 ... in Ephesus. Roberts and Donaldson noted that Polycrates, "belonged to a family in which ...
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List of ancient Greeks
... Saccas - philosopher Ammonius - writer Amphicrates - king of Samos Amphis - Middle Comedy poet Amynander - king of ... soothsayer to Alexander the Great Aristarchus of Samos - astronomer and mathematician Aristarchus of Samothrace - critic ... Choerilus of Iasus - epic poet Choerilus of Samos - epic poet Chremonides - Athenian statesman Christodorus - epic ... of Athens Conon - Athenian general Conon of Samos - astronomer Conon (mythographer) - mythographer Corinna - poet Cosmas ... Dionysius of Phocaea - Ionian general Dionysius of Samos - writer Dionysius Scytobrachion - grammarian Dionysius of ...
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Kouròs   (translated from Dutch)
Kouròs The large kouros van Samos, the largest remained kouros in Greece (the archaeological museum of Samos) kouros (plural kouroi) a picture of a ... in particular on the islands Paros and Samos . Oud Greek word kouros meant young person ... been however sometimes draped (o.a. in Samos). Their faces and accounts show a cultural ... been made for grote heiligdom of Hera Samos , were favoured abundantly that by tiran ...
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Kouros
Kouros The great kouros of Samos, the largest surviving kouros in Greece (Samos Archaeological Museum) A kouros (plural kouroi) is ... marble from the islands of Paros and Samos. The Ancient Greek word kouros meant a ... great sanctuary of the goddess Hera on Samos, which was lavishly endowed by the tyrant Polycrates. One of these giant kouroi, at ...
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Pythagoras
... Pythagoras was born on the island of Samos, off the coast of Asia Minor. He ... was born to Pythais (a native of Samos) and Mnesarchus (a merchant from Tyre). As ... Italy, to escape the tyrannical government of Polycrates. Many writers credit him with visiting the ... many Greek sages. Upon his migration from Samos to Croton, Pythagoras established a secret religious ... Pythagoras, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Pythagoras of Samos, The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, ...
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Anacreon (poet)
... Thrace he removed to the court of Polycrates of Samos. He is said to have acted as tutor to Polycrates; that he enjoyed the tyrant's confidence ... society of courts. On the death of Polycrates, Hipparchus, who was then in power at ... Anacreon's poems included numerous allusions to Polycrates. In particular, Anacreon addresses a poem ...
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