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  • 61Aristippus — ( el. Ἀρίστιππος) of Cyrene, (c. 435 c. 356 BCE), was the founder of the Cyrenaic school of Philosophy. [Although the systemization of the Cyrenaic philosophy is generally placed with his grandson Aristippus the Younger.] He was a pupil of… …

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  • 62The Frogs — Infobox Play | name = The Frogs caption = Sketch of Aristophanes writer = Aristophanes chorus = Frogs, Initiates, citizens of Hades characters = Dionysus Xanthias, Dionysus slave Heracles corpse Charon Aeacus, janitor of Hades maid hostess… …

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  • 63Agyrrhius — (Gr. polytonic|Ἀγύῤῥιος) was a native of Collytus in Attica,Citation | last = Smith | first = William | author link = William Smith (lexicographer) | contribution = Agyrrhius | editor last = Smith | editor first = William | title = Dictionary of… …

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  • 64Thesmophoriazusae — ( el. Θεσμοφοριάζουσες / Thesmophoriazouses ; meaning Women Celebrating the Thesmophoria Festival , also called The Poet and the Women ) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was first produced in 411 BC, probably at the… …

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  • 65Cratinus — (Greek Κρᾰτῖνος, 519 BC 422 BC), Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 2.1 Pytine 2.1.1 Plot …

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  • 66Callias III — Callias (Greek: Kαλλίας, pronounced Kahl LEE as ), son of Hipponicus by the ex wife of Periclesrf|1|plut 24, an Alcmaeonid and the third head of one of the most distinguished Athenian families to bear the name of Callias, was said to be notorious …

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  • 67Amphidromia — Amphidromia, in ancient Greece, was a ceremonial feast celebrated on the fifth or seventh day after the birth of a child.It was a family fes­tival of the Athenians, at which the newly born child was introduced into the family, and children of… …

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  • 68Lamachus — ( el. Λάμαχος) was an Athenian general in the Peloponnesian War. He commanded as early as 435 BC, and was prominent by the mid 420s. [Henry Dickinson Westlake and Simon Hornblower, Lamachus, from The Oxford Classical Dictionary , Simon Hornblower …

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  • 69Diagoras of Melos — Bust of Diagoras of Melos[dubious – discuss] Diagoras the Atheist of Melos (Διαγόρας ὁ Μήλιος) was a Greek poet and soph …

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  • 70Crotalum — Illustration taken from the drawing of an ancient marble in Spon s Miscellanea,[1] representing one of the crotalistriae performing. In classical antiquity, a crotalum was a kind of clapper or …

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