Articles on Major Figures in
Ancient and Classical History
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Many important figures who rate netlinks pages of their own do not yet have their own guide or guest written article. A box on the right of each A-Z page will give you access to information on these men and women. Mythological people and creatures have their own index.
Please note: Greek names may be transliterated into English in different ways. If you do not find the name you want, try replacing 'c' with 'k', 'y' with 'u', 'e' with 'i', 'u' with 'o' and final 'm' with 'n'.
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Roman historian from a class whose power was waning.
An Etruscan who was one of the legendary kings of Rome.
Glossary entry on the last king of Rome.
Glossary entry on the Roman writer of comedy based on Greek new comedy.
Helped the Greeks find the city of Troy in exchange for healing a wound Achilles had inflicted on him.
Fifth century poet of Argos who was renowned for bravery as well as her verse.
The philosopher from Ionia who thought the world evolved from and would return to water.
Athenian leader during the Persian War.
Military leader who became emperor of Rome.
Elegiac poet from Megara, born about 540 B.C.
Philosopher who studied under Plato and Aristotle, known for his "Characters."
The Greek historians, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Diodorus Siculus, and Plutarch, provide a wealth of information about their times.Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III, predecessor of Sargon II, Assyrian king.
Timoleon was a 4th century Corinthian politician and general.
Review of Christine El Mahdy's Biography of Tutankhamen and Akhenaten, the Amarna pharaohs.
Tyrtaeus was a Spartan who wrote elegies.
Egyptian Roman Greek
