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Dicaearchus, the Glossary

Dicaearchus of Messana (Δικαίαρχος Dikaiarkhos), also written Dikaiarchos, was a Greek philosopher, geographer and author.^[1]

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350s BC births
3rd-century BC geographers
4th-century BC geographers
Ancient Greek cartographers
Ancient Greek geographers
Ancient Greek geometers
Ancient Greek political philosophers
Metic philosophers in Classical Athens
Peripatetic philosophers
Philosophers of Magna Graecia
Scientists from Messina
Sicilian Greeks
Writers from Messina

Achilles

In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus (Achilleús) was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors.

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An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet.

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Alcaeus

Alcaeus of Mytilene (Ἀλκαῖος ὁ Μυτιληναῖος, Alkaios ho Mutilēnaios; – BC) was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza.

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Alexander IV of Macedon

Alexander IV (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος; 323/322– 309 BC), sometimes erroneously called Aegus in modern times, was the son of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) and Princess Roxana of Bactria.

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Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

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Aristarchus of Samothrace

Aristarchus of Samothrace (Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σαμόθραξ Aristarchos o Samothrax; BC) was an ancient Greek grammarian, noted as the most influential of all scholars of Homeric poetry.

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Aristophanes

Aristophanes (Ἀριστοφάνης) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy.

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Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. Dicaearchus and Aristotle are ancient Greek political philosophers, Metic philosophers in Classical Athens and Peripatetic philosophers.

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Aristoxenus

Aristoxenus of Tarentum (Ἀριστόξενος; born 375, fl. 335 BC) was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher, and a pupil of Aristotle. Dicaearchus and Aristoxenus are 4th-century BC Greek philosophers, Metic philosophers in Classical Athens, Peripatetic philosophers and philosophers of Magna Graecia.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Babylon

Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.

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Bagoas (courtier)

Bagoas (script; Βαγώας, Bagōas) was a eunuch in the court of the Persian Empire in the 4th century BC.

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Cartography

Cartography (from χάρτης chartēs, 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and γράφειν graphein, 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps.

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Cassander

Cassander (Kássandros; c. 355 BC – 297 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 305 BC until 297 BC, and de facto ruler of southern Greece from 317 BC until his death. Dicaearchus and Cassander are 350s BC births.

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Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.

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Corinth

Corinth (Kórinthos) is a municipality in Corinthia in Greece.

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Darius III

Darius III (𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁; Δαρεῖος; c. 380 – 330 BC) was the last Achaemenid King of Kings of Persia, reigning from 336 BC to his death in 330 BC.

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Dionysia

The Dionysia (Greek: Διονύσια) was a large festival in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus, the central events of which were the theatrical performances of dramatic tragedies and, from 487 BC, comedies.

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Dioptra

A dioptra (sometimes also named dioptre or diopter, from διόπτρα) is a classical astronomical and surveying instrument, dating from the 3rd century BC.

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Eckart Schütrumpf

Eckart Schütrumpf (born 3 February 1939) is a professor of classics at the University of Colorado at Boulder and former professor of Classics at the University of Cape Town.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Ephor

The ephors were a board of five magistrates in ancient Sparta.

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Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Ἐρατοσθένης; –) was a Greek polymath: a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. Dicaearchus and Eratosthenes are 3rd-century BC geographers, ancient Greek geographers and ancient Greek geometers.

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Euripides

Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens.

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Flooding of the Nile

The flooding of the Nile has been an important natural cycle in Nubia and Egypt since ancient times.

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Gedrosia

Gedrosia (Γεδρωσία or گِد رۏچ) is the Hellenized name of the part of coastal Balochistan that roughly corresponds to today's Makran.

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Geminus

Geminus of Rhodes (Γεμῖνος ὁ Ῥόδιος), was a Greek astronomer and mathematician, who flourished in the 1st century BC.

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Geographer

A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts.

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Geography

Geography (from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία; combining 'Earth' and 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Greeks

The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..

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Hephaestion

Hephaestion (Ἡφαιστίων Hephaistíon; c. 356 BC – October 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman of probable "Attic or Ionian extraction" and a general in the army of Alexander the Great. Dicaearchus and Hephaestion are 350s BC births.

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Heraclides Ponticus

Heraclides Ponticus (Ἡρακλείδης ὁ Ποντικός Herakleides; c. 390 BC – c. 310 BC) was a Greek philosopher and astronomer who was born in Heraclea Pontica, now Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey, and migrated to Athens. Dicaearchus and Heraclides Ponticus are 4th-century BC Greek philosophers and Metic philosophers in Classical Athens.

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Hesiod

Hesiod (or; Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya.

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.

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Iamb (poetry)

An iamb or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry.

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Jason of Nysa

Jason of Nysa (Ἰάσων ὁ Νυσαεύς, Iason o Nysaevs; 1st-century BC) was a Stoic philosopher, the son of Menecrates, and, on his mother's side, grandson of Posidonius, of whom he was also the disciple and successor at the Stoic school at Rhodes.

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John the Lydian

John the Lydian or John Lydus (Ἰωάννης Λαυρέντιος ὁ Λυδός; Ioannes Laurentius Lydus) (ca. AD 490 – ca. 565) was a Byzantine administrator and writer on antiquarian subjects.

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Lesbos

Lesbos or Lesvos (Lésvos) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea.

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Livadeia

Livadeia (Λιβαδειά Livadiá,; Lebadeia or Λεβαδία, Lebadia) is a town in central Greece.

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Lyceum (classical)

The Lyceum (Lykeion) was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus ("Apollo the wolf-god").

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Magna Graecia

Magna Graecia is a term that was used for the Greek-speaking areas of Southern Italy, in the present-day Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily; these regions were extensively populated by Greek settlers starting from the 8th century BC.

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Marcus Terentius Varro

Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) was a Roman polymath and a prolific author.

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Medea (play)

Medea (Μήδεια, Mēdeia) is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides.

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Messina

Messina (Missina) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina.

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Mixed government

Mixed government (or a mixed constitution) is a form of government that combines elements of democracy, aristocracy and monarchy, ostensibly making impossible their respective degenerations which are conceived in Aristotle's ''Politics'' as anarchy, oligarchy and tyranny.

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Mytilene

Mytilene (Mytilíni) is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port.

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Natural History (Pliny)

The Natural History (Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.

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Neophron

Neophron of Sicyon (Νεόφρων, -ονος) was one of the most prolific of the ancient Greek dramatists, to whom are accredited one hundred and twenty pieces, of which only a few fragments of his Medea remain.

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Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Οἰδίπους Τύραννος), or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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On Abstinence from Eating Animals

On Abstinence from Eating Animals (Peri apochēs empsychōn, De abstinentia ab esu animalium) is a 3rd-century treatise by Porphyry on the ethics of vegetarianism.

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Panathenaic Games

The Panathenaic Games (Παναθήναια) were held every four years in Athens in Ancient Greece from 566 BC to the 3rd century AD.

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Patroclus

In Greek mythology, Patroclus (generally pronounced; glory of the father) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and an important character in Homer's Iliad.

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Peloponnese

The Peloponnese, Peloponnesus (Pelopónnēsos) or Morea (Mōrèas; Mōriàs) is a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans.

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Philip II of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon (Φίλιππος; 382 BC – October 336 BC) was the king (basileus) of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC.

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Philip III of Macedon

Philip III Arrhidaeus (Phílippos Arrhidaîos; BC – 317 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 323 until his execution in 317 BC. Dicaearchus and Philip III of Macedon are 350s BC births.

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Philocles

Philocles (Φιλοκλῆς), was an Athenian tragic poet during the 5th century BC.

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Philology

Philology is the study of language in oral and written historical sources.

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Phratry

In ancient Greece, a phratry (brotherhood, kinfolk, derived from brother) was a group containing citizens in some city-states.

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Phyle

Phyle (phulē,; pl. phylai, φυλαί; derived from Greek φύεσθαι, phyesthai) is an ancient Greek term for tribe or clan.

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Plato

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς; – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. Dicaearchus and Plato are 4th-century BC Greek philosophers and ancient Greek political philosophers.

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Pliny the Elder

Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 AD 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.

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Polis

Polis (πόλις), plural poleis (πόλεις), means ‘city’ in ancient Greek.

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Polybius

Polybius (Πολύβιος) was a Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period.

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Porphyry (philosopher)

Porphyry of Tyre (Πορφύριος, Porphýrios; –) was a Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia during Roman rule.

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Ptolemy I Soter

Ptolemy I Soter (Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr "Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered on Egypt and led by his progeny from 305 BC – 30 BC.

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Pythagoras

Pythagoras of Samos (Πυθαγόρας; BC) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. Dicaearchus and Pythagoras are ancient Greek geometers.

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Seven Sages of Greece

The Seven Sages or Seven Wise Men was the title given to seven philosophers, statesmen, and law-givers of the 7–6th century BC who were renowned for their wisdom.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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Sophocles

Sophocles (497/496 – winter 406/405 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41.

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Southern Italy

Southern Italy (Sud Italia,, or Italia meridionale,; 'o Sudde; Italia dû Suddi), also known as Meridione or Mezzogiorno (Miezojuorno; Menzujornu), is a macroregion of Italy consisting of its southern regions.

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Sparta

Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece.

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Strabo

StraboStrabo (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. Dicaearchus and strabo are ancient Greek geographers.

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Strait of Gibraltar

The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa.

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Suda

The Suda or Souda (Soûda; Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas (Σουίδας).

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Syssitia

The syssitia (συσσίτια syssítia, plural of συσσίτιον syssítion) were, in ancient Greece, common meals for men and youths in social or religious groups, especially in Crete and Sparta, but also in Megara in the time of Theognis of Megara (sixth century BCE) and Corinth in the time of Periander (seventh century BCE).

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The Frogs

The Frogs (Bátrakhoi; Ranae, often abbreviated Ran. or Ra.) is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes.

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Theophrastus

Theophrastus (Θεόφραστος||godly phrased) was a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. Dicaearchus and Theophrastus are 4th-century BC Greek philosophers, Metic philosophers in Classical Athens and Peripatetic philosophers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicaearchus

Also known as Dicaearch, Dicaearchus of Messana, Dicaearchus of Messene, Diceärch, Dicearchus, Dikaiarchos.

, Oedipus Rex, Olympic Games, On Abstinence from Eating Animals, Panathenaic Games, Patroclus, Peloponnese, Philip II of Macedon, Philip III of Macedon, Philocles, Philology, Phratry, Phyle, Plato, Pliny the Elder, Polis, Polybius, Porphyry (philosopher), Ptolemy I Soter, Pythagoras, Seven Sages of Greece, Sicily, Sophocles, Southern Italy, Sparta, Strabo, Strait of Gibraltar, Suda, Syssitia, The Frogs, Theophrastus, Triangulation, Trophonius, Troy.

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350s BC births

3rd-century BC geographers

4th-century BC geographers

Ancient Greek cartographers

Ancient Greek geographers

Ancient Greek geometers

Ancient Greek political philosophers

Metic philosophers in Classical Athens

Peripatetic philosophers

Philosophers of Magna Graecia

Scientists from Messina

Sicilian Greeks

Writers from Messina

References