Leosthenes, the Glossary
Leosthenes (Leōsthenēs Leōsthenous Kephalēthen; died 323 BC) was an Athenian who was commander of the combined Greek army in the Lamian War.[1]
Table of Contents
32 relations: Aetolia, Alexander the Great, Antipater, Athens, Boeotia, Boston, Cape Matapan, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Diodorus Siculus, Dorians, Hellenistic Greece, Hypereides, Investment (military), Justin (historian), Kerameikos, Lamia (city), Lamian War, Leonnatus, Locris, Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Pausanias (geographer), Peloponnese, Phocion, Phocis, Piraeus, Plutarch, Satrap, Strabo, Thebes, Greece, Thermopylae, Thessaly, William Smith (lexicographer).
- 323 BC deaths
- Lamian War
Aetolia
Aetolia (Aitōlía) is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania.
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. Leosthenes and Alexander the Great are 323 BC deaths.
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Antipater
Antipater (Ἀντίπατρος|translit.
Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
Boeotia
Boeotia, sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (Βοιωτία; modern:; ancient) is one of the regional units of Greece.
Boston
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
Cape Matapan
Cape Matapan (Κάβο Ματαπάς, Maniot dialect: Ματαπά), also called Cape Tainaron or Taenarum (Ακρωτήριον Ταίναρον), or Cape Tenaro, is situated at the end of the Mani Peninsula, Greece.
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology is a biographical dictionary of classical antiquity, edited by William Smith and originally published in London by Taylor, Walton (and Maberly) and John Murray from 1844 to 1849 in three volumes of more than 3,700 pages.
See Leosthenes and Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (Diódōros; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian.
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Dorians
The Dorians (Δωριεῖς, Dōrieîs, singular Δωριεύς, Dōrieús) were one of the four major ethnic groups into which the Hellenes (or Greeks) of Classical Greece divided themselves (along with the Aeolians, Achaeans, and Ionians).
Hellenistic Greece
Hellenistic Greece is the historical period of the country following Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek Achaean League heartlands by the Roman Republic.
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Hypereides
Hypereides or Hyperides (Ὑπερείδης, Hypereidēs; c. 390 – 322 BC; English pronunciation with the stress variably on the penultimate or antepenultimate syllable) was an Athenian logographer (speech writer). Leosthenes and Hypereides are 4th-century BC Athenians.
Investment (military)
Investment is the military process of surrounding an enemy fort (or town) with armed forces to prevent entry or escape.
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Justin (historian)
Justin (Marcus Junianus Justinus Frontinus; fl. century) was a Latin writer and historian who lived under the Roman Empire.
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Kerameikos
Kerameikos also known by its Latinized form Ceramicus, is an area of Athens, Greece, located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River.
Lamia (city)
Lamia (Λαμία, Lamía) is a city in central Greece.
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Lamian War
The Lamian War, or the Hellenic War, (323–322 BC) was an unsuccessful attempt by Athens and a large coalition of Greek states to end the hegemony of Macedonia over Greece just after the death of Alexander the Great.
Leonnatus
Leonnatus (Λεοννάτος; 356 BC – 322 BC) was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the diadochi. He was a member of the royal house of Lyncestis, a small Greek kingdom that had been included in Macedonia by King Philip II of Macedon.
Locris
Locris (Lokrída; Lokrís) was a region of ancient Greece, the homeland of the Locrians, made up of three distinct districts.
Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
Macedonia (Μακεδονία), also called Macedon, was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece.
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Pausanias (geographer)
Pausanias (Παυσανίας) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD.
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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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Phocion
Phocion (Φωκίων ΦώκουἈθηναῖος Phokion; c. 402 – c. 318 BC), nicknamed The Good (ὁ χρηστός, was an Athenian statesman and strategos, and the subject of one of Plutarch's Parallel Lives. Leosthenes and Phocion are 4th-century BC Athenians.
Phocis
Phocis (Φωκίδα; Φωκίς) is one of the regional units of Greece.
Piraeus
Piraeus (Πειραιάς; Πειραιεύς; Ancient:, Katharevousa) is a port city within the Athens-Piraeus urban area, in the Attica region of Greece.
Plutarch
Plutarch (Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos;; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
Satrap
A satrap was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median and Persian (Achaemenid) Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires.
Strabo
StraboStrabo (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed.
Thebes, Greece
Thebes (Θήβα, Thíva; Θῆβαι, Thêbai.) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
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Thermopylae
Thermopylae (Thermopylai; Ancient:, Katharevousa:; Thermopyles; "hot gates") is a narrow pass and modern town in Lamia, Phthiotis, Greece.
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Thessaly
Thessaly (translit; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name.
William Smith (lexicographer)
Sir William Smith (20 May 1813 – 7 October 1893) was an English lexicographer.
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See also
323 BC deaths
- Alexander the Great
- Cynane
- Diogenes
- Drypetis
- Harpalus
- Kalanos
- Leosthenes
- Meleager (general)
- Stateira (wife of Alexander the Great)
Lamian War
- Lamian War
- Leosthenes