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(l s´ s) (KEY) , c.459–c.380 B.C., Attic orator; son of Cephalus, a Syracusan. After the capture (404 B.C.) of Athens by the Spartans, the Thirty ...
(härm ´d s, âr´´ st j ´t n) (KEY) , d. c.514 B.C., Athenian tyrannicides. Provoked by a personal quarrel, the two friends planned to assassinat...
(pärm ´n n) (KEY) , d. 330 B.C., Macedonian general. He served under Philip II. On Philip’s death Parmenion was largely responsible for the adher...
(th m s´t kl z) (KEY) , c.525–462 B.C., Athenian statesman and naval commander. He was elected one of the three archons in 493 B.C. In succeeding y...
( m l´r k, ´m lr k) (KEY) or Amaury I ( mô´r , Fr. äm r ´) (KEY) , c.1137–1174, Latin king of Jerusalem (1162–74); brother and successor o...
(Alexius Angelus), d. 1204, Byzantine emperor (1203–4), son of Isaac II. When his father was deposed, Alexius fled to Italy and then went to Germany...