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(f d p´ d z) (KEY) , fl. 490 B.C., semilegendary Athenian courier sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon. He ran 150 mil...
(f l p ´m n) (KEY) , c.252–183 B.C., Greek statesman and general, b. Megalopolis. For years he fought as a mercenary in Crete. In 209 he became com...
(pôs ´n s) (KEY) , d. c.470 B.C., Spartan general; nephew of King Leonidas. He was the victorious commander at Plataea (479) near Thebes in the Per...
(th r m´ n z) (KEY) , c.455–404? B.C., Athenian statesman. He helped to establish (411 B.C.) the oligarchical Four Hundred but was later active in ...
(Alexius Angelus) ( l k´s s, n´j l s) (KEY) , d. after 1210, Byzantine emperor (1195–1203). He acceded to power by deposing and blinding his bro...
(Alexius Ducas Mourtzouphlos) ( l k´s s, d ´k sm rt´s fl s) (KEY) , d. 1204, Byzantine emperor (1204), son-in-law of Alexius III. The head of the ...