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(l ´b n) (KEY) , 1849–1919, American agriculturist, b. Poland. After prospering as a merchant in California, he devoted himself to helping farmers ...
(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 ...
(l s n´d r) (KEY) , d. 395 B.C., Spartan naval commander and statesman. Toward the end of the Peloponnesian War he was made admiral and built up the ...
(l s m´ k s) (KEY) , c.355–281 B.C., Thessalian general of Alexander the Great. He was a commander in Alexander’s fleet on the Hydaspes as well a...
(l n´ d s) (KEY) , d. 480 B.C., king of Sparta. He succeeded (c.491 B.C.) his half brother, Cleomenes I. When the Persians invaded Greece under Xerx...
c.396–c.325 B.C., one of the Ten Attic Orators of the Alexandrian canon; pupil of Isocrates. A capable and honored public official, he administered ...