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Demetrius I, king of Macedon
(Encyclopedia) Demetrius I (Demetrius Poliorcetes)Demetrius Idĭmēˈtrēəs pŏlˌēôrsēˈtēz [key], c.337–283 b.c., king of Macedon. The son of Antigonus I, he proved himself a very able commander in his…Eudoxus of Cyzicus
(Encyclopedia) Eudoxus of CyzicusEudoxus of Cyzicusy&oomacr;dŏkˈsəs, [key]Eudoxus of Cyzicussĭzˈĭkəs [key], fl. 130 b.c., Greek navigator in the service of the Ptolemies. He explored the Arabian…Almagest
(Encyclopedia) Almagest: see Ptolemy.Diadochi
(Encyclopedia) DiadochiDiadochidīădˈəkī [key] [Gr.,=successors], the Macedonian generals and administrators who succeeded Alexander the Great. Alexander's empire, the largest that the world had known…Idfu
(Encyclopedia) IdfuIdfuĭdˈf&oomacr; [key] or EdfuIdfuĕdˈ– [key], town (1986 pop. 45,737), S central Egypt, on the Nile River. It is an agricultural trade center and has paper mills and a sugar…Demetrius Phalereus
(Encyclopedia) Demetrius PhalereusDemetrius Phalereusdĭmēˈtrēəs [key]Demetrius Phalereusfəlērˈ&oomacr;s, fəlērˈēəs [key] [Lat.,=of Phalerum], d. c.280 b.c., Athenian orator. One of the first…Abubus
(Encyclopedia) AbubusAbubusəby&oomacr;ˈbəs [key], in First Maccabees, father of the Ptolemy who murdered Simon the Maccabee.Ptolemaic system
(Encyclopedia) Ptolemaic systemPtolemaic systemtŏlˌəmāˈĭk [key], historically the most influential of the geocentric cosmological theories, i.e., theories that placed the earth motionless at the…Rafa
(Encyclopedia) Rafa or RafahRafaboth: räˈfä [key], town in the present Gaza Strip on the Egyptian border. The ancient name was Raphia. There in 217 b.c., Ptolemy IV defeated Antiochus III.Alexander Balas
(Encyclopedia) Alexander BalasAlexander Balasbāˈləs [key], d. 145 b.c., ruler of Syria, putative son of Antiochus IV. He seized power from his uncle Demetrius I (c.152 b.c.); Jonathan the Maccabee…Trending
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