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(Encyclopedia) AnabasisAnabasisənăbˈəsĭs [key]: see Xenophon.Arrian
(Encyclopedia) Arrian (Flavius Arrianus)Arrianârˈēən [key], fl. 2d cent. a.d., Greek historian, philosopher, and general, b. Nicomedia in Bithynia. He was governor of Cappadocia under Emperor Hadrian…Xenophon
(Encyclopedia) XenophonXenophonzĕnˈəfən [key], c.430 b.c.–c.355 b.c., Greek historian, b. Athens. He was one of the well-to-do young disciples of Socrates before leaving Athens to join the Greek…Cunaxa
(Encyclopedia) CunaxaCunaxaky&oomacr;năkˈsə [key], ancient town of Babylonia, near the Euphrates River, NE of Ctesiphon. It was the scene of a battle (401 b.c.) between Cyrus the Younger and…Brewer's: Acme
Ac′me The crisis of a disease. Old medical writers used to divide the progress of a disease into four periods: the ar-che, or beginning; the anabasis, or increase, the acme, or term of its…Cyrus the Younger
(Encyclopedia) Cyrus the Younger, d. 401 b.c., Persian prince, younger son of Darius II and Parysatis. He was his mother's favorite, and she managed to get several satrapies in Asia Minor for him…Brewer's: Alexander and the Robber
The robber's name was Diomedes. —Gesta Romanorum, cxlvi. You are thinking of Parmenio, and I of Alexander i.e., you are thinking what you ought to receive, and I what I ought to give;…Persia
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Persian Empire (c.500 b.c.) PersiaPersiapûrˈzhə, –shə, old alternate name for the Asian country Iran. The article Iran contains a description of the geography and economy of…Trending
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