Cyrene may refer to Cyrene mythology , a Greek mythological figure Cyrene, Libya , an ancient Greek colony in North Africa USS Cyrene AGP 13 , a motor torpedo boat tender 133 Cyrene , an asteroid Cyrene Xena , a fictional character in the Xena TV series Cyrene steamboat , a steamboat that ran on Puget Sound and Lake Washington from 1891 to about 1912 Cyrene Creative Kingdom , a setting in the online game Entropia Universe See also Cyrenaica , the region around Cyrene, archaic city, Libya disambig br Kirene dishe velout ca Cirene desambiguaci de Cyrene fr Cyr ne homonymie ko la Cyrene discretiva nl Cyrene ru uk ... more details
Additional parameters for this template are available at Template Infobox Planet . Infobox planet discovery yes physical characteristics yes bgcolour FFFFC0 name 133 Cyrene discoverer James Craig Watson discovered August 16, 1873 alt names A910 NB 1936 HO br 1948 QC 1959 UR named after Cyrene mythology mp category Main belt epoch July 14, 2004 Julian day JD 2453200.5 semimajor 457.505 Giga G m 3.058 Astronomical unit AU perihelion 392.840 Gm 2.626 AU aphelion 522.169 Gm 3.490 AU eccentricity 0.141 period 1953.456 day d 5.35 Julian year astronomy a inclination 7.233 degree angle asc node 319.246 arg peri 291.128 mean anomaly 224.793 avg speed 17.03 km second s dimensions 66.6 km mass 3.1 10 small sup 17 sup small kilogram kg density 2.0? g cubic centimetre cm surface grav 0.0186 m s escape velocity 0.0352 km s rotation 0.5295 d 12.708 hour h spectral type S type asteroid S sup http spiff.rit.edu richmond parallax phot LCSUMPUB.TXT 1 sup abs magnitude 7.98 albedo 0.256 sup http dorothy.as.arizona.edu DSN IRAS index iras.html 2 sup single temperature 133 kelvin K 133 Cyrene is a fairly large and very bright main belt asteroid . It is an S type asteroid S type . It was discovered by James Craig Watson J. C. Watson on August 16, 1873, and named after Cyrene mythology Cyrene , a nymph, daughter of king Hypseus and beloved of Apollo in Greek mythology . Minor planets navigator 132 Aethra 134 Sophrosyne Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Cyrene Category Main Belt asteroids Category S type asteroids Category Asteroids named from Greek mythology Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1873 S beltasteroid stub ast 133 Cyrene de 133 Cyrene el 133 es 133 Cirene eo 133 Cireno eu 133 Zirene fa fr 133 Cyr ne it 133 Cyrene la 133 Cyrene hu 133 Cyrene ja no 133 Cyrene nn 133 Cyrene pl 133 Cyrene ru 133 sk 133 Cyrene sl 133 Kirena sr 133 Cyrene fi 133 Cyrene sv 133 Cyrene tl 133 Cyrene th 133 Cyrene uk 133 vi 133 Cyrene zh ... more details
Italic title Taxobox name Kurtziella cyrene image image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Mollusca classis Gastropoda unranked familia clade Caenogastropoda br clade Hypsogastropoda br clade Neogastropoda superfamilia Conoidea familia Conidae subfamilia Mangeliinae genus Kurtziella species K. cyrene binomial Kurtziella cyrene binomial authority Dall, 1919 synonyms ref ref name WoRMS synonyms Mangilia cyrene small Dall, 1919 small Kurtziella cyrene is a species of sea snail , a marine gastropod mollusk in the family biology family Conidae , the Conus cone snails and their allies. ref name WoRMS WRMS species 432730 Kurtziella cyrene Dall, 1919 29 March 2010 ref Description Empty section date March 2010 Distribution Empty section date March 2010 References reflist External links Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Kurtziella Cyrene Category Kurtziella cyrene conidae stub pt Kurtziella cyrene vi Kurtziella cyrene ... more details
Other persons Antipater Antipater of Cyrene, Libya Cyrene floruit fl. 4th century BCE was one of the disciples of Aristippus , the founder of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy. ref name diog1 Diogenes La rtius, ii. 86 ref He had a pupil called Epitimedes of Cyrene . ref name diog1 According to Cicero , he was blind, and when some women bewailed the fact, he replied, What do you mean? Do you think the night can furnish no pleasure? ref Cicero, Tusculanae Quaestiones , v. 38 ref Notes reflist DEFAULTSORT Antipater Of Cyrene Category 4th century BC philosophers Category Ancient Greek philosophers Category Cyrenaic philosophers Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing ca Ant pater de Cirene es Ant patro de Cirene nl Antipater van Cyrene ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Xylophanes cyrene image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Sphingidae genus Xylophanes species X. cyrene binomial Xylophanes cyrene binomial authority Druce, 1881 ref https www.cate sphingidae.org taxonomy Xylophanes cyrene.html CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience Sphingidae ref synonyms Chaerocampa cyrene small Druce, 1881 small Theretra drucei small Kirby, 1892 small Xylophanes cyrene is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Mexico , Panama , Costa Rica , Guatemala , Belize and south to Oxapampa in Peru . ref http www.silkmoths.bizland.com xamadcyr.htm Silkmoths ref The wingspan is 76 91 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes amadis but the upperside ground colour is brownish and the pale median band is always uninterrupted by black streaks along the veins. Adults are probably on wing year round in Costa Rica. The larvae feed on Curatella americana , Psychotria panamensis and Psychotria grandis . Early instars are generally green, but there are green and dark colour morphs in the final instar. References reflist Category Xylophanes Sphingidae stub vi Xylophanes cyrene ... more details
In Greek mythology , as recorded in Pindar s 9th Pythian ode, Cyrene or Kyrene , Greek language Greek Polytonic sovereign queen was the daughter of Hypseus , King of the Lapiths . When a lion attacked her father s sheep , Cyrene wrestled with the lion. Apollo , who was present, immediately fell in love with her and kidnapped her. He took her to North Africa and founded the city of Cyrene city Cyrene in her name. The region, Cyrenaica , is also named for her. Together, she and Apollo had two sons Aristaeus and Idmon . ref http www.mythindex.com greek mythology C Cyrene.html Greek Myth Index Cyrene ref Cyrene is also mentioned in the second and third hymns of Callimachus . With Ares , Cyrene if indeed this is the same Cyrene was the mother of Diomedes King of Thrace Diomedes of Thrace . References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Cyrene Mythology Category Libya in Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category Apollo Category Thessalian mythology Category Cyrenean Greeks Category Mortal parents of demigods in Classical mythology Greek deity stub az Kirena nimfa br Kyrene nimfenn cs Kyr n mytologie el es Cirene mitolog a eu Zirene mitologia fr Cyr ne mythologie ko it Cirene mitologia lt Kiren nl Kyrene ja pt Cirene ru sr fi Kyrene mytologia uk ... more details
Polycles in Ancient Greek, of Cyrene, is listed as a victor in the stadion race of the 108th Olympiad 348 BC . ref Papyrus Oxyrhinchus 12 V ref References reflist Category Ancient Olympic competitors ... more details
Magas of Cyrene flourished 3rd century BCE, ruled 276 250 BCE was a Macedonia Greece Greek Macedonian King of Cyrenaica Cyrene in modern Libya . He managed to wrestle independence for Cyrene from the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt . Magas was the son of the noblewoman Berenice I of Egypt and an obscure local nobleman called Philip. ref http www.tyndalehouse.com egypt ptolemies berenice i fr.htm ref Magas dedicated an inscription to himself and his father, when he served as a Priest of Apollo . ref http www.livius.org be bm berenice berenice i.html ref He had one sister Antigone of Epirus Antigone who married as one of the wives of King Pyrrhus of Epirus and possibly another sister called Theoxena. ref http www.tyndalehouse.com egypt ptolemies berenice i fr.htm ref After the death of his father ... of Cyrene from his mother Berenice. Following the death of Ptolemy I, however, Magas tried on several occasions to wrestle independence for Cyrene, until he crowned himself king around 276 BCE. Image BerenikeIIOnACoinOfPtolemyIII.jpg thumb Berenice II , was the daughter of Magas of Cyrene ... managed to maintain the independence of Cyrene until his death in 250 BCE, upon which the kingdom ... Hegesias of Cyrene , from the city of Cyrene, Libya Cyrene where Magas ruled, is sometimes ... Hegesias of Cyrene nicknamed Peisithanatos , The advocate of death was contemporary of Magas and was probably influenced by the teachings of the Buddhist missionaries to Cyrene and Alexandria ... Dossiers d Arch ologie , No254, p.78 ref Notes reflist See also List of Kings of Cyrene External links ..., coinage Ael 7.1, 7.2 & 7 s start s hou 250 BC s reg s vac last Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene Arcesilaus IV recreated s ttl title List of Kings of Cyrene King of Cyrene years 276 BC 250 BC s aft after Demetrius the Fair Demetrius end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cyrene, Magas ... Cyrene, Magas Of Category Kings of Cyrene Category Ptolemaic dynasty Category Buddhism in the ancient ... more details
Infobox World Heritage Site WHS Archaeological Site of Cyrene Image File Cyrene8.jpg 300px Ruins of Cyrene ... E label Cyrene position right width 300 caption Location of Cyrene alt Location of CyreneCyrene IPA ... Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times. Cyrene lies in a lush ... cyrene cyrenaica.htm Temehu Cyrene ref ref http www.youtube.com watch?v pWryj7QgRvY Global Treasures Cyrene ref ref http www.nestbird.info shahhat or cyrene.html Shahhat or Cyrene City by NestBird.info ... The Greek period Cyrene was founded in 630 BC as a settlement of the Greeks from the Greek island of Santorini Thera , traditionally led by Battus I of Cyrene Battus I , ten miles from its port, Apollonia ... BC it became a republic . In 413 BC , during the Peloponnesian War , Cyrene supplied Spartan Army ... I s name, ruled the city almost independently until his death, when Ptolemy s son in law Magas of Cyrene ... of Cyrene at the time of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Sulla c. 85 BC were divided into four ..., Apion , bequeathed it to the Romans, but it kept its self government. In 74 BC Cyrene was created ... violence. Tensions came to a head in the insurrection of the Jews of Cyrene under Vespasian ... of Cyrene, Nicocrates , was deposed by his wife Aretaphila of Cyrene around the year 50 BC ref ... February 2008. ref Decline Cyrene s chief local export through much of its early history was the medicinal ... in the city s trade. Cyrene, with its port of Apollonia Marsa Susa , remained an important ... restored Cyrene, naming it Claudiopolis , but the restorations were poor and precarious. Natural ... it in the 4th century as a deserted city, and Synesius , a native of Cyrene, described it in the following ... of Cyrene are located near the modern village of Shahhat . Philosophy Cyrene was the birthplace of Eratosthenes ... , the founder of the Cyrenaics School of Cyrene , and his successor daughter Arete of Cyrene Arete , Callimachus , Carneades , Ptolemais of Cyrene , and Synesius, a bishop of Ptolemais Cyrenaica Ptolemais ... more details
Infobox character name Cyrene color 87CEFA image Image Cyrene.JPG alt An older woman with long brown hair, she has blue eyes and wears a blue tunic top. 250px Cyrene Darien Takle as Cyrene first Sins of the Past ... Cyrene is a fictional character in the television series Xena Warrior Princess . She was portrayed by the actress Darien Takle . Character history Cyrene is the mother of Xena , Lyceus, and Toris, and the widow ... renouncing her violent past. Cyrene shows her own strength of will when she walks right up to her daughter ... Sins Cyrene tells her the village does not need her help referencing a past battle in which Xena .... Upon witnessing this, Cyrene can see that her daughter really has changed and forgives her. The rift between mother and daughter slowly begins to heal. ref name Sins Image Cyrene Furies.PNG alt ... thumb left Cyrene awaits her fate at the hands of Xena in The Furies The Furies About three years ... her father s murder, we discover that Cyrene is the person responsible for Atrius death and that she ... Xena Warrior Princess airdate 1997 09 29 ref Cyrene, like a true warrior , faces up to this, just ... sacrificing their daughter to Ares. ref name furies The siege Image Cyrene Siege.PNG alt The same woman, holding a baby in her arms. 200px thumb Cyrene stands up to Athena, while holding baby Eve Cyrene, again shows off her leadership skills and steadfast spirit many years later, when she stands ... to destroy her neighbours faith in the Gods for the sake of a single child. ref name siege Cyrene, holding ... willing to die for this child, but before she can finish Cyrene begins singing Amphipolis anthem ... their unity against the Gods. ref name siege Cyrene s death Image Cyrene Stake.PNG alt The same woman tied to a wooden stake, flames surround her as she screams out in pain. 200px left thumb Cyrene ... 2000 10 09 ref When they arrive they find the village deserted. They enter Cyrene s tavern to investigate and look for Cyrene, but the place is run down. While searching the tavern Eve sees the ghost ... more details
Nicoteles of Cyrene c. 250 BCE was a Greeks Greek mathematician from Cyrene, Libya Cyrene . He is mentioned in the preface to Book IV of the Conics of Apollonius of Perga Apollonius , as criticising Conon of Samos Conon concerning the maximum number of points with which a conic section can meet another conic section. Apollonius states that Nicoteles claimed that the case in which a conic section meets opposite sections could be solved, but had not demonstrated how. It is possible that Nicoteles could be a misspelling of Nicomedes mathematician Nicomedes . References Fried, M., Unguru, S., Apollonius of Perga s Conica Text, Context, Subtext , Pages 120, 416 417. BRILL. 2001 . ISBN 9 0041 1977 9 Heath, T., The Works of Archimedes , Pages 189 190. 1897 . ISBN 0 4864 2084 1 Greek mathematics greece scientist stub Europe mathematician stub Category Ancient Greek mathematicians Category 3rd century BC Greek people sl Nikoteles ... more details
Infobox Saint name Lucius of Cyrene birth date death date feast day May 6 venerated in image imagesize caption birth place death place titles beatified date beatified place beatified by canonized date canonized place canonized by attributes patronage major shrine suppressed date issues Lucius of Cyrene was, according to the Acts of the Apostles Book of Acts , one of the founders of the Christian Church in Early centers of Christianity Antioch Antioch , then part of Roman Syria . He is mentioned by name as a member of the church there, after Agrippa I King Herod s Death br blockquote Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers Barnabas , Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who was a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Apostle Paul Saul . Acts 13 1 NAB . br blockquote Lucius is indicated as a founder by an inference in an earlier passage br blockquote Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that arose because of St. Stephen Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Early centers of Christianity Cyprus Cyprus and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but Jews . There were some Cypriots and Cyrenians , among them, however, who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the Lord Jesus . Acts 11 19,20 NAB br blockquote He was supposed to have been the first bishop of Early centers of Christianity CyreneCyrene . ref name Saints Walsh A New Dictionary of Saints p. 372 ref There is a Lucius mentioned also in Epistle to the Romans Romans 16 21, but there is no way of knowing if this is the same person. Notes reflist 2 References Walsh, Michael A New Dictionary of Saints East and West London Burns & Oats 2007 ISBN 0 86012 438 X External links http www.catholic.org saints saint.php?saint id 4337 Lucius of Cyrene at Catholic Online New Testament people Category Seventy Disciples Category Saints from the Holy Land ... New Testament people de Lucius von Cyrene es Lucio de Cirene pl Lucjusz Cyrenejczyk pt L cio de Cirene ... more details
Aristotle of Cyrene or Aristoteles , lang el floruit fl. 325 BCE was a Greek philosophy Greek philosopher who may have belonged to the Cyrenaics Cyrenaic school . He was a native of Cyrene, Libya Cyrene , and a contemporary of Stilpo . He taught Cleitarchus and Simmias of Syracuse before they became pupils of Stilpo. ref Diogenes La rtius, ii. 113 ref It has generally been assumed that Aristotle was a member of the Cyrenaics Cyrenaic school , but this assumption is somewhat doubtful. ref Tiziano Dorandi, Chapter 2 Chronology , in Algra, et al., 1999 , The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy, page 47. Cambridge University Press ref According to Diogenes La rtius , he wrote a work on the art of poetry . ref Diogenes La rtius, v. 35 ref The only aspect of his philosophical views which is known is a short piece of ethical advice preserved by Claudius Aelianus Aelian ref Aelian, Varia Historia , x. 8 ref blockquote Aristoteles of Cyrene said that you should not accept a favor from anyone. For either you have trouble if you try to pay it back, or you appear to be ungrateful if you don t. blockquote An athlete of the same period called Aristotle of Cyrene, who spurned the love of Lais of Corinth Lais , is mentioned in a moral anecdote by Clement of Alexandria . ref Clement of Alexandria, Stromata , iii. 6. 50 51 ref Notes reflist Category 4th century BC Greek people Category 4th century BC philosophers Category Ancient Greek philosophers Category Cyrenaic philosophers ca Arist til de Cirene ... more details
Aretaphila of Cyrene flourished c. 50 BC, Cyrene, Libya Cyrene , an ancient Greece ancient Greek colony in North Africa was a Cyrenean noble woman who according to Plutarch in his work De mulierum virtutes On the Virtues of Women , deposed the tyrant Nicocrates . ref name Dinner party Brooklyn Museum Dinner party databse ref ref name Cameron Images of Women in Antiquity. By Averil Cameron, Am lie Kuhrt ref Aretaphilia was compelled to marry the tyrant Nicocrates after he had killed her husband, Phaedimus. She first tried to poison Nicocrates but was discovered and tortured. She then, arranged a marriage of her own daughter to the tyrant s brother, Leander. She was then able to convince Leander to murder Nicocrates. ref name Dinner party ref name Cameron She went on to manoeuvre Leander into a war with the native History of ancient Libya Libya ns, which ended with his capture and execution. ref name Dinner party Seen as a heroic liberator, Aretaphila was invited to join the new government of her country, but she declined, and returned to a domestic life. ref name Dinner party Notes reflist References http www.brooklynmuseum.org eascfa dinner party heritage floor aretaphilia of cyrene.php Aretaphilia of Cyrene at the Brooklyn Museum Dinner party databse of notable women. Accessed February 2008 http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Roman Texts Plutarch Moralia Bravery of Women B.html De Mulierum Virtutibus by Plutarch as published in Vol. III of the Loeb Classical Library edition, 1931. Accessed February 2008 http books.google.com books?id 96g d90oDpwC&pg PA56&lpg PA56&dq aretaphila of cyrene&source web&ots qJsg4O8 xl&sig yVFajvjk2 gHFNBnWMUDRj0v0 PPA55,M1 Images of Women in Antiquity By Averil Cameron, Am lie Kuhrt. Published 1993. Routledge ISBN 0415090954. At Google books. Accessed February 2008 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Aretaphila Of Cyrene ALTERNATIVE ... Aretaphila Of Cyrene Category 1st century BC births Category 1st century BC deaths Category Ancient ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Nicanor Latin lang el Nikan r or Nikanor of Cyrene, Libya Cyrene was an ancient scholar who lived in the Hellenistic period . No works of his survive, but he is mentioned as the author of a work called Changes of names . In the mention of him by Stephanus of Byzantium , older texts of Stephanus appear to give Nicanor the surname Leandrios more recent editions correct the text to saying that Nicanor is quoting from another author named Maiandrios . Nicanor is quoted as having discussed the variation between the names Sardis Sardeis and Hyd Stephanus Melikert s and Glaukos Athenaeus and the founding of the city of Thebes, Egypt Thebes in Egypt scholia on Apollonius . References Stephanus of Byzantium Ethnica 645.14 16 s.v. Athenaeus Deipnosophistae vii 47 scholia on Apollonius Argonautica 4.262 SmithDGRBM Category Cyrenean Greeks Category Ancient Greek grammarians ca Nic nor escriptor de Nikanor aus Kyrene ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image Cyrene steamboat ca 1909.jpeg 300px Ship caption Cyrene Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name Cyrene Ship owner James M. Colman, John L. Anderson Ship operator Ship registry Ship route Lake Washington , Puget Sound Ship ordered Ship builder Matt Anderson Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down Ship launched Ship completed Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service 1891 Ship out of service Ship identification Ship fate Ship status Ship notes Originally built as a yacht. ref name McCurdy Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest , at 4, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA 1966 ref Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship type inland steamboat Ship tonnage Ship displacement Ship length Ship beam Ship height Ship draught Ship draft Ship depth of hold Ship decks Ship deck clearance Ship ramps Ship ice class Ship sail plan Ship power Ship propulsion propeller Ship speed Ship capacity Ship crew 6 captain, mate, deckhand, engineer, purser, fireman Ship notes Rebuilt in 1909 to increase capacity pilot house moved to upper deck . Cyrene was a steamboat that operated initially on Puget Sound and later on Lake Washington from 1891 to about 1912. Cyrene and another similar vessel Xanthus steamboat Xanthus were somewhat unique in that they had clipper bows and were both originally built as yacht s. Construction and launching Cyrene was built in Seattle in a boatyard on the site of Colman Dock . The vessel was commissioned as a yacht by James M. Colman , a prominent early Seattle businessman. Colman hoped that the building of the yacht would encourage employment in the shipyard. Matt Anderson superintended the construction of the vessel ... asked John L. Anderson, who was operating steamboats on Lake Washington , if he would purchase Cyrene ... business trom visitors to the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition , Anderson rebuilt Cyrene , increasing ... more details
Image StationV.JPG thumbnail right 250px The fifth Station of the Cross, showing Simon of Cyrene helping Christ carry his cross. This particular station is located within St. Raphael s Cathedral Dubuque St. Raphael s Cathedral , Dubuque, Iowa Dubuque , Iowa . Simon of Cyrene Hearkening listening , Standard Hebrew im on , Tiberian Hebrew im n was the person compelled by the Roman Empire Romans to carry the cross of Jesus as Jesus was taken to his crucifixion , according to all three Synoptic Gospels ref bibleverse Mark 15 21 22 ref ref name bibleverse Matthew 27 32 bibleverse Matthew 27 32 ref ref bibleverse Luke 23 26 ref And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name him they compelled to bear his cross ref name bibleverse Matthew 27 32 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian ... his home town, Cyrene, Libya , was located in northern Africa , a connection arose making Simon of Cyrene the first African saintly Christian . Cyrene was a Jewish community where 100,000 Kingdom ... mentioned by Paul in Epistle to the Romans Romans 16 13 is the son of Simon of Cyrene. ref ... Rapids Regency Zondervan , 1984. Page 778. ref Some also link Simon himself with the men of Cyrene ..., Simon of Cyrene, by mistaken identity, suffered the events leading up to the crucifixion, and died ... in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland , takes its name from Simon of Cyrene. It has ... accessdate 2007 03 14 ref Characters playing Simon of Cyrene appear in the silent The King ... . Among the actors performing Simon of Cyrene in productions of this play is Paul Robeson ... Press, 2001, p.89. ref Christian singer Ray Boltz s song Watch the Lamb is about Simon of Cyrene s role in Christ s crucifixion. References Reflist 2 Commons category Simon of Cyrene New Testament ... Simon af Kyrene de Simon von Cyrene el es Sim n de Cirene eo Simono el Cireno fa fr Simon de Cyr ne it Simone di Cirene arz nl Simon van Cyrene ja ... more details
by king Ptolemy II Philadelphus 285 246 BCE . Hegesias of Cyrene, whose ruler may have been Magas of Cyrene , an apparent recipient of Buddhist missionnaries from the Indian king Ashoka according ... teachings. ref The philosopher Hegesias of Cyrene nicknamed Peisithanatos , The Death Persuader was contemporary of Magas and was probably influenced by the teachings of the Buddhist missionnaries to Cyrene ... to Buddhism. ref http agora.qc.ca thematiques mort.nsf Dossiers Hegesias De Cyrene ric Volant ... Drew Hicks 1925 DEFAULTSORT Hegesias Of Cyrene Category 3rd century BC philosophers Category ... more details
Jason of Cyrene was a Hellenistic Jew who lived about 100 BC and wrote a history of the times of the Maccabees down to the victory over Nicanor Seleucid general Nicanor 175 161 . This work is said http st takla.org pub Deuterocanon Deuterocanon Apocrypha El Asfar El Kanoneya El Tanya 9 Second of Maccabees.html Chapter 202 to have been in five books and formed the basis of the present 2 Maccabees . ref cite book title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology author Smith, Sir William ed. chapter JASON, literary year 1849 volume vol. II location Boston publisher Little & Brown page 555 url http books.google.com books?id HP4rAAAAYAAJ&pg PA555 ref References reflist And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book. 2 Maccabees 2 24 1911 Jewish hist stub Libya stub Category Hellenistic Jewish writers Category Hellenistic era historians Category Libyan Jews Category Cyrenean Greeks es Jas n de Cirene pl Jazon z Cyreny pt Jas o de Cirene ... more details
Dionysius of Cyrene, Libya Cyrene , lived c. 150 BC, was a Stoic philosopher and mathematician . He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon and Antipater of Tarsus . He was famed as a mathematician, and he is probably the Dionysius whose arguments are attacked by Philodemus in his book On Signs lang la De Signis , ref Allen, J., Inference from Signs Ancient Debates about the Nature of Evidence , page 207. Oxford University Press. 2001 . ref where Dionysius is reported as arguing that the Sun must be very large because it reappears slowly from behind an obstruction. ref Barnes, J., Pyrrhonism, Belief and Causation. Observations on the Skepticism of Sextus Empiricus , p. 2661 2662, in Aufstieg und Niedergang der r mischen Welt Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. ed. Werk, Vogt, Haase, Temporini. Walter de Gruyter. 1997 . ref Notes reflist Category Hellenistic era philosophers from Africa Category Stoic philosophers Category 2nd century BC Greek people Category 2nd century BC philosophers ru ... more details
about Theodorus the mathematician from Cyrene the atheist also from Cyrene Theodorus the Atheist Theodorus of Cyrene, Libya Cyrene lang el was a Ancient Greece Greek mathematician of the 5th century BC. The only first hand accounts of him that we have are in two of Plato s dialogues the Theaetetus dialogue Theaetetus and the Sophist dialogue Sophist . In the former, his student Theaetetus attributes to him the theorem that the square roots of the non square numbers up to 17 are irrational blockquote Theodorus here was drawing some figures for us in illustration of roots, showing that squares containing three square feet and five square feet are not commensurable in length with the unit of the foot, and so, selecting each one in its turn up to the square containing seventeen square feet and at that he stopped. ref cite book title Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman author Plato authorlink Plato page 174d url http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.01.0172 3Atext 3DTheaet. 3Apage 3D147 accessdate August 5, 2010 ref blockquote The square containing two square units is not mentioned, perhaps because the incommensurability of its side with the unit was already known. Theodorus s method of proof is not known. It is not even known whether, in the quoted passage, up to means that seventeen is included. If seventeen is excluded, then Theodorus s proof may have relied merely on considering whether numbers are even or odd. Indeed, Hardy and Wright ref cite book title An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers last1 Hardy first1 G. H. author1 link G. H. Hardy last2 Wright first2 E. M. author2 link E. M. Wright year 1979 publisher Oxford ... books.google.com ?id 9d8DAAAAMAAJ&pg PA85&dq Theodorus 27 Irrationality Proofs ref See also Cyrene ... Greek mathematics DEFAULTSORT Theodorus Of Cyrene Category Ancient Greek mathematicians Category ... de Cirene fr Th odore de Cyr ne it Teodoro di Cirene matematico nl Theodorus van Cyrene pl Teodor ... more details
Arete of Cyrene lang el floruit fl. 4th century BC was a Cyrenaic philosopher, and the daughter of Aristippus of Cyrene . She learned philosophy from her father, Aristippus, who had himself learned philosophy from Socrates . Arete, in turn, taught philosophy to her son Aristippus the Younger hence her son was nicknamed Mother taught lang el . ref Diogenes La rtius , ii. 72, 83, 86 Eusebius , Preparatio Evangelica , xiv. 18. Cf. Clement of Alexandria , Stromata , iv. 122 Strabo , xvii. 3. 22 Aelian , Nat. Anim. iii. 40 Theodoret , Therapeutike , xi. 1 Themistius , Orationes , xxi. 244 ref Arete is sometimes described as the successor of her father as head of the Cyrenaic school, but it may have been her son who formally founded the school. Among the spurious Cynic epistles Socratic epistles dating perhaps from the 1st century there is a fictitious letter from Aristippus addressed to Arete. ref The fictitious Socratic letters cannot automatically be use as an historical source, but the anonymous author of these letters is interested in historical detail, and he appears to have access to a handbook on Greek philosophy which is similar in content to that of Diogenes Laertius but more extensive in content. Abraham J. Malherbe, 1977 , The Cynic Epistles A Study Edition , page 28. SBL ref In this letter, Arete is represented as living a fairly prosperous life in Cyrene, Libya Cyrene . Aristippus tells her that you still have two gardens, enough for a luxurious life the property in Benghazi Berenice , even if it alone were left, would not fail to supply you with a very high standard of living. ref name pseudo aristippus Socratic epistle 27 in Abraham J. Malherbe ... inheritance I leave him, for in the other aspects of his life he will have the officials in Cyrene ... mozans blockquote References reflist DEFAULTSORT Arete of Cyrene Category 5th century BC births Category ... fr Ar t de Cyr ne is Arete fr K renu nl Arete van Cyrene ja pl Arate z Cyreny pt Areta de ... more details
Lacydes lang el of Cyrene, Libya Cyrene , Greek philosophy Greek philosopher , was head of the Platonic Academy Academy at Athens in succession to Arcesilaus from 241 BC. He was forced to resign c. 215 BC due to ill health, and he died c. 205 BC. Nothing survives of his works. Life He was born in Cyrene, the son of Alexander. In his youth he was poor, but remarkable for his industry, as well as for his affable and engaging manners. He moved to Athens, and attached himself to the Middle Academy, according to a silly story quoted by Eusebius ref name twat Eusebius , Praeparatio Evangelica xiv. 7. ref from Numenius of Apamea Numenius , because the ease with which his servants robbed him without being detected, convinced him that no reliance could be placed on the evidence of the senses . He was a disciple of Arcesilaus , and succeeded him as head scholarch of the school in 241 BC, over which he presided for 26 years. The place where his instructions were delivered was a garden, named the Lacydeum lang el , provided for the purpose by his friend Attalus I of Pergamon . He resigned his position in 216 5 BC, because of ill health, and for the final ten years of his life the Academy was run by a council led by Evander philosopher Evander and Telecles , who succeeded him to jointly run the Academy after his death in 206 5 BC. According to Diogenes La rtius ref Diogenes La rtius, iv. 60 comp. Aelian, Varia Historia , ii. 41 Athenaeus, x. ref he died from excessive drinking, but the story is discredited by the eulogy of Eusebius of Caesarea Eusebius ref name twat that he was in all things moderate. Philosophy In his philosophical views he followed Arcesilaus closely. ref Cicero, Academica, ii. 6. ref He is said to have written treatises, including one entitled On Nature , ref Suda, Lakudes . ref but nothing survives. Apart from a number of anecdotes distinguished for their sarcastic humour, Lacydes exists for us as a man of refined character, a hard worker and an accomplished ... more details
Eugammon of Cyrene was an early Cyclic poets Greek poet to whom the epic Telegony was ascribed. According to Clement of Alexandria , he stole the poem from the legendary early poet Musaeus meaning, possibly, that a version of a long existing traditional epic was written down by Eugammon. He is said to have flourished 567 6 BC. ref Eusebius . Chronicle , Olympiad , 53.2. ref ref Clement of Alexandria. Stromata , 6.25.2. ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Epic poetry collectors Category Early Greek epic poets Category 6th century BC poets Category Cyrenean Greeks Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown Ancient Greece writer stub Greece poet stub cs Eugammon z Kyr ny de Eugamon el es Eugam n fr Eugammon de Cyr ne it Eugammone di Cirene ... more details
Ptolemais of Cyrene lang grc was a harmonic theorist, author of Pythagorean Principles of Music . She lived perhaps in the 3rd century BC, and certainly not after the first century AD. ref Rocconi 2003, p. 101 ref Life Almost nothing is known about her life her work is known only from references in Porphyry philosopher Porphyry s http www.toxolyros.gr index.php?option com content&task view&id 5663&Itemid 857 commentary on Ptolemy Music Ptolemy s Harmonics . ref Rocconi 2003, p. 99 ref She shares the same place of origin Cyrene, Libya as Arete of Cyrene a female philosopher of the Cyrenaic school, whose doctrines included Pythagoreanism Pythagorean elements and Eratosthenes whose many interests included music theory . ref Rocconi 2003, p. 100 ref She is one of several women writers associated with Pythagoreanism. ref Rocconi 2003, p. 99 ref Work In her work, written in the form of a catechism , she commented on the music theoretical debate concerning the proper roles of reason and sensory experience in the study of music. Despite her apparent adherence to Pythagoreanism, a school whose theorists the canonici put music on a rational and mathematical basis, there is no apparent hostility in her citations of the empiricist followers of Aristoxenus the musici perhaps the methodological division was not a stark absolute during her period or from her point of view. ref Rocconi 2003, pp. 104 5 ref Ptolemais also makes reference to musicologists who gave equal importance to perception and reason, preferring to see Aristoxenus himself as opposed to his followers in this light, and even stressing the compatible role of perception in the Pythagorean theory ref Plant, pp. 88 9 ref cquote What is the distinction between those who preferred a combination of both reason and perception ? While some adopted both perception and reason ... Press, 2009, Chapter 7 Aisth sis and Logos A Single Continent DEFAULTSORT Ptolemais Of Cyrene Category ... more details
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