Thespiae Greek language Greek , Thespia was an ancient Greece ancient Greek city polis in Boeotia . It stood on level ground commanded by the low range of hills which runs eastward from the foot of Mount Helicon to Thebes, Greece Thebes . History File Thespies1 evlahos.jpg thumb 200px Modern monument to the Thespians who died at the Battle of Thermopylae In the ancient Greece History history of ancient Greece , Thespiae figures chiefly as an enemy of Thebes. Like Plataea , the other Boeotian city that always considered nearby Thebes as a bullying threat, Thespiae tried to safeguard their independence by allying themselves with other major cities such as Classical Athens Athens or Sparta ... invasion of 480 BC , Thespiae was one of the few cities in Boeotia to reject the example set by the Thebans ... a democratic rising. In the Corinthian War , Thespiae sided with Sparta, and between 379 and 372 ... after this battle that the Thebans used their new predominance to destroy Thespiae and drive ... Phryne was born at Thespiae in the 4th century BC, though she seems to have lived at Athens ... of opposing Thebes, Thespiae sought the friendship of the Roman Republic . It is subsequently mentioned ... from Thespiae 450 425 BC inscribed in the History of the Greek alphabet Boeotian alphabet Remains of what ... Venus Arles.jpg thumb left 125px The Venus of Arles , modeled after the Aphrodite of Thespiae by Praxiteles ... at Thespiae was Eros god Eros , whose primitive image was an unwrought stone. The city contained ... world it drew crowds of people to Thespiae. It was carried off to Rome by Caligula , restored by Claudius , and again carried off by Nero . Another work by Praxiteles associated with Thespiae ... Citizens of Thespiae are called Thespians. The common noun thespian meaning actor comes from the legendary first actor named Thespis , and not the city. Both Thespis and Thespiae , however, are cognate ... es Tespias fr Thespies gl Tespias it Thespies nl Thespiae ja no Thespiai pt T spias ru ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Demophilus led a contingent of about 1000 Thespiae Thespians at the Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC . He stood along with the 300 Spartans at the last stand, and is immortalised in many books and movies. DEFAULTSORT Demophilus Category Battle of Thermopylae Category 5th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Greeks killed in battle Category 480 BC deaths Category People of the Greco Persian Wars AncientGreece bio stub el es Dem filo de Tespias pt Dem filo filho de Diadromes ... more details
Wiktionary thespian Thespian may refer to An actor of either sex A citizen of the ancient Greek city of Thespiae A member of the International Thespian Society , an honor society that promotes excellence in high school theater disambig ... more details
Demophilus lang grc may refer to Demophilus Thespiae led a contingent of about 700 the Thespians at the Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC Demophilus, an ancient Greek artist from Sicily Demophilus historian edited the first universal history which was written by his father Ephorus Demophilus of Constantinople , bishop of Constantinople from 370 until expelled in 380 disambig de Demophilos el hu D mophilosz egy rtelm s t lap ... more details
for the asteroid 22203 Prothoenor In Greek mythology , Prothoenor was one of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War , from Thespiae in Boeotia ref Homer , Iliad , 2. 495 ref , son of Areilycus and Theobule , brother of Arcesilaus mythology Arcesilaus he commanded eight ships ref Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 4. 67. 7 ref ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 97 ref . He was killed by Polydamas Iliad Polydamas , who immediately began to boast about it ref Homer , Iliad , 450 455 ref . References reflist Characters in the Iliad Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category People of the Trojan War Category Characters in the Iliad ... more details
Bishop Peter Bernardine Collingridge Order of Friars Minor OFM 10 March 1757 3 March 1829 was Vicar Apostolic of Western District Western District, England, Great Britain and Titular Bishop of Thespiae . Born at Fritwell , Oxfordshire , Collingridge was appointed as Co adjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western District Western District, England, Great Britain and Titular Bishop of Thespiae in 1807. Later that year he was ordained as Titular Bishop of Thespiae. On 18 October 1809, aged 52, he succeeded to Vicar Apostolic of the Western District Western District, England, Great Britain . On 3 March 1829, the same year as Catholic Emancipation , Bishop Collingridge died one week before his 72nd birthday. He had been a bishop for 21 years. External links http www.nationalarchives.gov.uk nra browser person page person CO.htm UK National Archives http www.catholic history.org.uk nwchs recushandbook.htm UK Catholic History site http www.catholic hierarchy.org bishop bcolp.html Catholic Hierarchy Collingridge biodata http www.coventry catholicdeanery.org.uk StOsburg history 20sep 2007.pdf Coventry Catholic Deanery site Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Collingridge, Peter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 10 March 1757 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 3 March 1829 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Collingridge, Peter Category 1757 births Category 1829 deaths Category Franciscans Category People from Cherwell district Category 19th century Roman Catholic bishops ... more details
Phoebidas lang el was a Sparta n general who, in 382 BC , seized the Thebes Greece Theban acropolis, thus giving Sparta control over Thebes. To punish his unauthorized action, Phoebidas was relieved of command. Nevertheless, the Spartans continued to hold Thebes. The Spartan king Agesilaus II Agesilaus argued against punishing Phoebidas, on the grounds that his actions had benefitted Sparta, arguing out that was the only standard by which he should be judged. Several years later, Phoebidas s actions appear to have been the model for a similar action by another general, Sphodrias , who attempted to seize Piraeus , the port of Athens. In 378 BC, Phoebidas was killed by Theban horsemen while serving as the harmost of Thespiae . References Fine, John V.A. The Ancient Greeks A critical history Harvard University Press, 1983 ISBN 0 674 03314 0 cite wikisource Hellenica Xenophon Category 378 BC deaths Category Ancient Spartans Category Ancient Greek generals Category 4th century BC Greek people es Febidas pt Febidas sh Febida ... more details
Image Venus of Arles Louvre Ma439 n01.jpg thumb 180px left The Venus of Arles. Image Venus of Arles Louvre Ma439 n04.jpg thumb 200px right Restored surface on the Praxitelean figure by Fran ois Girardon Image VdArestaur.jpg thumb left 180px Restorations indicated in blue The Venus of Arles is a 1.94m high sculpture of Venus mythology Venus at the Mus e du Louvre . ref http www.theoi.com Gallery S10.5.html Theoi Project ref It is in Hymettus Hymettus marble and dates to the end of the 1st century BC. It may be a copy of the Aphrodite of Thespiae by Praxiteles , ordered by the courtesan Phryne . ref The attribution, as a youthful work of Praxiteles, was advanced by Adolf Furtw ngler , Meisterwerke der Griechischen Plastik Berlin , 1893. ref In the 2nd century AD, Pausanias geographer Pausanias mentioned the existence at Thespiae in Boeotia central Greece of a group made up of Cupid, Phryne and Aphrodite. ref Pausanias, Description of Greece IX.27.5. ref The Praxitelean style may be detected in the head s resemblance to that of the Cnidian Aphrodite , a work of Praxiteles known through copies. In a tentative attempt to reconstruct his career, the original Aphrodite of Thespiae would be a work from his youth in the 360s BC , if we choose to believe that this partially draped female frequently repeated in the Hellenistic era the Venus de Milo , for example is a prelude to the fully naked nude that was his c. 350 BC Cnidian Aphrodite. ref http cartelen.louvre.fr cartelen visite?srv car not frame&idNotice 20232 Louvre catalogue ref The Venus of Arles was discovered in several pieces at the Roman theatre structure Roman theatre at Arles Roman Arles Arles . The sculptural program at Arles was executed in Italy, perhaps by Greek artisans. Venus mythology Venus was the divine ancestor of the gens Julia Arles, which had backed Caesar when Massilia backed Pompey was rewarded in numerous ways. A semi nude heroic statue of Augustus was the dominating figure in the sculptural progr ... more details
Dienekes or Dieneces lang el , died 480 BC was a Sparta n soldier present at the Battle of Thermopylae . He was acclaimed the bravest of all the three hundred Spartiate s selected to fight in that battle. Herodotus related the following anecdote about Dienekes Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespiae Thespians , yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes. It is said that on the eve of battle, he was told by a native of Trachis that the Achaemenid Empire Persian archers were so numerous that, their arrows would block out the sun. Dienekes, however, undaunted by this prospect, remarked with a laugh, Good. Then we will fight in the shade. Histories, 7.226 Dienekes is one of the main characters in Steven Pressfield s novel Gates of Fire . He does not appear in the 1962 film The 300 Spartans his famous line is delivered instead by Leonidas I King Leonidas himself in reply to a threat from the Persian general Hydarnes the same scene also includes Leonidas famous phrase, Molon labe Mol n labe . He also does not appear in Frank Miller comics Frank Miller s graphic novel 300 comics 300 or the 300 film film based on it his famous quip is delivered instead by the fictional character Stelios. Moreover, Stelios makes the remark in response to a Persian language Persian taunt, not the statement of a fellow Greeks Greek . In his honor, the street on the left of the empty tomb of King Leonidas in Sparta is named after him. References reflist 1 Category Ancient Spartan soldiers Category 480 BC deaths Category 5th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Greeks killed in battle Category Battle of Thermopylae Category People of the Greco Persian Wars Category Characters in Herodotus Greece mil bio stub bg el es Dienekes fr Dienekes nl Dienekes no Dienekes pt Dieneces ... more details
Sphodrias lang el 4th century BC was a Sparta n general during the period of Greek history known as the Spartan hegemony . In 379 BC , he was in command of a garrison in the Spartan occupied city of Thespiae in Boeotia. Aiming to increase Spartan power in the region, he attempted to march by night to seize the Piraeus , the port of Athens . He miscalculated the length of the march, however, and when the sun rose he and his army were caught out in the middle of the Thyrian plain, still some miles from the Piraeus. He retreated back to Boeotia. The Athenians, furious at Sphodrias action, seized several Spartan emissaries who were in Athens at the time, and released them only when the Spartans promised that Sphodrias would be executed. Sphodrias son Kleonymos, however, got Archidamus III Archidamus , the son of the Spartan king Agesilaus II Agesilaus to intervene. Agesilaus then used his influence to secure Sphodrias unexpected acquittal. Agesilaus justified himself by saying it is a hard thing to put to death one who as a young man has consistently acted well and honorably, for Sparta has need of such soldiers Xenophon Xen. Hellenica . This infuriated the Athenians even further, and they formed an alliance with Thebes Greece Thebes , a bitter enemy of Sparta at that time. Together with Phoebidas , who had seized Thebes several years earlier, Sphodrias came to be seen as representative of an aggressive Spartan foreign policy that alienated other states throughout Greece. Sphodrias died at the battle of Leuctra in 371 BC. References Fine, John V.A. The Ancient Greeks A critical history Harvard University Press, 1983 ISBN 0 674 03314 0 Hodkinson, Stephen. Property and Wealth in Classical Sparta The Classical Press of Wales, 2000 ISBN 0 7156 3040 7 Category 371 BC deaths Category Ancient Spartan generals Category Ancient Greek people stubs Category 4th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Greek garrison commanders Category Spartan hegemony ca Esf dries es Esf ... more details
Alexandros of Antioch was an otherwise unknown artist of the Hellenistic period Hellenistic age who is best known today for the Venus de Milo Aphrodite of Milos at the Louvre Museum in Paris , France . He is known from several ancient inscriptions including one from a now missing plinth that was a part of the Venus de Milo but was removed and lost due to museum politics and national pride at the Louvre Museum in the 1820s. The inscription and the style of its lettering cast into doubt the claim that the statue was an original by the master sculptor Praxiteles from Attica . Alexandros appears to have been a wandering artist who worked on commission. According to inscriptions at the ancient city of Thespiae , near Mount Helicon , in Greece , he was a winner in contests for composing and singing. The inscriptions date to around 80 BCE . His father s name was Menides according to all the inscriptions. Alexandros is also thought to have sculpted a statue of Alexander the Great that is also displayed at the Louvre Museum. This statue was discovered at the Greek island of Delos . His dates of birth and death are unknown. References Gregory Curtis. Disarmed the Story of the Venus de Milo . Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. ISBN 0 375 41523 8 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Alexandros of Antioch ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Alexandros of Antioch Category Hellenistic sculptors Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown da Alexandros fra Antiokia it Alessandro di Antiochia nl Alexandros van Antiochi pt Alexandros de Anti quia sv Alexandros fr n Antiochia ... more details
Image NAMA H racl s & Busiris.jpg thumb right Pelike showing Heracles fighting Busiris , found at Thespiae Thespiai . Circa 470 BC. Athens , National Archaeological Museum of Athens National Archaeological Museum . The Pan Painter was an Ancient Greece ancient Greek vase painter of the Attica Attic Red figure pottery red figure style. His name is derived from his name vase , a bell krater in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts , Boston , which depicts Pan mythology Pan pursuing a shepherd on the front, and the death of Aktaion on the back. He was a pupil of Myson , active around 480 to 450 BC. He painted krater s , pelike s , hydria hydriai and amphora e . More than a hundred vases are attributed to him. His figural scenes are charcaterised by freshness, skill, humour and irony. His figures can range from coarse to fine, revealing his connections with both Doric and Ionic art. This places him within early Doric Ionic Classical Greece Classical art. Works bell krater in Boston Pan and shepherd, death of Aktaion pelike in Athens Heracles and Busiris psykter in Munich Apollo s fighting for Marpessa lekythos in Boston depiction of a hunter Bibliography John Beazley . Der Pan Maler . Berlin 1931. Anna Follmann. Der Pan Maler . Bonn 1968. Pan Maler. in Lexikon Alte Kulturen. Vol 3, p. 101. Pan Maler. in Lexikon der Kunst. Vol 3, p. 716. Source of translation commonscat Pan Painter Translation Ref de Pan Maler oldid 35908592 Category 5th century BC deaths Category Ancient Greek vase painters Category Anonymous artists of antiquity Category People from Attica Greek Vases de Pan Maler sh Slikar Pana fi Pan maalari uk ... more details
Aganippe Greek language Greek polytonic was a name or epithet of three figures in Greek mythology and a genus of spiders. Aganippe was the name of both a fountain and the Naiad a Crinaeae Crinaea associated with it. The well is in Boeotia , near Thespiae , at the base of Mount Helicon . It was created by the hooves of Pegasus and was associated with the Muses as a source of poetic inspiration. The nymph is called a daughter of the river god Termessus. ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , ix. 29. 5. ref ref Virgil , Bucolics Eclogues x. 12. ref The Muses are sometimes called Aganippides. ref name DGRBM Citation last Schmitz first Leonhard author link contribution Aganippe 1 and 2 editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 59 publisher place Boston year 1867 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0068.html ref ref http www.theoi.com Nymphe NympheAganippe.html Theoi Project Aganippe ref Another Aganippe was the wife of Acrisius , and according to some accounts the mother of Dana , although the latter is more commonly called a daughter of Eurydice . ref name DGRBM ref Gaius Julius Hyginus Hyginus . Fabulae , 63. ref ref Scholiast , ad Apollon. Rhod. iv. 1091. ref Son of the king Egypt. And Leukipp s or Leucippe who was Eu n r or Evenor s spouse and Efesto s granddaughter and Kleito s mother. ref ... 113 113 , ... Plato Criti. 113c d ref Aganippis is a name used by Ovid as an epithet of Hippocrene ref Ovid , Fasti v. 7 ref its meaning however is not quite clear. It is derived from Aganippe, the well or nymph, and as Aganippides is used to designate the Muses, Aganippis Hippocrene may mean nothing than Hippocrene, sacred to the Muses. ref name DGRBM Spider genus Aganippe is also the name of a spider genus in the family Idiopidae . References reflist Sources SmithDGRBM C ... more details
Hieronymus of Cardia , Ancient Greece Greek general and historian from Cardia Thrace Cardia in Thrace, was a contemporary of Alexander the Great 354 250 BC . After the death of Alexander he followed the fortunes of his friend and fellow countryman Eumenes of Cardia Eumenes . He was wounded and taken prisoner by Antigonus I Monophthalmus Antigonus , who pardoned him and appointed him superintendent of the asphalt beds in the Dead Sea . He was treated with equal friendliness by Antigonus s son Demetrius I of Macedon Demetrius , who made him polemarch of Thespiae , and by Antigonus Gonatas , at whose court he died at the age of 104. He wrote a history of the Diadochi and their descendants, embracing the period from the death of Alexander to the war with Pyrrhus of Epirus Pyrrhus 323 272 BC , which is one of the chief authorities used by Diodorus Siculus xviii. xx. and also by Plutarch in his life of Pyrrhus. He made use of official papers and was careful in his investigation of facts. The simplicity of his style seemingly rendered his work unpopular to people of his time, but modern historians believe it was very good. In the last part of his work he made a praiseworthy attempt to acquaint the Greeks with the character and early history of the Romans. He is reproached by Pausanias geographer Pausanias i. 9. 8 with unfairness towards all rulers with the exception of Antigonus Gonatas. No significant amount of his work survived the end of the ancient world. Like the even more famous lost history of Alexander by Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemy I of Egypt , not one book, not one chapter has seen the light of day. See Lucian , Macrobii , 22 Plutarch, Demetrius , 39 Diod. Sic. xviii. 42. 44. 50, xix. i 09 Dionysius of Halicarnassus Dion. Halic. Antiq. Rom. 1. 6 F Br ckner, De vita et scriptis Hieronymi Cardii in Zeitschrift f r die Alterthumswissenschaft 1842 F Reuss, Hieronymos von Kardia Berlin, 1876 Charles Wachsmuth , Einleitung in das Studium der alten Geschichte 1895 fragments ... more details
File Mousai Helikon Staatliche Antikensammlungen Schoen80 full.jpg thumb 150px Lyre playing Muse seated on a rock labeled , Helicon Pottery of ancient Greece Attic White ground technique white ground lekythos , 440 430 BC The Valley of the Muses was the site of an ancient Greek sanctuary to the Muses and the Mouseia festivals held in their honor. It is presently an open air historical site open permanently to the public . It is located at Thespiae Thespies on the eastern slopes of Mount Helicon in the Greek prefecture of Boeotia . History The recorded history of the valley began in the 6th century BC. Its greatest period started in the 3rd century BC with the establishment of the Mouseia festivals Grk , organised every fifth year by the Thespians . Poets and musicians from all over Greece participated in various game s. In the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, games in honor of the Roman emperor were added. From that time the emperors sponsored the festivals, which were then called Great Kaisareia Grk because the emperor was honored over the Muses . Winners of the games dedicated their tripods to a sanctuary. Many statues depicting the Muses, famous poets, and musicians stood in the open air space of the Valley. With the rise of monotheism , the festivals and the valley were abandoned. Archaeology In 1882 , Stamatakis made the first test trench in the little church of Ayia Triada and noted the rectangular foundation of a small temple of the Muses. He also indicated the remains of the theatre on the mountain slope. The French Archaeological School under Jamot excavated systematically in 1888 , 1889 and 1890 , and discovered all the antiquities G. Roux, Le Val des Muses et les Musees chez les auteurs anciens, in Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique, 1954, 1, pp. 22 48 . The sanctuary The Sanctuary consisted of The theater, dated to the end of the 3rd century BC or the beginning of the 2nd century BC built for the musical and theatrical ga ... more details
For Phryne disambiguation Mnesarete Image Colonna Venus front.jpg right thumb 150px View of the Colonna Venus, ancient replica of the Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles Phryne is thought to be the model . Phryne Ancient Greek was a famous hetaera courtesan of Ancient Greece 4th century BC . Early life Her real name was Mnesarete commemorating virtue , but owing to her yellowish complexion she was called Phryne Toad , a name given to other courtesans. She was born at Thespiae in Boeotia , but seems to have lived at Athens . She acquired so much wealth by her extraordinary beauty that she offered to rebuild the walls of Thebes, Greece Thebes , which had been destroyed by Alexander the Great 336 BC , on condition that the words destroyed by Alexander, restored by Phryne the courtesan , were inscribed upon them Athenaeus http www.attalus.org old athenaeus13c.html 591 13.591d . The authorities turned down her offer. Fame She was famously beautiful. On the occasion of a festival of Poseidon at Eleusis , she laid aside her garments, let down her hair, and stepped nude into the sea in the sight of the people, thus suggesting to the painter Apelles his great picture of Aphrodite Anadyomene also portrayed at times as this Venus Anadyomene , for which Phryne herself sat as model. Other works of art from the period are alleged to be modeled after Phryne. She was also according to some the model for the statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles . A statue of Phryne, the work of Praxiteles, was placed in a temple at Thespiae by the side of a statue of Aphrodite by the same artist. Diogenes Laertius narrates a failed attempt Phryne made on the virtue of the philosopher Xenocrates . ref name laertius Trial Image Fryne przed areopagiem.jpg right thumb 300px Jean L on G r me , Phryne before the Areopagus , 1861 File Bernard Gilliam Phryne before the Chicago Tribunal.jpg thumb 300px right An 1884 cartoon in Puck magazine ridicules James Blaine ... more details
from the decisions of the Ephor s and the Gerousia . They are reinforced by Thespiae Thespians led by Demophilus Thespiae Demophilus and other Greek allies. After days of fighting, Xerxes grows ... more details
Pagondas lang el son of Aeolidas, was a Thebes, Greece Theban general and statesman, who is best known for his command of the Boeotia n forces at the Battle of Delium during the Peloponnesian War . His modification of the standard hoplite formation and his use of reserve cavalry in that battle constitute what most historians agree is the first recorded use of formal military military tactics tactics in human history. Biographical information Little is known of Pagondas s life. He is mentioned by Pindar as having been born to a noble Theban family, and we know that he was in his early sixties at Delium. He was evidently a fiery and persuasive speaker, purportedly moving the disparate Boeotian contingents to unify and attack their Athens, Greece Athenian enemies through rhetoric alone. Apart from a brief mention by Thucydides , however, there is very little extant information about Pagondas or his life. He seems to have appeared and abruptly disappeared solely for the Battle of Delium. Delium see details Battle of Delium At the battle, the Boeotians faced off against a group of Athenians led by Hippocrates. The Boeotians charged down a hill at the Athenian army, while the Athenians, having been surprised by their sudden appearance, got themselves together and charged up the hill. On the Boeotian left were men from the town of Thespiae . On their right, Pagondas had placed his own Thebans. Remarkably though, he chose to stack his Thebans twenty five shields deep, rather than the standard eight, to give them more pushing power and punch. This marks the first recorded instance of any Greek general ever changing the standard depth of a hoplite unit. This novel technique worked wonders, as the Thebans rapidly broke through the Athenian left, and moved to encircle the rest of the Athenian army. However, the Thespians on the Boeotian left were up against the Athenians crack troops, and were themselves quickly overwhelmed, surrounded, and killed almost to a man. Sens ... more details
Thespius was a legendary founder and king of Thespiae , Boeotia . His life account is considered part of Greek mythology . Life account He was reportedly son of Erechtheus , King of Athens , and Praxithea . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 9. 26. 6 scholia on Homer , Iliad , 2. 498 call him son of Teuthras or Cepheus ref His maternal grandparents were Phrasimus and Diogenia, the daughter of the river god Cephissus Athenian plain Cephissus . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 3. 15. 1 ref He married Megamede, daughter of Arneus . They supposedly had fifty daughters together, although Thespius may have fathered some of the daughters from unnamed mistresses with Megamede being their stepmother. ref So in Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 4. 29. 2 ref All his daughters came of marrying age but Thespius seems to have sought no husband for them he instead desired grandchildren from the hero Heracles . When Heracles was assigned to kill a lion not to be confused with the Nemean Lion , Thespius offered his fifty daughters as a prize. The hunt for the lion lasted fifty days, and during each night of the hunt Heracles slept with each of the fifty daughters, who in turn each gave birth to one son. ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 2. 4. 10 ref Alternate sources claim that Heracles slept with the daughters in a single night. In this version, only forty nine slept with the hero, with the fiftieth being destined to serve as a virgin priestess of a temple to Heracles, as a punishment for her refusal to sleep with him. ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 9. 27. 7 ref In another version there were fifty one grandsons of Thespius, of which forty colonized the island of Sardinia . ref Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 4. 29. 1, 4 6 ref The daughters are often referred to as the Thespiades, also being the subject of an 1853 painting by Gustave Moreau . Daughters and grandchildren The Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca of Pseudo Apollodorus ref Apollodorus ... more details
The Boeotian or Theban War broke out in 378 BCE as the result of a revolt in Thebes against Sparta. The war would last six years. ref Historians History of the World, Editor Henry Smith Williams vol 4 p140 ref Outbreak of the War File 7264 Piraeus Arch. Museum, Athens Bronze shields Photo by Giovanni Dall Orto, Nov 14 2009.jpg Hoplite Shields thumb 220px In 378 BCE a revolt in Thebes led to the assassination of the ruling 3 man junta and the expulsion of the Spartan garrison. ref Spartans, a new history , Nigel Kennell, 2010, p139 ref An expedition against Thebes was mounted led by Kleombrotus achieved little but left a garrison in Thespiae under Sphodrias. ref Spartans, a new history , Nigel Kennell, 2010, p140 ref That winter Sphodrias attempted a raid on Pireus which ended in fiasco. ref Spartans, a new history , Nigel Kennell, 2010, p140 ref Sphodrias had not acted under orders and was brought to trial. However, he was acquitted which led Athens to declare for Thebes ref Historians History of the World, Editor Henry Smith Williams vol 4 p140 ref The War Two expeditions against Thebes were led by King Agesilaus achieved little. ref Historians History of the World, Editor Henry Smith Williams vol 4 p142 ref Mark Munn argues that it is likely that the Dema wall was built at this time to defend Attica. ref Mark H. Munn, The Defense of Attica The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378 375 BC Berkeley University of California Press, 1993 ref An expedition in 376 BCE led by King Keombrotus was blocked at the passes of Kithairon . ref Historians History of the World, Editor Henry Smith Williams vol 4 p142 ref Sparta then sent a fleet in and attempt to blockade Athens. ref Historians History of the World, Editor Henry Smith Williams vol 4 pp 142 3 ref The result was the defeat of the Spartan fleet at the Battle of Naxos at the hands of a predominately Athenian fleet commanded by Chabrias in 376 BCE. ref Agesilaos, P Cartledge p377 ref In 375 BCE Athens mounted 2 successfu ... more details
Greek troops and remained in the pass with his 300 Spartans, 900 Helots , and 700 Thespiae Thespians ... Leonidas and his followers. Their leader was Demophilus of Thespiae Demophilus , son of Diadromes, and as Herodotus ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year nav 480 BC year in topic 480 File Persian invasion.png thumb The Persian invasion of Greece in 480 479 BC NOTOC Year 480 BC was a year of the Roman calendar pre Julian Roman calendar . At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vibulanus and Cincinnatus or, less frequently, year 274 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 480 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Greece May &ndash King Xerxes I of Persia Xerxes I of Achaemenid Empire Persia marches from Sardis and onto Thrace and Macedon ia. The Greek congress decides to send a force of 10,000 Greeks, including hoplites and cavalry, to the Vale of Tempe , through which they believe the Persian army will pass. The force includes Lacedaemon ians led by Euanetos and Athens Athenians under Themistocles . Warned by Alexander I of Macedon that the vale can be bypassed elsewhere and that the army of Xerxes is overwhelming, the Greeks decide not to try to hold there and vacate the vale. August 11 &ndash The Battle of Thermopylae ends in victory for the Achaemenid Empire Persians under Xerxes. His army engulfs a force of 300 Sparta ns and 700 Thespiae under the Sparta n King, Leonidas I . The Ancient Greece Greeks under Leonidas resist the advance through Thermopylae of Xerxes vast army. For two days Leonidas and his troops withstand the Achaemenid Empire Persian attacks he then orders most of his troops to retreat, and he and his 300 member royal guard fight to the last man. A member of the Kings of Sparta Agiad royal family, and the son of King Cleombrotus regent Cleombrotus and nephew of King Leonidas, Pausanias general Pausanias becomes regent for Leonidas son, Pleistarchus , after Leonidas I is killed at Thermopylae . Phocis and the coasts of Euboea are devastated by the Achaemenid Empire Persians . Thebes, Greece Thebes and most ... more details
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