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Admetus (epigrammatist)
Admetus (Gr. Admetus (epigrammatist)) was a Greek epigrammatist who lived in the early part of the 2nd century.
Admetus (Gr. Admetus (epigrammatist)) was a Greek epigrammatist who lived in the early part of the 2nd century.
Aelianus Tacticus
Aelianus Tacticus, also known as Aelian, was a Greek military writer who lived in Rome.
Aelianus Tacticus, also known as Aelian, was a Greek military writer who lived in Rome.
Alpheus Mytilenaeus
Alpheus Mytilenaeus was the author of about twelve epigrams in the Greek Anthology, some of which seem to point out the time when he wrote.
Alpheus Mytilenaeus was the author of about twelve epigrams in the Greek Anthology, some of which seem to point out the time when he wrote.
Ammonius Saccas
Ammonius Saccas (3rd century AD) was a Greek philosopher from Alexandria who was often referred to as one of the founders of Neoplatonism.
Ammonius Saccas (3rd century AD) was a Greek philosopher from Alexandria who was often referred to as one of the founders of Neoplatonism.
Antiphanes of Delos
Antiphanes of Delos was a physician.
Antiphanes of Delos was a physician.
Antonia Tryphaena
Antonia Tryphaena also known as Tryphaena of Thrace or Tryphaena (her name in Greek: η Άντωνία Τρύφαινα or Τρυφαίνη, 10 BC - 55) was a Princess of the Bosporan, Pontus, ...
Antonia Tryphaena also known as Tryphaena of Thrace or Tryphaena (her name in Greek: η Άντωνία Τρύφαινα or Τρυφαίνη, 10 BC - 55) was a Princess of the Bosporan, Pontus, ...
Apellicon of Teos
Apellicon (Ἀπελλικῶν) (died c. 84 BCE), a wealthy native of Teos, afterwards an Athenian citizen, was a famous book collector of the 1st century BCE.
Apellicon (Ἀπελλικῶν) (died c. 84 BCE), a wealthy native of Teos, afterwards an Athenian citizen, was a famous book collector of the 1st century BCE.
Aristides Quintilianus
Aristides Quintilianus (Greek: Ἀριστείδης Κοϊντιλιανός) was the Greek author of an ancient musical treatise, Perì musikês (Περί Μουσικῆς, i.e. On Music), who probably lived in the third ...
Aristides Quintilianus (Greek: Ἀριστείδης Κοϊντιλιανός) was the Greek author of an ancient musical treatise, Perì musikês (Περί Μουσικῆς, i.e. On Music), who probably lived in the third ...
Arrian
Lucius Flavius Arrianus 'Xenophon', known in English as Arrian, and Arrian of Nicomedia, was a Roman historian, public servant, a military commander and a philosopher of the 2nd-cent...
Lucius Flavius Arrianus 'Xenophon', known in English as Arrian, and Arrian of Nicomedia, was a Roman historian, public servant, a military commander and a philosopher of the 2nd-cent...
Artemidorus
Artemidorus Daldianus or Ephesius was a professional diviner who lived in the 2nd century.
Artemidorus Daldianus or Ephesius was a professional diviner who lived in the 2nd century.
Aspasius
Aspasius (ca. 100-150 AD) was a Peripatetic philosopher.
Aspasius (ca. 100-150 AD) was a Peripatetic philosopher.
Athryilatus
Athryilatus (Greek:Αθρυίλατος) (1-2nd c.AD) a Greek physician from Thasos, Macedonia (Roman province).
Athryilatus (Greek:Αθρυίλατος) (1-2nd c.AD) a Greek physician from Thasos, Macedonia (Roman province).
Bianor (poet)
Bianor was an ancient Greek poet from Bithynia, the author of twenty-one epigrams in the Greek Anthology, lived under the emperors Augustus and Tiberius.
Bianor was an ancient Greek poet from Bithynia, the author of twenty-one epigrams in the Greek Anthology, lived under the emperors Augustus and Tiberius.
Boios
The obscure Boios (Βοῖος), Latinized Boeus, was a Greek grammarian and mythographer, remembered chiefly as the author of a lost work on the transformations of mythic figures into birds, hi...
The obscure Boios (Βοῖος), Latinized Boeus, was a Greek grammarian and mythographer, remembered chiefly as the author of a lost work on the transformations of mythic figures into birds, hi...
Caecilius of Calacte
Caecilius, of Calacte in Sicily, Greek rhetorician, flourished at Rome during the reign of Augustus.
Caecilius, of Calacte in Sicily, Greek rhetorician, flourished at Rome during the reign of Augustus.
Cassius Longinus (philosopher)
Cassius Longinus (ca. 213–273 AD) was an Hellenistic rhetorician and philosophical critic.
Cassius Longinus (ca. 213–273 AD) was an Hellenistic rhetorician and philosophical critic.
Claudia Dicaeosyna
Claudia Dicaeosyna (Latin: CLAVDIAE DICAEOSYNAE, Claudia in Greek: η Κλαυδία) was a Greek Freedwoman who lived in the 1st century.
Claudia Dicaeosyna (Latin: CLAVDIAE DICAEOSYNAE, Claudia in Greek: η Κλαυδία) was a Greek Freedwoman who lived in the 1st century.
Cleomedes
Cleomedes (Κλεoμήδης) was a Greek astronomer who is known chiefly for his book On the Circular Motions of the Celestial Bodies.
Cleomedes (Κλεoμήδης) was a Greek astronomer who is known chiefly for his book On the Circular Motions of the Celestial Bodies.
Cyrillus
Cyrillus, Greek jurist of the 5th century, was a professor in the ancient law college of Berytus (present-day Beirut), and one of the founders of the oecumenical school of jurists (της οικουμενη...
Cyrillus, Greek jurist of the 5th century, was a professor in the ancient law college of Berytus (present-day Beirut), and one of the founders of the oecumenical school of jurists (της οικουμενη...
Dionysius the Areopagite
Dionysius the Areopagite (Greek ') was a judge of the Areopagus who, as related in the Acts of the Apostles,, was converted to Christianity by the preaching of the Apostle Paul during the...
Dionysius the Areopagite (Greek ') was a judge of the Areopagus who, as related in the Acts of the Apostles,, was converted to Christianity by the preaching of the Apostle Paul during the...
Fronto of Emesa
Fronto of Emesa is a famous rhetorician and uncle on Cassius Longinus.
Fronto of Emesa is a famous rhetorician and uncle on Cassius Longinus.
Himerius
Himerius (ca. 315-386), Greek sophist and rhetorician.
Himerius (ca. 315-386), Greek sophist and rhetorician.
Libanius
Libanius (Λιβάνιος, Libanios; ca. 314 – ca.
Libanius (Λιβάνιος, Libanios; ca. 314 – ca.
Livius Andronicus
Lucius Livius Andronicus (c. 280/260 BC – c. 200 BC), not to be confused with the later historian Livy, was a Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet of the Old Latin period.
Lucius Livius Andronicus (c. 280/260 BC – c. 200 BC), not to be confused with the later historian Livy, was a Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet of the Old Latin period.
Melankomas
Melankomas, or Melancomas, was an Ancient Greek boxer from Caria and victor in the 207th Olympiad Known to us mainly from the 28th and 29th Discourses of Dio Chrysostom, in which tha...
Melankomas, or Melancomas, was an Ancient Greek boxer from Caria and victor in the 207th Olympiad Known to us mainly from the 28th and 29th Discourses of Dio Chrysostom, in which tha...
Meleager of Gadara
Meleager of Gadara (Μελέαγρος; 1st century BCE) was a poet and collector of epigrams.
Meleager of Gadara (Μελέαγρος; 1st century BCE) was a poet and collector of epigrams.
Memnon of Heraclea
Memnon of Heraclea (Mέμνων) (fl.
Memnon of Heraclea (Mέμνων) (fl.
Methodius of Olympus
The Church Father and Saint Methodius of Olympus (died ca.
The Church Father and Saint Methodius of Olympus (died ca.
Paulus Alexandrinus
Paulus Alexandrinus was an astrological author from the late Roman Empire.
Paulus Alexandrinus was an astrological author from the late Roman Empire.
Philagrius of Epirus
Philagrius of Epirus (Φιλάγριος Ηπειρώτης; 3rd century) a Greek medical writer, born in Epirus, lived after Galen and before Oribasius, and therefore probably in the 3rd century.
Philagrius of Epirus (Φιλάγριος Ηπειρώτης; 3rd century) a Greek medical writer, born in Epirus, lived after Galen and before Oribasius, and therefore probably in the 3rd century.
Philotas (physician)
Philotas of Amphissa was a physician of the 1st century BC.
Philotas of Amphissa was a physician of the 1st century BC.
Proclus (mosaicist)
Proclus or Proklos (Πρόκλος) is the name of one of the eminent artists in mosaic who flourished in the Augustan Age.
Proclus or Proklos (Πρόκλος) is the name of one of the eminent artists in mosaic who flourished in the Augustan Age.
Pseudo-Democritus
Pseudo-Democritus was a 2nd century AD Greek philosopher, and the second most respected writer on alchemy (after Hermes Trismegistus).
Pseudo-Democritus was a 2nd century AD Greek philosopher, and the second most respected writer on alchemy (after Hermes Trismegistus).
Ptolemy (son of Mennaeus)
Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus, son of Mennaeus was tetrarch of Iturea and Chalcis from about 85 BCE to 40 BCE, in which year he died.
Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus, son of Mennaeus was tetrarch of Iturea and Chalcis from about 85 BCE to 40 BCE, in which year he died.
Quintus Smyrnaeus
Quintus Smyrnaeus, also known as Kointos Smyrnaios (Κόϊντος Σμυρναῖος), was a Greek epic poet whose Posthomerica, following "after Homer" continues the narration of the Trojan War.
Quintus Smyrnaeus, also known as Kointos Smyrnaios (Κόϊντος Σμυρναῖος), was a Greek epic poet whose Posthomerica, following "after Homer" continues the narration of the Trojan War.
Rufinus (poet)
Rufinus is the author of approximately thirty-eight epigrams, found in the fifth Book of the Greek Anthology.
Rufinus is the author of approximately thirty-eight epigrams, found in the fifth Book of the Greek Anthology.
Serenus of Antinouplis
Serenus of Antinouplis (ca. 300 AD - ca.
Serenus of Antinouplis (ca. 300 AD - ca.
Sosigenes the Peripatetic
Sosigenes the Peripatetic was a philosopher living at the end of the 2nd century AD. He was the tutor of Alexander of Aphrodisias and wrote a work On Revolving Spheres, from which some impor...
Sosigenes the Peripatetic was a philosopher living at the end of the 2nd century AD. He was the tutor of Alexander of Aphrodisias and wrote a work On Revolving Spheres, from which some impor...
Theodorus of Gadara
Theodorus of Gadara was a Greek rhetorician of the 1st century BC who founded a rhetorical school in Gadara (present-day Jordan), where he taught future Roman emperor Tiberius the art of rhetoric.
Theodorus of Gadara was a Greek rhetorician of the 1st century BC who founded a rhetorical school in Gadara (present-day Jordan), where he taught future Roman emperor Tiberius the art of rhetoric.
Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus
Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus (Τιβέριος Ιούλιος Κέλσος Πολεμαιανός) commonly known as Celsus (ca.
Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus (Τιβέριος Ιούλιος Κέλσος Πολεμαιανός) commonly known as Celsus (ca.