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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Parme'nion (search)
cation of the proposed peace from the Atienians and their allies. (Id. ib. p. 362; Arg. ad Or. de. F. L. p. 336.) In B. C. 342, while Philip was in Thrace, Parmenion carried on operations in Euboea, where he supported the Macedonian party at Eretria, and subsequently besieged and took the city of Oreus, and put to death Euphraeus, the leader of the opposite faction. (Dem. Phil. iii. p. 126; Athen. 11.508.) When Philip at length began to turn his views seriously towards the conquest of Asia B. C. 336, he sent forward Parmenion and Attalus with an army, to carry on preliminary operations in that country, and secure a firm footing there by liberating some of the Greek cities. (Diod. 16.91, 17.2; Just. 9.5.) They had, however, little time to accomplish anything before the assassination of Philip himself entirely changed the aspect of affairs: Attalus was bitterly hostile to the young king, but Parmenion was favourably disposed towards him, and readily joined with Hecataeus, who was sent b
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pausa'nias (search)
sued by some officers of the king's guard, and, having stumbled and fallen, was despatched by them on the spot. Suspicion rested on Olympias and Alexander of having been privy to the deed. According to Justin, it was Olympias who provided the horses for the flight of Pausanias ; and when his corpse was crucified she placed a crown of gold upon the head, caused the body to be burnt over the remains of her husband, and erected a monument to him in the same place, and even instituted yearly rites in memory of him. The sword with which he had assassinated the king she dedicated to Apollo. The suspicion with regard to Alexander is probably totally unfounded. There was likewise a story that Pausanias, while meditating revenge, having asked the sophist Hermocrates which was the shortest way to fame, the latter replied, that it was by killing the man who had performed the greatest achievements. These occurrences took place in B. C. 336. (Diod. 16.93, 94; Just. 9.6, 7; Plut. Alex. 100.9, 10.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pha'nias (search)
Pha'nias or PHAE'NIAS (*Fani/as, *Faini/as ; the MSS. vary between the two forms, and both are given by Suidas). 1. Of Eresos in Lesbos, a distinguished Peripatetic philosopher, the immediate disciple of Aristotle, and the contemporary, fellow-citizen, and friend of Theophrastus, a letter of whose to Phanias is mentioned by Diogenes (5.37; Schol. in Apollon. 1.972; Strab. xiii. p.618). He is placed by Suidas (s. v.) at Ol. 11l, B. C. 336 Compp. Clem. Alex. Stromn. i. p. 145, Sylb.). Works Phanias does not seem to have founded a distinct school of his own, but he was a most diligent writer upon every department of philosophy, as it was studied by the Peripatetics, especially logic, physics, history, and literature. In fact he was, for the extent of his studies, the most distinguished disciple of Aristotle, after Theophrastus. His writings may be classified in the following manner :-- I. On Logic. Of this class of his writings we have but little information, probably because, b
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
m from the succession. This feeling was strengthened in Alexander's mind by the proposed marriage of his half-brother Arrhidaeus with the daughter of Pixodarus, the Carian satrap, to whom accordingly he sent to negotiate for the hand of the lady for himself. Philip discovered the intrigue, and. being highly exasperated, punished those who had been the chief instruments of it with imprisonment and exile. Meanwhile, his preparations for his Asiatic expedition were not neglected, and early in B. C. 336 he sent forces into Asia, under Parmenion, Amyntas, and Attalus, to draw over the Greek cities to his cause. But the great enterprise was reserved for a higher genius and a more vigorous hand. In the summer of the last-mentioned year Philip held a grand festival at Aegae, to solemnise the nuptials of his daughter with Alexander of Epeirus. It was attended by deputies from the chief states of Greece, bringing golden crowns as presents to the Macedonian king, while from the Athenians there c
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Phi'locles (search)
Phi'locles 2. An Athenian architect, of Acharnae, who is not mentioned by any ancient author, but who must have been one of the chief architects of the best period of Greek art, for he was the architect of the beautiful Ionic temple of Athena Polias, in Ol. 111, B. C. 336-332, as we learn from the celebrated inscription relating to the building of the temple, which was found in the Acropolis, and is now in the British Museum. (Böckh, Corp. Inscr. vol. i. No. 160, where Böckh enters into an elaborate and valuable discussion of all that is known of the temple.) [P.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), or Ptolemaeus Soter (search)
ich his father's obscurity would scarcely have entitled him, and we find him mentioned before the death of Philip among the friends and confidential advisers of the young Alexander. The part which he took in promoting the intrigue for the marriage of the prince with the daughter of Pixodarus, king of Caria, gave great offence to Philip, and Ptolemy was banished, together with all the other persons concerned. (Plut. Alex. 10 ; Arrian, Arr. Anab. 3.6.) On the accession of Alexander, however, B. C. 336, he was immediately recalled from exile, and treated with the utmost distinction. It is remarkable that we do not find him holding any special command, or acting any important part during the first few years of the expedition to Asia, though it is clear that he accompanied the king throughout this period. Indeed, his name is only twice mentioned previous to the year B. C. 330, when he obtained the honourable post of Somatophylax in the place of Demetrius, who had been implicated in the con
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Theopompus (search)
uation of the history of Thucydides. It commenced in B. C. 411, at the point where the history of Thucydides breaks off, and embraced a period of seventeen years down to the battle of Cnidus in B. C. 394 (Diod. 13.42, 14.84; Marcellin. Vit. Thuc. 45). Only a few fragments of this work are preserved. 3. *Filippika\ Also called *)Istori/ai (Kat) e)coxh\n), The History of Philip, father of Alexander the Great, in fifty-eight books, from the commencement of his reign B. C. 360, to his death B. C. 336. (Diod. 16.3; Phot. Bibl. 176.) Schweighaeuser supposed that the Hellenics and the Philippics formed one work, which was called the History of Theopompus, but this opinion has been satisfactorily refuted by Clinton. (Fasti Hell. vol. ii. pp. 374, 375, 2d ed.) Wherever the History of Theopompus is quoted by the ancient writers without any distinguishing name, the Philippics are always meant, as this was the more important work; when the Grecian history is meant, it is cited by the title of
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