hide
Named Entity Searches
hide
Sorting
You can sort these results in two ways:
- By entity
- Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
- By position (current method)
- As the entities appear in the document.
You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.
hide
Most Frequent Entities
The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.
Entity | Max. Freq | Min. Freq | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
43 BC | 170 | 170 | Browse | Search |
44 BC | 146 | 146 | Browse | Search |
49 BC | 140 | 140 | Browse | Search |
45 BC | 124 | 124 | Browse | Search |
54 BC | 121 | 121 | Browse | Search |
46 BC | 119 | 119 | Browse | Search |
63 BC | 109 | 109 | Browse | Search |
48 BC | 106 | 106 | Browse | Search |
69 AD | 95 | 95 | Browse | Search |
59 BC | 90 | 90 | Browse | Search |
View all entities in this document... |
Browsing named entities in a specific section of A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith). Search the whole document.
Found 3 total hits in 3 results.
339 BC (search for this): entry artaxerxes-iii-bio-1
Artaxerxes Iii. or Artaxerxes Ochus
also called Ochus, succeeded his father as king of Persia in B. C. 362, and reigned till B. C. 339.
In order to secure the throne which he had gained by treason and murder, he began his reign with a merciless extirpation of the members of his family.
He himself was a cowardly and reckless despot; and the great advantages which the Persian arms gained during his reign, were owing only to his Greek generals and mercenaries, and to traitors, or want of skill on the part of his enemies.
These advantages consisted in the conquest of the revolted satrap Artabazus [ARTABAZUS, No. 4], and in the reduction of Phoenicia, of several revolted towns in Cyprus, and of Egypt, B. C. 350. (Diod. 16.40-52.) From this time Artaxerxes withdrew to his seraglio, where he passed his days in sensual pleasures.
The reins of the government were entirely in the hands of the eunuch Bagoas, and of Mentor, the Rhodian, and the existence of the king himself was felt by his subje
350 BC (search for this): entry artaxerxes-iii-bio-1
362 BC (search for this): entry artaxerxes-iii-bio-1
Artaxerxes Iii. or Artaxerxes Ochus
also called Ochus, succeeded his father as king of Persia in B. C. 362, and reigned till B. C. 339.
In order to secure the throne which he had gained by treason and murder, he began his reign with a merciless extirpation of the members of his family.
He himself was a cowardly and reckless despot; and the great advantages which the Persian arms gained during his reign, were owing only to his Greek generals and mercenaries, and to traitors, or want of skill on the part of his enemies.
These advantages consisted in the conquest of the revolted satrap Artabazus [ARTABAZUS, No. 4], and in the reduction of Phoenicia, of several revolted towns in Cyprus, and of Egypt, B. C. 350. (Diod. 16.40-52.) From this time Artaxerxes withdrew to his seraglio, where he passed his days in sensual pleasures.
The reins of the government were entirely in the hands of the eunuch Bagoas, and of Mentor, the Rhodian, and the existence of the king himself was felt by his subje