Telephane ̄s
Terentius Valens
Thamuros
Theopompos
Theotropos
Theoxenos
Thrasuandros
Thrasuas
Threptos
Timaios (Pharm.)
Tle ̄polemos
Turannos
Turpillianus
Valerius Paulinus
Xanite ̄sOften-Cited Non-Scientists (Greeks and Byzantines)Aeschylus: Athenian tragedian, active from ca 500 , d. ca 456 (for the name cf. the
entry on Aiskhulos).
Agathokle ̄s of Surakousai: tyrant of the city from 317 , and king of Sicily from 304 ;
d. 289 .
Alexander III “the Great”: king of Macedon (336– 323 ) and conqueror of the Persian
Empire (333– 323 ); founder of Alexandria “near Egypt” (332 ).
Antigonos: name of several rulers, esp. (1) Monophthalmos (“one-eyed”), father of
De ̄me ̄trios Poliorke ̄te ̄s (“besieger”), governor and general in Asia Minor and Mesopo-
tamia from 333 , declared himself king in succession to Alexander 306 , but was
defeated and killed 301 ; (2) Gonatas, son of De ̄me ̄trios Poliorke ̄te ̄s, defeated the
Gauls and claimed the throne of Macedon 277 , soon ruling over much of Greece,
d. 239 .
Antiokhos: name of many rulers of the Seleukid Empire (and of other kingdoms), esp. the
first, “So ̄te ̄r” (reigned 281– 261 ), the son of Seleukos I; and the third, “Great”
(reigned 222– 187 ).
Apollo ̄nios of Rhodes: poet, student of Kallimakhos (q.v.), active ca 270 – 240 , head of
the library in Alexandria around 245 , wrote the epic Argonautica and other works.
Aristophane ̄s: Athenian comedic playwright, active ca 425 – 385 (for the name, cf. the
three entries on men named Aristophane ̄s).
Athe ̄naios of Naukratis: composed the Deipnosophists, ca 200 – 230 , in which various
characters (including Gale ̄n) converse over dinner, mainly about food: the work is a
mine of fragments of lost authors.
Clement of Alexandria: Christian theologian and Platonist, d. ca 215 ; teacher of
Origen.
Constantine: name of 11 emperors of the Byzantine Empire, the first of the name (reigned
306 – 337 ) being known for legalizing Christianity (313 ) and for re-founding
Buzantion (Byzantium) as Constantinople (330 ); the seventh of the name (d. 959
), Porphurogenne ̄tos (“purple-born”), being known for scholarship. (For the name,
cf. the entry on the pharmacist Constantinus.)
De ̄me ̄trios Poliorke ̄te ̄s: son of Antigonos Monophthalmos, known as the “besieger” (not
conqueror), ruled Macedon 294 – 288 ; father of Antigonos Gonatas.
De ̄me ̄trios of Magnesia: wrote a book on homonymous individuals (ca 50 ), much used
by Diogene ̄s Laërtios; he was a friend of Cicero’s friend Atticus.
Dio Cassius: historian from Nikaia of Bithunia who wrote a history of the Roman Empire to
229 , and held various Roman offices ca 185 – 205 .
Euripide ̄s: Athenian tragedian, active from ca 455 , d. 406 .
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