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'''Amphis''' ([[Greek Language|Greek]]: Ἄμφις) was an [[Classical Athens|Athenian]] comic poet of uncertain origin from approximately the 4th centur ...13)</ref> place him in the early to mid-4th century BC. His name is not [[Athens|Athenian]], and he was probably from the island of [[Andros]] (thus Kirchne ...

...e to become a successful banker and Athenian citizen in [[Ancient Athens]] in the early 4th century BC. ...is slavery, he quickly rose to chief clerk ([[Argyramoiboi|Argyramoibos]]) in charge of a money-changing table at the port, and proved so valuable that b ...

...in the introductory verses,<ref>{{harvnb|Chisholm|1911}} states preserved in the scholiast on Aristotle, ''Rhetoric'', iii. 14.</ref> where he says that ...the [[wiktionary:canon|canon]] of epic poets. The fragments are artificial in tone.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} ...

{{Short description|Free non-citizen resident of Athens}} ..., {{LSJ|oi){{=}}kos|οἶκος|ref}}</ref> was a resident of [[Classical Athens|Athens]] and some other cities who was a citizen of another [[polis]]. They held a ...

...o amused by it that, instead of leaving to show their grief, they remained in their seats.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=207}} ...ilinne'' (Philine), written in the manner of [[Eupolis]] and [[Cratinus]], in which he attacked a well-known [[courtesan]]. [[Athenaeus]] (p.&nbsp;698), ...

...ompiled by [[Aristophanes of Byzantium]] and [[Aristarchus of Samothrace]] in the third century BC. ...of speeches for the law courts. As a [[metic]], he was unable to take part in the debates. He had been the pupil both of [[Theophrastus]] and of [[Demetr ...

...an [[ancient Greek sculptor]] of [[Lemnos]] and [[Athens]], who flourished in the 2nd half of the 5th century BC. He was a younger contemporary of [[Phid ...http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=20221 in this relief]</ref> so the identification of Alcamenes' Ares with the Ares B ...

...l. v coronis.jpg|thumb|A depiction of [[coronis (textual symbol)|coronis]] in the margin of Timotheus' ''Persians''.]] ...he [[lyre]], whereby he incurred the displeasure of the [[Sparta]]ns and [[Athens|Athenians]] (E. Curtius, ''Hist of Greece'', bk. v. ch. 2). He composed mus ...

...450 f Kr, målare - Nationalmuseum - 31856.tif|thumb|Portrait of Polygnotos in the [[Nationalmuseum Stockholm]]]] ...ber 22, 2024}}</ref> The most important of his paintings were his frescoes in the [[Lesche of the Knidians]], a building erected at [[Delphi]] by the peo ...

...|k|r|ᵻ|t|ə|s}}; [[floruit|fl.]] late 5th century BC) was a famous sculptor in [[ancient Greece]].<ref name="DGRBM">{{Citation | last = Mason | first = ...logical site)|Rhamnus]] on the condition that it should never be set up in Athens. ...

| birth_place = [[Kydonia]], [[Crete]], [[Classical Greece]] | training = * In Argos, Dorotheos's school ...

...model for a picture of the bound [[Prometheus]] for the [[Parthenon]] in [[Athens]]; but the story, which is similar to one told of [[Michelangelo]], is chro ...he Elder]] described Parrhasius's contest with [[Zeuxis (painter)|Zeuxis]] in his book ''[[Naturalis Historia]]'': The latter painted some grapes so perf ...

{{short description|Senior military title in various ancient Greek city states}} ...ens [[Callimachus (polemarch)|Kallimachos]] at the [[Battle of Marathon]], in the [[Stoa Poikile]] (reconstitution).]] ...

...tadium (Kallimarmaro) of Athens.jpg|thumb|The [[Panathenaic Stadium]] in [[Athens]], location of the athletic competitions]] ..., culminating with a religious procession that ended in the [[Acropolis of Athens]].<ref name=":8">Shear, Julia L. Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panath ...

...d Claverhouse |last=Jebb |authorlink=Richard Claverhouse Jebb}}</ref> in [[Athens]], and later taught [[Demosthenes]]<ref name=EB1911/> while working as a '' ...d was born at [[Chalcis]] in [[Euboea]]; some sources say he was born in [[Athens]], probably only because he came there at an early age and spent the greate ...

...iption}}</ref> The Megarian decree effectively blocked Megara from trading in any port within the [[Delian League]], isolating the city and greatly damag ...sian War.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Bowden|first=Hugh|title=Classical Athens and the Delphic Oracle: Divination and Democracy|publisher=Cambridge Univer ...

...page=627}}</ref> Hermias was an enemy of Persia and allied with Macedonia. In his [[Will and testament|will]], Aristotle ordered that he be buried next t ...ster.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hose |first1=Martin |title=Aristoteles: Werke in deutscher Übersetzung. Bd. 20, Teil 3: Die historischen Fragmente |date=200 ...

| result = [[Classical Athens|Athenian]] victory | combatant2 = [[Classical Athens|Athens]] ...

...or '''economos''', was an Ancient Greek word meaning "household manager." In [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] times, the term was used as a title of a man ...pedia|inline=1|wstitle=Episcopal œconomus|last=Hove|first=Alphonse van}}}} In Canon 494 of the [[1983 Code of Canon Law]], an œconomus is the diocesan fi ...

...plan" ([[grid plan]]) of city layout, although rectangular city plans were in use by the ancient Greeks as early as the 8th c. BC. ...cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/athensitsrisefal02lyttuoft|title=Athens, its rise and fall : with views of the literature, philosophy, and social l ...