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Longus (uncertain floruit from 2nd to 6th century AD). Novelist (see also Bibliography).
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Lucian of Samosata (AD 120-190). Travelling lecturer and writer.
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Lycophron (born c. 320 BC). Poet and supervisor in the library at Alexandria.
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Manilius (fl. c. 10 AD). Author of astronomical poem (see also Bibliography).
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Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180). Roman emperor (161-80), follower of Epictetus and author of the Meditations.
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Martial (AD 40-104). Roman poet and writer of epigrams.
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Menander (342-289 BC). A celebrated author of Greek New Comedy ('Dyscolus').
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Metrodorus of Lampsacus (late 5th century BC). Allegorist, friend of Anaxagoras (to distinguish from his epicurean namesake).
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Mimnermus (fl. c. 630). Poet. (see also Bibliography).
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Musaeus Grammaticus (? late 5th c. AD). Poet, author of Hero and Leander.
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Myron (fl. c. 480-455). Sculptor (the 'Discus-thrower').
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Nonnus (fl. c. 400 AD ?). Epic poet (see also Bibliography).
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Ovid (43 BC-17 AD). Roman poet (see also Bibliography).
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Oribasius (AD 320-400). Personal physician of Emperor Julian, and compiler of excerpts from earlier medical writers.
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Palaephatus (late 4th century BC ?). Attempted to rationalize the myths.
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Parthenius (fl. c. 73 BC). Poet (see also Bibliography).
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Pausanias (fl. c AD 150). Traveller and writer (see also Bibliography).
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Pericles (490-429 BC). Athenian statesman.
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Phidias (490-415 BC) Athenian sculptor.
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Philostratus Lemnian (born c. AD 190). Author of 'Eikones', descriptions of paintings at Naples
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Pindar (519-438 BC). Theban lyric poet (see also Bibliography).
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Pisistratus (600-527 BC). Athenian statesman.
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Plato (427-347 BC). Philosopher, pupil of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle (see also Bibliography).
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Plautus (254-184 BC). Roman comic dramatist.
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Pliny the Elder (AD 23-79). Roman encyclopedic writer, author of Natural History.
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Plotinus (c. AD 205-270). Neoplatonic philosopher.
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Plutarch (c. AD 45-120). Essayist and biographer (see also Bibliography).
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Polyclitus (2nd half of the 5th century BC). Argive sculptor ('Spear bearer').
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Polygnotus of Thasus (fl. c. 475-47). Wall painter, active in Athens. Not a fragment survives, but his work was described by the traveller Pausanias.
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Porphyry (c. AD 232-305). Disciple of Plotinus; philosopher and student of religions; author of Life of Pythagoras.
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Posidonius (c. 135-50 BC). Historian and philosopher, teacher of Cicero.
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Propertius (c. 50-1 BC). Roman poet (see also Bibliography).
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Praxiteles (fl. c. 370-40 BC). Sculptor (Aphrodite of Cnidos, Hermes with infant Dionysus, etc.).
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Prodicus (contemporary of Socrates). Sophist and author of the myth The Choice of Heracles.
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Ptolemy (c. 100-178). Astronomer, mathematician and geographer (Claudius Ptolemaeus).
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Pyrrhus (319-272 BC). King of Epirus, remembered for his 'pyrrhic victory' against Rome.
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Pythagoras (c. 570-497 BC). Philosopher and mathematician.
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Quintus Smyrnaeus (fl. c. 400 BC). Epic poet (see also Bibliography).
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Sappho (born c. 612 BC). Lyric poet of Mytilene, Lesbos.
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Seneca (c. 4 BC-AD 65). Roman philosopher, writer and advisor to Emperor Nero.
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Septimius Severus (AD 146-211). Roman emperor (193-211).
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Socrates (469-399 BC). Philosopher.
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Solon (640-560 BC). Athenian statesman and legislator.
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Sophocles (496-406 BC). Tragic dramatist (see also Bibliography).
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Spartacus. Gladiator who led a revolt of slaves in 73-71 BC.
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Statius (c. AD 45-96). Roman poet (see also Bibliography).
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Strabo (c. 64 BC-AD 21). Historian and geographer (see also Bibliography).
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Suetonius (c. 69-140). Roman historian and biographer. Author of Lives of the Caesars.
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Thales (c. 625-545 BC). Milesian philosopher asserting that water is the basis of the world.
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Theagenes of Rhegium (fl. c. 525 BC). First scholar to attempt an allegorical interpretation of the myths.
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Theodosius I (AD 346-395). Roman emperor (379-95), remembered for having forcibly closed the pagan temples. His contribution is also described thus:
"He stamped out the last vestiges of paganism, put an end to the Arian heresy in the empire, pacified the Goths, left a famous example of penitence for a crime, and reigned as a just and mighty Catholic emperor." (Catholic Encyclopaedia)
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Theodosius II (AD 401-450). Roman emperor (402-50).
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Theognis from Megara (fl. c. 540 BC). Elegiac poet.
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Theophrastus (370-288 BC). Philosopher, successor of Aristotle.
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Thucydides (c. 460-400 BC). General and historian.
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Tryphiodorus (3rd, 4th or 5th century AD. Epic poet (see also Bibliography).
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Valentinian I (AD 321-375). Roman emperor (364-75).
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Valerius Flaccus (fl. c. 80 BC; probably dead by 90 BC). Roman poet (see also Bibliography).
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Vespasian (AD 9-79). Roman emperor (69-79).
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Virgil (70-19 BC). Roman poet (see also Bibliography).
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Xenophanes (c. 570-480 BC). Philosopher, remembered for his attack against antropomorphism.
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Xenophon (c. 428-354 BC), follower of Socrates, military leader, and historian.
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Zeno Citium (335-263 BC). Philosopher, founder of the stoic school.
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