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Pericles

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ephialtesnoun(obsolete) an incubus; a nightmare
polemarchnoun(historical, Ancient Greece, originally) The military commander in chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts.
parmenidesnounAn Ancient Greek philosopher born in Elea, in southern Italy. Founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy.
pherecydesnounAn Ancient Greek thinker from the island of Syros, who authored a cosmogony that bridged the mythological thought of Hesiod and pre-Socratic philosophy (fl. 6th century BC)
plethonnounGeorgios Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355–1453), a Byzantine Greek philosopher.
thalesnounA pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor.
prytanisnounofficial in ancient Athens
peisistratusnounTyrant of Athens from 546 to 527/8 B.C.E. who promoted cultural and financial prosperity of Athens.
porphyrynoun(geology) A hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix.
presocraticnounAny Ancient Greek philosopher who preceded or was roughly contemporaneous with Socrates and whose methods and views were influenced neither directly nor indirectly by Socrates or his primary student, Plato.
eleaticnounOf or relating to a certain school in Elea of Ancient Greek philosophers who taught that reality is stable and unchanging and that real knowledge comes from reason rather than senses.
peripateticnounOne who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
academiannoun(obsolete) A member of an academy, university, or college.
proclusnounSpecifically, a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher.
solonnoun(especially Philippines) Any legislator.
areopagitenoun(Ancient Greek history) A member of the ancient-Athenian conciliary court of the Areopagus.
pre-socraticnoun(historical) Existing in Ancient Greece before the flourishing of the philosopher Socrates (circa 469–399 BCE).
epicurusnoun(historical) An ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the movement known as Epicureanism.
plataeannounOf or relating to ancient Plataea.
pompeynoun(historical) Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic.

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