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Aristodemus was the head of two schools of rhetoric and grammar, one in Nysa and one in Rhodes, the former of the two cities possessing a distinct intellectual curiosity of Homeric literature and the interpretation of epics.
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They accordingly built a fleet at Naupactus, but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning ( or shot by Apollo ) and the fleet destroyed, because one of the Heracleidae had slain an Acarnanian soothsayer.
Strabo was an admirer of Homer's poetry, perhaps a consequence of his time spent in Nysa with Aristodemus.
They accordingly built a fleet at Naupactus, but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning ( or shot by Apollo ) and the fleet destroyed, because one of the Heracleidae had slain an Acarnanian soothsayer.
He was the father of Temenus, Cresphontes and Aristodemus.
In Greek mythology, Temenus (, Tēmenos ) was a son of Aristomachus and brother of Cresphontes and Aristodemus.
They accordingly built a fleet at Naupactus, but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning ( or shot by Apollo ) and the fleet destroyed, because one of the Heraclidae had slain an Acarnanian soothsayer.
In Greek mythology, Cresphontes was a son of Aristomachus, husband of Merope, and brother of Temenus and Aristodemus.
They accordingly built a fleet at Naupactus, but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning ( or shot by Apollo ) and the fleet destroyed, because one of the Heraclidae had slain an Acarnanian soothsayer.
In Greek mythology, Aristodemus ( Ancient Greek: Ἀριστόδημος ) was an Heracleidae, son of Aristomachus and brother of Cresphontes and Temenus.
Aristodemus and his brothers complained to the Oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them ( the Oracle had told Hyllas to attack through the narrow passage when the third fruit was ripe ).
They accordingly built a fleet at Naupactus, but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning ( or shot by Apollo ) and the fleet destroyed, because one of the Heraclidae had slain an Acarnanian soothsayer.
Aristodemus was killed during the final battle but his twin sons Eurysthenes and Procles jointly received the throne of Sparta.
In Greek legend, Procles (, " the renowned ") was one of the Heracleidae, a great-great-great-grandson of Heracles, and a son of Aristodemus and Argia.
In Greek legend, Eurysthenes (, " widely ruling ") was one of the Heracleidae, a great-great-great-grandson of Heracles, and a son of Aristodemus and Argia.
Aristodemus was assassinated at Delphi by the Atreids.
This coalition was defeated by the Cumaeans in 524 BC under the direction of Aristodemus, called Malacus, a successful man of the people who overthrew the aristocratic faction, became a tyrant himself, and was assassinated.
Aristodemus, who was present, reported the conversation to Phoinix and Apollodorus.
The Spartan army was led by Aristodemus, and gained a victory over the allies.
His genealogy was traced through Aristodemus, Aristomachus, Cleodaeus and Hyllus all the way to Heracles, and he belongs to mythology rather than to history.
Aristodemus was a Spartan warrior, one of the many sent to the Battle of Thermopylae.
Along with a comrade, Eurytus, Aristodemus was stricken with an eye infection, causing King Leonidas to order the two to return home before the battle, but Eurytus turned back, though blind, and met his end charging into the fray.
However, because Eurytus did turn back and died in combat, Aristodemus was regarded as a coward and subjected to humiliation and disgrace at the hands of his compatriots ; in the words of Herodotus, " no man would give him a light for his fire or speak to him ; he was called Aristodemus the Coward.
Aristodemus and two
* The Three Hundred, the name given to the Spartans who fought to the death at the Battle of Thermopylae ( although two were sent away prior to the battle and survived, Aristodemus and Pantites ).
Aristodemus and rhetoric
His first chapter of education took place in Nysa ( modern Sultanhisar, Turkey ) under the master of rhetoric Aristodemus, who had formerly taught the sons of the very same Roman general who had taken over Pontus.
Aristodemus and .
At last, Temenus, Cresphontes and Aristodemus, the sons of Aristomachus, complained to the oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them.
Argos fell to Temenus, Lacedaemon to Procles and Eurysthenes, the twin sons of Aristodemus ; and Messene to Cresphontes.
Both dynasty founders were believed to be twin sons of Aristodemus, a Heraclid ruler.
* Hiero I, tyrant of Sicily, allied with Aristodemus, the tyrant of Cumae, defeat the Etruscan navy in the Battle of Cumae as the Etruscans try to capture the Greek city of Cumae in Italy.
At last, Temenus, Cresphontes and Aristodemus, the sons of Aristomachus, complained to the oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them.
Argos fell to Temenus, Lacedaemon to Procles and Eurysthenes, the twin sons of Aristodemus ; and Messene to Cresphontes.
Athenaeus also mentions him, in connection with the self-sacrifice of the erastes and eromenos pair of Cratinus and Aristodemus, who were believed to have given their lives in order to purify Athens.
Argos fell to Temenus, Lacedaemon to Procles and Eurysthenes, the twin sons of Aristodemus ; and Messene to Cresphontes.
Argos fell to Temenus, Lacedaemon to Procles and Eurysthenes, the twin sons of Aristodemus ; and Messene to Cresphontes.
The latter were led by Aristodemus, Cresphontes, Oxylus, Temenus and sought to retake the Peloponnese as their ancestral land.
Together they received the land of Lacedaemon after Cresphontes, Temenus and Aristodemus defeated Tisamenus, the last Achaean king of the Peloponnesus.
was and head
The feathered lance was still above his head.
The flat, hard cap was small, but he thrust it to the back of his head.
Kodyke was to head the dread company police.
From the way the wound in his head was itching, Dan knew that it would heal.
Johnson's left hand was pressed against the side of his head, red cheeks whitening beneath his fingers.
There was something about the contour of her face, her smile that was like New Orleans sunshine, the way she held her head, the way she walked -- there was scarcely anything she did which did not fascinate me.
His advice, his voice saying his poems, the fact that he had not so much as touched her -- on the contrary, he had put his head back and she had stroked his hair -- this was all new.
Nicolas was dreaming he had his head pressed against the dashboard of a speeding car.
At first, I thought he was out of his head, talking wildly like this.
The man seemed to sink a little as Ramey brought the tire iron down on his shoulder and it seemed that the blonde head was turning as he hit the man again, with his fist.
He was disturbed by what had happened on the dive and by what he remembered of a conversation he had had the night before with the German, who had come out of the head while he was fixing himself a drink in the galley.
The bobbing head was a poor target, so Matsuo shot him in the upper trunk.
It was the marine: head lifted, he strained and called.
Then when Miss Langford was on the end of the line of girls, Jack, in the middle of the line, gave an extra hard pull and the young teacher sprawled backwards, sitting down hard, her dress flying over her head.
This arrangement was for Copernicus literally monstrous: `` With ( the Ptolemaists ) it is as though an artist were to gather the hands, feet, head and other members for his images from divers models, each part excellently drawn, but not related to a single body ; ;
On January 24 Paul Bang-Jensen, accompanied by Adolf Berle, was met by Dragoslav Protitch and Colonel Frank Begley, former Police Chief of Farmington, Conn., and now head of U.N. special police.
And, for the moment at least, the governor now found himself allied with the head of the Crittenden faction he had formerly opposed, and Pike was credited with a clear triumph over Woodruff.
But he had delayed accepting this job, and as he was leaving to come home to Papa in response to our telegram, he dropped a postcard to Miss McCrady, head of the Harvard Appointment Office, asking her please to write Northwestern authorities and explain the circumstances.
To the pope, head of the universal Church, to the duke of Burgundy, taking full advantage of his position on the borders of France and of the Empire, or to Othon, who found it quite natural that he should do homage to Edward for Tipperary and to the count of Savoy for Grandson, Flotte's outspoken nationalism was completely incomprehensible.
It was unexpected, unexpected because Lilly walked with her head bent down, down, and her mark of friendship was to look into your face.
Lewis, at the head of the table, would leap up and move around behind the chairs of his guests making remarks that, when not highly offensive, were at least highly inappropriate, and then presently he collapsed and was put to bed.
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