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Amorges was the illegitimate son of Pissuthnes. He revolted against the Persians in 414 BC aided by the Athenians but was arrested by Lyssander. |
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Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedeia |
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Bishop of Nicomedeia who became a martyr during the persecutions of Diocletian against the Christians of Nicomedeia. |
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Hetaera from Miletus and later queen. She lived in the time of the Persian Wars. She was renowned for her beauty and political shrewdness and her links to a host of powerful men. She travelled to Thessaly where she married the tagos Antiochus and retained her influence for many years after his husband’s death all over Thessaly, probably as queen of Pharsalus. She followed a pro-Persian policy. |
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