Logos Arete
A Lexicon of the Ancient Greeks
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This document consists of a listing of the more famous ancient Greek characters with associated data including:
rk their ranking of importance in the Greek world in one of 20 categories
p.o. birth their place of birth
p.o. fame the place that they gained their fame
p.o. death their place of death
d.o.b. their approximate year of birth
d.o.d. their approximate year of death
point of fame the reason or reasons for their fame
parent their parents ( if available)
child their child or children (if available)
spouse their husband or wife (if available)
teacher their teacher or tutor (if available)
student their student or pupil (if available)
associate their associate or friend (if available)
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It is the intent of this text to allow a more in-depth study to be made by the student of Greek history by having the essential data more readily available in this spreadsheet format. The pursuit of one’s objective can be much more easily and quickly carried out if the student’s train of thought can be maintained until the time that his final conclusions can be reached. The intent is not to give a thoroughly complete encyclopedic source of information about Greek history as that type of data is readily available in any public library. Once the names of the character, his point of fame, his family relationships and his place of birth, etc. are known, it will be much easier to find source material from virtually hundreds, if not thousands, of texts that have a treasure-trove of information that is not always being used because of the complexity involved in finding it. What this writer is doing in this text is giving the reader an introduction to the important characters of Greek history in much the same way we find out about a person we might meet at a party, exchanging general personal information like, “What Do You Do For a Living?” or “Are You Married?” and so forth. In addition, he has taken the liberty to assess the relative importance of each notable ancient Greek so that the reader’s effort might be spent in a more beneficial way.
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