http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-45/ A historical perspective of current events Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-45/#comment-485 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:34:55 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=889#comment-485 In this case, Yanni, you are absolutely correct. If I am not mistaken, the exact translation of Choiros in English is ‘pig’.

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-45/#comment-484 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:16:31 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=889#comment-484 There was, of course, also another famous Sicilian governor of porcine connections: C. Verres, famously prosecuted by Cicero, whose name is homonymous with the common Latin noun for a boar.

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-45/#comment-483 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:27:16 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=889#comment-483 Mikythos, son of Choiros.
After the death of Anaxilas, Mikythos had for a while the “stewardship” of Rhegion and Zancle (Messana); when the sons of Anaxilas came of age, Mikythos handed to them the government of the two cities (467 BC).

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