Comments on: Ancient History Competition 53

By: constantinakatsari

constantinakatsari — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:43:28 +0000

It looks like we can write an article on tyrants and philosophers who share the same name. What I ad in mind was Diogenes the Cynic from Sinope and diogenes the tyrant of Mytilene.

By: Yannis Stoyas

Yannis Stoyas — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:14:24 +0000

How about Lykophron of Pherai and Lykophron the sophist?

By: Kleanthis Zouboulakis

Kleanthis Zouboulakis — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:46:03 +0000

She is thinking eastern mediterranean. The west obviously is out of the picture. Fourth century is my problem. I remain curious…

By: Terrence Lockyer (@TLockyer)

Terrence Lockyer (@TLockyer) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:40:29 +0000

Hmmm … Agathokles obviously isn’t the answer you’re after, but it is the name of two different men, one a tyrant, the other (at least according to Plato) a sophist.

By: constantinakatsari

constantinakatsari — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:37:56 +0000

We need two different persons, one tyrant, one philosopher. Any more ideas?

By: Terrence Lockyer (@TLockyer)

Terrence Lockyer (@TLockyer) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:29:02 +0000

Well, there is Agathokles – both a tyrant of Syracuse and (according to Plato, Protagoras 316e2) a sophist.

By: Alan Ford

Alan Ford — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:16:11 +0000

Dion of Syracuse?

By: Kleanthis Zouboulakis

Kleanthis Zouboulakis — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:11:00 +0000

And were both active in the fourth century??? Now i am curious!!! Sicily and Italy are out of the question, I suppose. That leaves only names from Asia Minor and Greece proper. From the third and second centuries tyrants many names appear, but I think you don’t have them in mind. The only two pairs known to me at least, are Dionysii and Klearchi. I waiting for the answer.

By: constantinakatsari

constantinakatsari — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:57:21 +0000

At this point I should probably give you a clue. They both come from the eastern Mediterranean (in the wider sense) but not from the same city.

By: Kleanthis Zouboulakis

Kleanthis Zouboulakis — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:55:18 +0000

I think that Heraclea is again the key… The tyrant Klearchos (or Clearchos if you prefer) has the same name with the philosopher Klearchos from Soloi of Cyprus, who was active also in the 4rth century… Please if you have something else in mind post it. I can not make any other valid correlation in my mind. And I don’t think that this pair is famous.