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Hierax (Ancient Greek: Ἱέραξ) may refer to:

  • Hierax (Spartan admiral), Spartan commander in the Corinthian War
  • Hierax (ascetic), learned Egyptian ascetic living during the 3rd century
  • Antiochus Hierax, Seleucid prince
  • Hierax (mythology), a Greek mythological figure
  • Hierax (Platonist), Middle Platonist philosopher

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Hierax

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Hierax (Ancient Greek: Ἱέραξ) may refer to: Hierax (Spartan admiral), Spartan commander in the Corinthian War Hierax (ascetic), learned Egyptian ascetic...

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Seleucus II Callinicus

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Hierax and finally an attempt by Seleucus II to reclaim his control of Asia Minor. After being defeated by Attalus in four battles, Antiochus Hierax fled...

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Antiochus Hierax

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Antiochus (/ænˈtaɪ.əkəs/; Greek: Ἀντίoχoς; killed c. 226 BC), called Hierax (/ˈhaɪəræks/, Ἱέραξ, "Hawk") for his grasping and ambitious character, was...

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Hieracosphinx

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name Hieracosphinx comes from the Greek Ιερακόσφιγξ, itself from ἱέραξ (hierax "hawk") + σφίγξ ("sphinx"). The Hieracosphinx has the head of a hawk and...

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Hawk

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Aristotle listed eleven types of ἱέρακες (hierakes, hawks, singular ἱέραξ hierax): aisalōn (merlin), asterias, hypotriorchēs, kirkos, leios, perkos, phassophonos...

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Mithridates II of Pontus

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Antiochus Hierax and Seleucus II Callinicus, with whom he is said to have received the province of Phrygia as a dowry. In 245 BCE Antiochus Hierax, supported...

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Apatelodes hierax

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Apatelodes hierax is a moth in the family Apatelodidae. It is found in Brazil. BOLD Systems Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog v...

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Melierax

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Melierax is a combination of the Greek words melos, meaning "song" and hierax, meaning "hawk". "Accipitridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian...

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Hellenistic period

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(239–236 BC) against his brother Antiochus Hierax and was unable to keep Bactria, Sogdiana and Parthia from breaking away. Hierax carved off most of Seleucid Anatolia...

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Laodice I

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Laodice I bore her husband two sons: Seleucus II Callinicus and Antiochus Hierax, and three daughters: Apama, Stratonice of Cappadocia and Laodice. In 252...

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Kingdom of Pergamon

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the Seleucid Empire between Seleucus II Callinicus and Antiochus Hierax. Antiochus Hierax made alliances with other kings in Asia Minor, his base of power...

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Demeter

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immortalized him in the sky by turning him into a constellation, the Boötes. Hierax, a man of justice and distinction, set up sanctuaries for Demeter and received...

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Hieracium

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common name hawkweed and classically as hierakion (from ancient Greek ιεράξ, hierax 'hawk'), is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and closely...

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Seleucid Empire

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Egypt and then had to fight a civil war against his own brother Antiochus Hierax. Taking advantage of this distraction, Bactria and Parthia seceded from...

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Cyril of Alexandria

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the grammaticus Hierax to discover the content of the edict. The edict angered Christians as well as Jews. At one such gathering, Hierax read the edict...

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Gauls

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They sided with the renegade Seleucid prince Antiochus Hierax, who reigned in Asia Minor. Hierax tried to defeat king Attalus I of Pergamum (241–197 BC)...

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Battle of the Harpasus

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and the Seleucid prince Antiochus Hierax over dominion of western Anatolia. Attalus won a decisive victory and Hierax started a failed campaign in Mesopotamia...

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Justin Martyr

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together with six friends (two of them slaves educated by him; Euelpistus and Hierax), by the urban prefect Junius Rusticus, and was beheaded. Though the precise...

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Tiridates I of Parthia

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But when Seleucus was forced, by the rebellion of his brother, Antiochus Hierax, to return to the west, Tiridates came back and defeated the Macedonians...

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Kingdom of Pontus

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went on to support Antiochus Hierax against his brother Seleucus II Callinicus. Seleucus was defeated in Anatolia by Hierax, Mithridates, and the Galatians...

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Arsames II

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I. Arsames II reigned from 230-220 BCE and offered asylum to Antiochus Hierax, the rebellious brother of the Seleucid king, Seleucus II. Cyril Toumanoff...

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Desert Fathers

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Ponticus Gelasius of Nilopolis Gerontias Gregory the Theologian Heraclides Hierax Hilarion Isaac of Nineveh Isaac of the Cells Isaac the Theban Isaiah of...

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226 BC

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even at the expense of the interests of the town of Massilia. Antiochus Hierax, brother of the Seleucid King Seleucus II manages to escape from captivity...

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Kosher animals

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gyps—vulture ictinia—kite corax—raven stouthios—ostrich glaux—owl laros—gull hierax—hawk nycticorax—night raven cataractes—cormorant porphyrion—swamphen cycnos—swan...

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