Diocles
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Diocles may refer to:
- DioclesDiocles (mythology)In Greek mythology, Diocles, or Dioklês , was one of the first priests of Demeter, and one of the first to learn the secrets of the Eleusinian Mysteries....
, a person in Greek mythology - Roman emperor DiocletianDiocletianDiocletian |latinized]] upon his accession to Diocletian . c. 22 December 244 – 3 December 311), was a Roman Emperor from 284 to 305....
, formerly named Diocles - Diocles of CarystusDiocles of CarystusDiocles of Carystus , a very celebrated Greek physician, was born at Carystus in Euboea, lived not long after the time of Hippocrates, to whom Pliny says he was next in age and fame. Not much is known of his life, other that he lived and worked in Athens, where he wrote what may be the first...
, Greek physician who lived 4th century BC - Diocles (mathematician)Diocles (mathematician)Diocles was a Greek mathematician and geometer.- Life and work :Although little is known about the life of Diocles, it is known that he was a contemporary of Apollonius and that he flourished sometime around the end of the 3rd century BC and the beginning of the 2nd century BC.Diocles is thought...
, 2nd century BC and the beginning of the 1st century BC - Diocles of MesseniaDiocles of MesseniaDiocles of Messenia was an ancient Greek athlete from Messenia who won the stadion race in the seventh Ancient Olympic Games in 752 BC. The stadion race was the only competition in the first 13 Olympiads....
, winner of the stadion race of the 7th Olympic Games in 752 BC - Diocles of CorinthDiocles of CorinthDiocles of Corinth was an ancient Greek athlete from Corinth who won the stadion race of the 13th Ancient Olympic Games in 728 BC. The stadion race was the only competition in the first 13 Olympiads....
, winner of the stadion race of the 13th Olympic Games in 728 BC - Diocles of MagnesiaDiocles of MagnesiaDiocles of Magnesia was an ancient Greek writer from Magnesia, who probably lived in the 2nd or 1st century BC. The claim that he is the Diocles to whom Meleager of Gadara dedicated his anthology is questionable...
, Greek writer on ancient philosophers quoted many times by Diogenes LaertiusDiogenes LaertiusDiogenes Laertius was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is one of the principal surviving sources for the history of Greek philosophy.-Life:Nothing is definitively known about his life... - Diocles of CnidusDiocles of CnidusDiocles of Cnidus, a Platonic philosopher, who is mentioned as the author of Διατριβαί from which a fragment is quoted by Eusebius:...
, Greek philosopher who wrote a work quoted by Eusebius - Diocles of PeparethusDiocles of PeparethusDiocles of Peparethus was a historian from the Greek island of Peparethus. His works are lost, but they included histories of Persia and Rome: Quintus Fabius Pictor and Plutarch acknowledge their debts to the latter as a source for their histories of early Rome, its native traditions and ancestral...
, Greek historian in the 3rd century BC - Diocles of SyracuseDiocles of SyracuseDiocles of Syracuse was a legislator, orator, and political and military leader in the Greek city-state of Syracuse toward the end of the 5th century BC...
, (fl. 413-408 BC), Greek lawgiver in the city-state of Syracuse - Gaius Appuleius Diocles, Roman charioteer