Diodotus
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Diodotus may refer to:
- Diodotus IDiodotus IDiodotus I Soter was Seleucid satrap of Bactria, rebelled against Seleucid rule soon after the death of Antiochus II in c. 255 or 246 BC, and wrested independence for his territory. He died in 239 BC....
, Seleucid satrap of Bactria - Diodotus IIDiodotus IIDiodotus II was a Greco-Bactrian king from c. 239 BC, son of Diodotus I. He is known for concluding a peace treaty with the Parthian king Arsaces, in order to forestall the Seleucid reconquest of both Parthia and Bactria:...
, Greco-Bactrian king, son of Diodotus I - Diodotus TryphonDiodotus TryphonDiodotus Tryphon was king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom. As a general of the army, he promoted the claims of Antiochus VI Dionysus, the infant son of Alexander Balas, in Antioch after Alexander's death, but then in 142 deposed the child and himself seized power in Coele-Syria where Demetrius...
, king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom 142–138 BC - Diodotus the StoicDiodotus the StoicDiodotus was a Stoic philosopher, and was a friend of Cicero.He lived for most of his life in Rome in Cicero's house, where he instructed Cicero in Stoic philosophy and especially Logic...
, stoic philosopher, and friend of Cicero - Diodotus (son of Eucrates)Diodotus (son of Eucrates)Diodotus, son of Eucrateswas an opponent to the proposal of Cleon - leader of the aggressive faction in Athens - in 427 BC to kill all adult Mytilenean males and to enslave their women and children after the defeat of Mytilene...
, ancient Athenian who opposed CleonCleonCleon was an Athenian statesman and a Strategos during the Peloponnesian War. He was the first prominent representative of the commercial class in Athenian politics, although he was an aristocrat himself...
's proposal in 427 BC to kill all adult Mytilenean males and to enslave their women and children after the Mytilenean revoltMytilenean revoltThe Mytilenean revolt was an incident in the Peloponnesian War in which the city of Mytilene attempted to unify the island of Lesbos under its control and revolt from the Athenian Empire...