Epigenes (disambiguation)
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- Epigenes of AthensEpigenes of AthensEpigenes was an Athenian comic poet of the middle comedy.Pollux indeed speaks of him as neôn tis kômikôn, but the terms "middle" and "new," as Clinton remarks, are not always very carefully applied...
, an Ancient Greek comic poet - Epigenes of Byzantium, an Ancient Greek astrologer
- Epigenes of SicyonEpigenes of SicyonEpigenes of Sicyon was an Ancient Greek tragic poet. He has been confounded by some with his namesake the comic poet.He is mentioned by Suidas as the most ancient writer of tragedy...
, an Ancient Greek tragedist - Epigenes, son of AntiphonEpigenes, son of AntiphonEpigenes , son of Antiphon, of the demus of Cephisia, is mentioned by Plato among the disciples of Socrates who were with him in his last moments. Xenophon represents Socrates as remonstrating with him on his neglect of the bodily exercises requisite for health and strength....
, a disciple of Socrates
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- Epigenes (biology), a concept in biology
- Epigenes (crater)Epigenes (crater)Epigenes is a lunar crater that is located in the north part of the Moon, and is sufficiently close to the northern limb to appear significantly foreshortened from the Earth. It lies just to the northwest of the remains of the walled plain W. Bond. Due north of Epigenes is Goldschmidt, and the...
, a lunar crater named after the astrologer