Gongylus
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Gongylus may refer to:
- Gongylus of Eretria, the agent by whom the Spartan general PausaniasPausanias (general)Pausanias was a Spartan general of the 5th century BC. He was the son of Cleombrotus and nephew of Leonidas I, serving as regent after the latter's death, since Leonidas' son Pleistarchus was still under-age. Pausanias was also the father of Pleistoanax, who later became king, and Cleomenes...
communicated with XerxesXerxes I of PersiaXerxes I of Persia , Ḫšayāršā, ), also known as Xerxes the Great, was the fifth king of kings of the Achaemenid Empire.-Youth and rise to power:...
of Persia in 477 BC. - Gongylus of Corinth, a captain who reinforced SyracuseSyracuse, ItalySyracuse is a historic city in Sicily, the capital of the province of Syracuse. The city is notable for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres, architecture, and as the birthplace of the preeminent mathematician and engineer Archimedes. This 2,700-year-old city played a key role in...
in 414 BC at a crucial point of the Sicilian ExpeditionSicilian ExpeditionThe Sicilian Expedition was an Athenian expedition to Sicily from 415 BC to 413 BC, during the Peloponnesian War. The expedition was hampered from the outset by uncertainty in its purpose and command structure—political maneuvering in Athens swelled a lightweight force of twenty ships into a...
. - GongylusGongylusGongylus may refer to:* Gongylus of Eretria, the agent by whom the Spartan general Pausanias communicated with Xerxes of Persia in 477 BC.* Gongylus of Corinth, a captain who reinforced Syracuse in 414 BC at a crucial point of the Sicilian Expedition....
, a genus of praying mantises in the family EmpusidaeEmpusidaeEmpusidae is a family consisting of 9 genera of mantises.-External links:*...
. - GongylusGongylus (Scincidae)Gongylus is a small genus of skinks. The name of the genus was published in 1830 and is preoccupied by another genus Gongylus named in 1815....
, a genus of skinkSkinkSkinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
s in the family Scincidae (the name is not valid).