Simmias
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Simmias may refer to:
- Simmias of ThebesSimmias of ThebesSimmias of Thebes was a disciple of Socrates, and a friend of Cebes. In his Memorabilia, Xenophon includes him in the inner circle of Socrates' followers...
follower of Socrates - Simmias of MacedonSimmias of MacedonFor other persons with the same name, see SimmiasSimmias was a Macedonian officer, son of Andromenes from Tymphaia and brother of Attalus and Amyntas, the officers of Alexander the Great...
general of Alexander the Great - Simmias of RhodesSimmias of RhodesFor other persons with the same name, see SimmiasSimmias of Rhodes , was a Greek poet and grammarian of the Alexandrian school, which nourished under the early Ptolemies. He was earlier than the tragic poet Philiscus of Corcyra, whose time is about 300 BC, at least if we accept the assertion of...
poet and grammarian (late 4th c.BC) - Simmias of SyracuseSimmias of SyracuseSimmias of Syracuse is mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius as a pupil, first of Aristotle of Cyrene, and afterwards of Stilpo, the Megarian philosopher. He was married to Stilpo's daughter. Nothing further is known of him....
student of philosophy - SimmiasSimmias (explorer)Simmias was an officer in the service of Ptolemy III Euergetes, king of Egypt, who was sent by him to explore the shores of the Red Sea and the coasts of Ethiopia. Much of the information recorded by the geographer Agatharchides was derived from his authority....
Ptolemaic explorer of Red Sea. (3rd c.BC)