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Philadelphus of Byzantium (Greek: Φιλάδελφος; died 217) is referred to as the first bishop of Byzantium after the eight-year administration of the Church of Byzantium by a priest whose name has not been recorded. Philadelphus was bishop for six years (211 – 217).
Mithridates IV of Pontus, sometimes known by his full name Mithridates Philopator Philadelphus, [2] (Greek: Mιθριδάτης ὁ Φιλoπάτωρ Φιλάδελφoς, "Mithridates the father-loving, brother-loving"; died c. 150 BC) was a prince and sixth ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus.
The Seleucid forces were afflicted by economic problems and an outbreak of plague. In 271 BC, Antiochus abandoned the war and agreed to peace, with a return to the status quo ante bellum . This was celebrated in Egypt as a great victory, both in Greek poetry, such as Theocritus' Idyll 17 and by the Egyptian priesthood in the Pithom stele .
The poem is a panegyric or encomium of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who reigned from 285 to 247 BC. [1] Hauler, in his Life of Theocritus, dates the poem about 259 BC, but it may have been many years earlier. [2] The references to historical personages and events, coupled with a comparison with Idyll XVI, point to 273 as the date of the poem. [1]
[4] [20] Eventually, for these reasons, every major Hellenistic urban center would have a royal library. [4] [21] The Library of Alexandria, however, was unprecedented because of the scope and scale of the Ptolemies' ambitions; [4] [22] unlike their predecessors and contemporaries, the Ptolemies wanted to produce a repository of all knowledge.
Alphius had his tongue torn from his mouth. Philadelphus was burned on a stake and Cyrinus was boiled alive in oil. No details of her execution are given for Benedicta. Their feast day is 10 May in Trecastagni, Sicily and Labor Day Weekend Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. The town of San Fratello, in Sicily, is named after them.
Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philadelphus (Greek: Ἀντίοχος Ἐπιφανής Φιλάδελφος; died 93 BC) was a Seleucid monarch who reigned as King of Syria between 94 and 93 BC, during the Hellenistic period. He was the son of Antiochus VIII and his wife Tryphaena.
Philadelphus (/ ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ d ɛ l f ə s / [2]) (mock-orange) is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs from 3–20 ft (1–6 m) tall, native to North America, Central America, Asia and (locally) in southeast Europe.