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Hippolytus of Thebes was a Byzantine author of the late 7th or early 8th century. His Chronicle , preserved only in part, is an especially valuable source for New Testament chronology. Preserved fragments are scattered in about 40 manuscripts, mostly dealing with the Holy Family .
The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin was a popular theme painted by both Greek and Italian artists since the dawn of the new religion. The chronology of the New Testament states that Mary lived for 11 years after the death of Jesus, dying in AD 41 according to Hippolytus of Thebes. The sanhedrin feared that her body would disappear.
He was also quoted as a reference in the Chronicle of Hippolytus of Thebes and in the anonymous work known as the Ravenna Cosmography. [3] Aphrodisianus also wrote a historical work on the Christian Mary. [4] Some speculate that this Aphrodisianus was a different author from the one who wrote Description of the East. [3] [5]
Herodotus expressly mentions Thebe in a passage from a chapter of his account of the Second Persian invasion of Greece.He refers that the army of the Achaemenid king Xerxes I on its way to the invasion of continental Greece, went from Lydia towards the Caicus and the region of Mysia, through the territory of Atarneus to the city of Carene, and after passing it the troops went up the coast to ...
The Seven against Thebes were seven champions in Greek mythology who made war on Thebes. [2] They were chosen by Adrastus , the king of Argos , to be the captains of an Argive army whose purpose was to restore Oedipus ' son Polynices to the Theban throne.
Cebes of Thebes (Greek: Κέβης Θηβαῖος, gen.: Κέβητος; c . 430 – 350 BC [ 1 ] ) was an Ancient Greek philosopher from Thebes remembered as a disciple of Socrates . One work, known as the Pinax (Πίναξ) or Tabula , attributed to Cebes still survives, but it is believed to be a composition by a pseudonymous author of the ...
Saint Euprepius of Verona (Euprepus, Puprepis) is venerated as the first bishop of Verona. [1] Not much is known of his life beyond the fact that his name was Greek (from the Greek words eu, "well", and prepein, "adapted, suited"), which is considered evidence of the antiquity of the Veronese see.
Michael Critobulus (Greek: Μιχαήλ Κριτόβουλος; c. 1410 – c. 1470) was a Greek politician, scholar and historian.He is known as the author of a history of the Ottoman conquest of the Eastern Roman Empire under Sultan Mehmet II.