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Aelian or Aelianus may refer to: Aelianus Tacticus, 2nd-century Greek military writer in Rome Casperius Aelianus (13–98 AD), Praetorian Prefect, executed
Aelian
Roman author and teacher (c. 175 – c. 235)
Κλαύδιος Αἰλιανός, romanized: Klaúdios Ailianós; c. 175 – c. 235 AD), commonly Aelian (/ˈiːliən/), born at Praeneste, was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric
Claudius_Aelianus
2nd-century Greek military writer
Τακτικός; fl. 2nd century AD), also known as Aelian (/ˈiːliən/), was a Greek military writer who lived in Rome. Aelian's military treatise in fifty-three chapters
Aelianus_Tacticus
Mythological weaver who was transformed into a spider
Ohio State University Press. p. 228. ISBN 0-8142-0999-8. Aelian, Historical Miscellany 2 Aelian, Characteristics of Animals 6.56 Written c. 1590 and published
Arachne
Ancient Roman bridge in Rome
Ponte Sant'Angelo, originally the Aelian Bridge or Pons Aelius, is a Roman bridge in Rome, Italy, completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian (Publius
Ponte_Sant'Angelo
Greek mythological figure
love, or drowned. She was drowned. Aelian says that Phaon was killed by a man whom he was cuckolding. Aside from Aelian, Phaon's story is told by Ovid and
Phaon
Roman army officer
Count Aelianus (Latin: Aelianus comes; Ancient Greek: Κόμης Αιλιανός; died 359 AD) was the chief Roman officer in charge of the defense of Amida during
Aelianus_(comes)
Minor sea god in Greek mythology
of sea snails. R. S. P. Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin for the word. Aelian cites two versions of the myth concerning Nerites, which are as follows:
Nerites_(mythology)
Greek word for ants, used in mythology
gold-digging ants in India which were smaller than dogs but larger than foxes. Aelian wrote: "The Indian ants (μύρμηκες οἱ Ἰνδικοὶ) which guard the gold will
Myrmekes
King of Macedon from 336 to 323 BC
filled with honey, which was in turn placed in a gold casket. According to Aelian, a seer called Aristander foretold that the land where Alexander was laid
Alexander_the_Great
Sumerian ruler and protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh
an anecdote in On the Nature of Animals by the Greek writer Aelian (2nd century AD). Aelian relates that Gilgamesh's grandfather kept his mother under
Gilgamesh
witness. Natural Histories that studied bears were recorded by Aristotle, Aelian, Pliny and Oppian and were probably based on their first hand accounts or
Bears_in_antiquity
Ancient Greek god
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 53 Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 140 Aelian, Characteristics of Animals 4. 4 Aelian, Characteristics of Animals 10. 26 Homer, Iliad Strabo
Apollo
Goddess and river in Greek mythology
down the cliff, called by the Greeks the water of the Styx. According to Aelian, Demeter caused the water of this Arcadian Styx "to well up in the neighbourhood
Styx
lambda, 497 Aelian, On The Characteristics Of Animals 2.21 Aelian, On The Characteristics Of Animals 6.21 Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 6.21 Aelian, On Animals
List of Greek mythological creatures
List_of_Greek_mythological_creatures
4th-century BCE soldier, officer of Alexander the Great
to distinguish him from Cleitus the Black. He is noted by Athenaeus and Aelian for his pomp and luxury, and is probably the same who is mentioned by Justin
Cleitus_the_White
Legendary reindeer-like creature with chameleon properties
(Τάρανδος). It was also mentioned in Pliny's History of the Animals (Tarandus), Aelian's De Natura Animalium (Tarandos), Solinus (Parandrus) and Caesar, appearing
Tarand_(animal)
European folk tale
reported by the Roman orator Aelian (c. 175 – c. 235) in his Miscellaneous History, which was written entirely in Greek. Aelian's story closely resembles the
Cinderella
Ancient Greek folk tale
reported by the Roman orator Aelian (c. 175 – c. 235) in his Miscellaneous History, which was written entirely in Greek. Aelian's story closely resembles the
Rhodopis
Legendary bird, first described by Herodotus
described by Herodotus (c. 440 BC), and later by Aristotle, Pliny, and Aelian, which was supposed to have enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with the Nile
Trochilus_(crocodile_bird)
Legendary animal
but the physical descriptions are not very explicit and from Herodotus to Aelian imply that griffins were creatures seen and known through artworks. Even
Griffin
Legendary single-horned horse-like creature
history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, Aelian, and Cosmas Indicopleustes. Some versions of re'em, a word appearing in
Unicorn
Witch in Greek mythology
who earned the wrath of Hecate, the Greek goddess of magic. According to Aelian's On the Characteristics of Animals, Gale was a talented witch who dealt
Gale_(mythology)
British naval officer, yachtsman, author
Commander William Donald Aelian King, DSO & Bar, DSC (23 June 1910 – 21 September 2012) was a British naval officer, yachtsman and author. He was the oldest
Bill King (Royal Navy officer)
Bill_King_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Area of study on military commander and king
incidentally by other authors, including Strabo, Athenaeus, Polyaenus, Aelian, and others. Strabo, who gives a summary of Callisthenes, is an important
Historiography of Alexander the Great
Historiography_of_Alexander_the_Great
Mythical northern region in Greek mythology
Gauls who had sacked Rome in the 4th century BC (see Battle of the Allia). Aelian, Diodorus Siculus and Stephen of Byzantium all recorded important ancient
Hyperborea
Men in Greek mythology
ἀμαδρυάδες Callimachus, Hymn III to Artemis 221 Apollodorus 3.9.2 Aelian, Varia Historia 13.1 Aelian, Various Histories, translated by Thomas Stanley (d.1700)
Rhoecus_(mythology)
4th-century BC Spartan hero
thousand drachmas for daring to risk his life in battle without armor. Aelian tells a slightly different version of this second appearance of Isidas.
Isidas
3rd-century Gallic rebel
Aelianus or Aelian was together with Amandus the leader of an insurrection of Gallic peasants, called Bagaudae, in the reign of Diocletian. It was put
Aelian_(rebel)
Sri Lankan educationist
James Clifford Aelian Corea was a Sri Lankan educationist. He was the former Principal of Royal College Colombo and a former master in Kingswood College
J._C._A._Corea
Mythical lion beast in Persian folklore
Photius's Myriobiblon (or Bibliotheca, 9th century) serves as base text, but Aelian (De Natura Animalium, 3rd century) preserves the same information and more:
Manticore
Greek goddess and mother of Apollo and Artemis
Hopkins University Press: 153. doi:10.2307/283358. JSTOR 283358. Aelian, On Animals 4.29 Aelian, On Animals 10.47 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods: Hera and Leto
Leto
Ancient Egyptian god
worshipped, his temple was adjacent to that of Bast. The ancient Greek historian Aelian wrote: "In Egypt, they worship lions, and there is a city called after them
Maahes
Ancient Greek goddess of youth
ISBN 978-1-315-62142-5. Aelian, On Animals 17. 46 (trans. Scholfield) Hekster, Olivier (2002). "Of Mice and Emperors: A Note on Aelian "De natura animalium"
Hebe_(mythology)
Historical city in Bihar, India
purpose of defence and of a sewer for the city. - Strabo, "Geographia" Aelian, although not expressly quoting Megasthenes nor mentioning Pataliputra,
Pataliputra
Pigs used in warfare
by the English politician Reginald Scot. Polyaenus, "Stratagems" 4.6.3 Aelian, "On Animals" 16.36 Harden, A. (2013). Animals in the Classical World: Ethical
War_pig
Legendary cave dwelling tribe in Greco-Roman historiography
referenced in 2 Chronicles 12:3, are the same peoples called Troglodytae Aelian, Characteristics of Animals, 9.44 Porphyry, De abstinentia, 4.21 Huntingford
Troglodytae
Ancient Greek philosopher, disciple of Aristotle
they occur, are mentioned by Thucydides (i. Ill), Pausanias (x. 16. § 4), Aelian (V. H. i. 25), Lucian (Timon, 7), and by Anyte in the Greek Anthology (vi
Echecratides
Novel written as a series of letters
miniature social worlds. The most influential are attributed to Alciphron, Aelian, and Philostratus, preserved in a standard Loeb Classical Library edition
Epistolary_novel
Greek creatures of myth based on fossils
Euphorion in his lost text Commentaries, written in the 3rd century B.C.E. Aelian, writing in the 2nd century C.E., recounts Euphorion's description of them
Neades
Greek island in the Aegean Sea
average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Aelian, De natura animalium 3.37 Serifos Archaeological Collection, wall displays
Serifos
Mythical dog-wolf of India or Aethiopia
bull. It cannot be overcome by any weapon of steel. Claudius Aelianus (aka Aelian) in his book On the Characteristics of Animals (VII.22) specifically links
Crocotta
Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Byzantine_Empire
Roman settlement in northern England
Pons Aelius (Latin for "Aelian Bridge"), or Newcastle Roman Fort, was an auxiliary castra and small Roman settlement on Hadrian's Wall in the Roman province
Pons_Aelius
Mythological son of Odysseus
Fabulae 95; Servius on Virgil's Aeneid, 2.81; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 384; Aelian, Varia Historia 8.12. "Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica" Archived
Telemachus
Mythical lion killed by Hercules
and sent to terrorize the hills of Nemea. In another tradition, told by Aelian (citing Epimenides) and Hyginus, the lion was "sprung from" the moon-goddess
Nemean_lion
Goddess in Greek mythology
Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 41. Aelian, De Natura Animalium 14.28 Hesiod, Theogony 350; Apollodorus, 1.8 Hesiod
Doris_(Oceanid)
Ancient Greek god of returned love
Lippincott. p. 136. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t59c6sd4v. Graf, para. 1. Aelian, On Animals, 14. 28 Dwight, Mary Ann; Dickson White, Andrew (1849). Grecian
Anteros
Mythological Athenian woman
Heyne; 12.28; Aelian, Varia Historia 12.28 Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.50; Apollodorus, 3.15.8, f.n. 3 as noted by Heyne; Pausanias, 1.5.2; Aelian, Varia Historia
Eubule_(mythology)
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
2nd-century_Roman_domes
Figure in Greek mythology
Boreas" from that circumstance. The name of Hyrpax is otherwise unknown, but Aelian mentions Boreas and Chione as the parents of three Hyperborean priests of
Chione_(daughter_of_Arcturus)
Twin brothers and central characters of Rome's foundation myth
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Romulus_and_Remus
Ancient writers on Roman history during the Republic
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Annalists
who were cowards, however, was a cause for sorrow, and the ancient author Aelian claims that women whose sons died as cowards lamented this. By contrast
Women_in_ancient_Sparta
Historic building in Rome, Italy
miraculously fell apart with a clap of thunder. Returning to St Peter's by the Aelian Bridge, the pope had another vision of an angel atop the castle, wiping
Castel_Sant'Angelo
Fictional island in the writings of Theopompus of Chios
work Philippica, which is only fragmentarily maintained via mentions by Aelian. The story of Meropis is neither a utopia nor a political allegory; it is
Meropis
Greek god of beauty and desire
2.29 Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.14.4 Hyginus, Astronomica 2.7.4 Aelian, On Animals 9.36 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods Aphrodite and the Moon Cyrino
Adonis
Ancient Sicilian fire god
particularly in the town of Adranus (modern Adrano) near Mount Etna. According to Aelian, about a thousand sacred dogs were kept near his temple in this town. Adranus
Adranus
Ancient Greek city-state
include the Greeks Strabo, Pausanias and Diodoros of Sicily, and the Romans Aelian and Ovid. On 23 August 1817, a similar disaster, an earthquake followed
Helike
5th-century BC Athenian poet and comic playwright
Athenian poet of the old comedy. One of his plays is mentioned by the Suda and Aelian. He also wrote several tragedies. The Autocrates quoted by Athenaeus seems
Autocrates
Mistress of Alexander the Great
Roman authors Pliny (Natural History), Lucian of Samosata and Aelian's Varia Historia. Aelian surmised that she initiated the young Alexander in love. According
Campaspe
Heroine in Greek mythology
antiquity, but also known as Melanion. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.114. "Aelian: Various Histories. Book XIII, Ch. 1". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved
Atalanta
Roman title
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Dux
1st-century-BC Roman poet
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Virgil
Sacrifice of dogs in Roman religion
canum, temple geese are said to have raised the alarm instead. Plutarch and Aelian rationalize the dogs' failure by explaining that the Gauls fed the siege-starved
Supplicia_canum
Ancient Greek lyric poet (c. 630–c. 570 BC)
Alexandria included her in the canon of nine lyric poets. According to Aelian, the Athenian lawmaker and poet Solon asked to be taught a song by Sappho
Sappho
Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC)
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Julius_Caesar
for its forests cf. Ovid Metamorphoses 2.499: silvas Erymanthidas ambit. Aelian, Varia Historia 2.33 Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History 1 in Photius, Myrobiblion
Erymanthus_(mythology)
Masculine virtue in Ancient Rome
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Virtus
Roman polymath and author (116–27 BC)
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Marcus_Terentius_Varro
Set index of characters from Greek mythology
Mecionice, daughter of either Eurotas or Orion or (4) lastly, Macionassa. Aelian, De Natura Animalium 14.28 Hesiod, Theogony 240 & 350; Apollodorus, 1.2
Doris_(mythology)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
and perish of some painful and lingering disease." In the 3rd century, Aelian describes a legendary miracle taking place in the sanctuary: A woman suffered
Sanctuary of Asclepius, Epidaurus
Sanctuary_of_Asclepius,_Epidaurus
Multiple ancient Greek seers
flourished in Greece from the 8th to the 6th century B.C. Philetas of Ephesus, Aelian and John Tzetzes distinguish between three: a Boeotian, an Arcadian and
Bakis
Figure with a temple in Sicily
Lathrop (1922). A practical medical dictionary. New York: William Wood. Aelian, Varia Historia 1.27 (Wilson, pp. 50–51); Polemon, in Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae
Adephagia
Oared warships
ἑξήρης, hexērēs) is affirmed by the ancient historians Pliny the Elder and Aelian to have been invented in Syracuse. "Sixes" were certainly present in the
Hellenistic-era_warships
River god worshiped at ancient Syracuse
("Anapus"). Aelian, Varia Historia, ii. 33. Ovid, Metamorphoses, v. 418 ff. Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), Metamorphoses. Claudius Aelianus (Aelian), Varia
Anapus
cheese sometimes supplemented with game and fish. The 2nd–3rd century author Aelian claims that Spartan cooks were prohibited from cooking anything other than
Ancient_Greek_cuisine
European nobel (1560–1620)
the use of ranks by soldiers of Imperial Rome as discussed in Aelian's Tactica. Aelian was discussing the use of the counter march in the context of the
William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
William_Louis,_Count_of_Nassau-Dillenburg
Ancient Roman settlement administered by a prefect
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Praefectura (Roman settlement)
Praefectura_(Roman_settlement)
5th century BC Greek philosopher
Frag. B57 (Simplicius, On the Heavens, 586) Frag. B61 (Aelian, On Animals, xvi 29) Frag. B127 (Aelian, On Animals, xii. 7); Frag. B117 (Hippolytus, i. 3.2)
Empedocles
Archaeological site in Egypt
292. Ptolemy, iv. 5. § 48. Pliny the Elder v. 9. s. 11. Herodotus ii. 155 Aelian. V. Hist. ii. 41 Champollion, l'Egypte, vol. ii. p. 227. Plutarch, de Iside
Buto
Currency of ancient Rome
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Roman_currency
Ancient Greek sea god and father of the Nereids
the flight of the Nereides as Peleus wrestled their sister Thetis. In Aelian's natural history, written in the early third century, Nereus was also the
Nereus
Army officer in Imperial Rome
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Centurion
City in Egypt
), Maṭbaʻat al-Saʻādah, p. 262-263, Wikidata Q124980359 (ii. 88; comp. Aelian. Hist. An. x. 28) (Champollion, Descript. de l'Egypte, vol. i. p. 276; Jollois
Asyut
Greek historian and geographer (c. 484–c. 425 BC)
Siculus, Justin, Plutarch, Frontinus, Nearchus, Apollonius, Pliny, Ptolemy, Aelian, and others with maps. Calcutta: Firma KLM. ISBN 978-0-8364-0704-4. Marincola
Herodotus
Mythological animal
raised them, after which the horns remained in this position. According to Aelian, they were called "flesh eaters" and were the most ferocious and savage
Forest_Bull
1st-century Latin poet from Hispania
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Martial
Ancient city in modern Libya
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Leptis_Magna
Latin language in the period before 70 BC
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Old_Latin
well as in the Physiologus and bestiaries. Aristotle, Pliny, Nicander, Aelian The standard lore of the salamander as a creature enduring fire and extinguishing
Salamanders_in_folklore
Patera or handled pan from the 2nd century AD
name, so may go with VALI, indicating that the Romans called the wall the "Aelian Wall". There are other comparable trullae, and two with inscriptions relating
Staffordshire_Moorlands_Pan
Ancient Persian royal dynasty
sources describing these events include, Diodorus Siculus, Ctesias, Justin, Aelian, and Aristotle. Their various version have points of agreement and divergence
Achaemenid_dynasty
Ancient Greek name for Sri Lanka
also there was a river which was called Phasis (Ancient Greek: Φᾶσις). Aelian writes that he had heard that the island does not have cities, but 750 villages
Taprobana
Character of the greek mythology
Bravo, p. 117; Hard, p. 333; Smith, s.v. Pronax; Grimal, s.v. Pronax; Aelian, Historical Miscellany, 4.5. Hard, pp. 150–1; Apollodorus, 3.10.3, with
Pronax
Chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
King_of_Rome
4th-century BC Greek historian
only in some thirty fragments preserved by ancient authors, especially by Aelian and Strabo. A recent papyrological find from Oxyrhynchus (P.Oxy. LXXI 4808)
Cleitarchus
Areas of influence by ancient Greece and Rome
Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laertius
Greco-Roman_world
Genus of birds
Aegypius is a Greek word (αἰγυπιός) for 'vulture', or a bird not unlike one; Aelian describes the aegypius as "halfway between a vulture (gyps) and an eagle"
Aegypius
Greek god, messenger of the sea
(or fabrication made to appear as such). The Tanagran Triton was seen by Aelian who described it as an embalmed or stuffed mummy (Ancient Greek: τάριχος)
Triton_(mythology)
AELIAN
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Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Birth Place of Radha
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
From the Bent Grass Meadow
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Blossomed
Girl/Female
Tamil
Boy/Male
Indian
Born with a star
Girl/Female
English
Lakeisha and its variants are rhyming forms of Leticia. Joyful; happy.
Girl/Female
Australian, Greek, Italian
Stone; Rock; Female Version of Peter
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Much Ado About Nothing' Follower of Don John.
Girl/Female
Anglo, Australian, British, English
From Wales
Boy/Male
Hindu
Favorite of the devotees
AELIAN
AELIAN
AELIAN
AELIAN
AELIAN