Philoxenus or Philoxenos (
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for "
lover of
foreigners" or "hospitable") is the name of several prominent ancient
Greeks
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Philoxenus of Alexandria, an ancient Greek grammarian and linguist
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Philoxenus of Cythera
Philoxenus of Cythera (; c. 435/4 – 380/79 BC) was a Greek dithyrambic poet, an exponent of the "New Music". He was one of the most important dithyrambic poets of ancient Greece.
Life
A few details of Philoxenus' life are known. According to the ...
, an ancient Greek dithyrambic poet
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Philoxenus of Leucas Philoxenus or Philoxenos (Greek for " lover of foreigners" or "hospitable") is the name of several prominent ancient Greeks:
* Philoxenus of Alexandria, an ancient Greek grammarian and linguist
*Philoxenus of Cythera, an ancient Greek dithyrambic ...
, a legendary glutton
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Philoxenus Anicetus
Philoxenus Anicetus ( Greek: , ''Philόxenos ho Aníkētos,'' meaning "Philoxenus the Invincible") was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in the region spanning the Paropamisade to Punjab. Philoxenus seems to have been quite an important king who mig ...
, an Indo-Greek king
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Philoxenus (general), a Macedonian general who was one of the Diadochi
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Philoxenus (physician), ancient Greek physician
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Philoxenus of Mabbug
Philoxenus of Mabbug ( Syriac: , '; died 523), also known as Xenaias and Philoxenus of Hierapolis, was one of the most notable Syriac prose writers during the Byzantine period and a vehement champion of Miaphysitism.
Early life
He was born, ...
(d. 523), Syriac writer and proponent of Miaphysitism
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Philoxenus of Eretria
Philoxenus of Eretria () was a painter from Eretria. He was a disciple of Nicomachus of Thebes, whose speed in painting he imitated and even surpassed, having discovered new and rapid methods of coloring. According to Pliny the Elder, Pliny, a pic ...
, Hellenistic painter
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