Heracleides

British

/ ˈpɒntəs, ˌhɛrəˈklaɪdiːz /

noun

?390–?322 _bc , Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis

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They asked: "Does he play the popular leader?" and Heracleides answered: "Exactly so."

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham

Dion himself was soon after supplanted by the intrigues of Heracleides, and again banished.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

Thrasybulus, with the assistance of Heracleides and Archebius, expelled the Lacedaemonian oligarchy, and restored democracy and the Athenian influence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

The slanderous tongue of Heracleides had whispered him:—it was not safe to hand over fortified towns to a man with a force at his back.

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham

Of course to the mind of Heracleides this is all silly talk; since the one great object is to keep money by whatever means.

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham

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