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6th century BC

One hundred years, from 600 BC to 501 BC

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Isagoras

Late 6th century BC Athenian aristocrat and opponent of Cleisthenes

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Hippocrates, father of Peisistratos
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Telegony

Lost sequel to the Odyssey

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Ennigaldi-Nanna

Babylonian princess

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Gaius Papirius (pontifex maximus)

Roman Pontifex Maximus in 509 BC

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Himation

Ancient Greek clothing

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Pythian Games

One of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece

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Nemean Games

One of the four Panhellenic Games

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Eupalinos

Engineer in Ancient Greece

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Syloson

Late 6th century BC Persian vassal ruler of Samos

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Lygdamis of Naxos

Greek tyrant of Naxos from c. 546 BC to c. 524 BC

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Abrotonum
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Sosicles (statesman)
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Kassandra Painter
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Bias of Priene

6th-century BC Greek sage

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Anaximenes of Miletus

Ancient Greek philosopher (c. 586 – c. 526 BC)

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Theognis of Megara

6th-century BC Greek lyric poet

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Hipponax

Ancient Greek poet

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Epimenides

7th/6th-century BCE Greek seer, philosopher, and poet

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Demonax (lawmaker)

6th century BCE Greek lawmaker based in Cyrene

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Archermus
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Ageladas

6th or 5th-century BC Greek sculptor

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Dipoenus and Scyllis

Ancient Greek sculptors

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Rhoecus

Samian sculptor

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Bupalus and Athenis

6th century sibling sculptors

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Critola

6th-century BC Greek princess of Cyrenaica

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Theano (philosopher)

6th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher

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Eryxo

6th-century BC Greek queen of Cyrenaica

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Euthymenes

Greek explorer (sixth century BCE)

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Kalos inscription

Form of epigraph found on Attic vases and graffiti in antiquity

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The Snake and the Crab

Fable by Aesop

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Bodashtart

Phoenician king of Sidon (6th century BC)

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Eshmunazar II

6th-century BC Phoenician king of Sidon

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Malonaqen
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Aramatle-qo
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Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus

One of the first two consuls of the Roman Republic (509 BC)

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Marcus Horatius Pulvillus

Late 6th century BC Roman politician involved in the expulsion of Rome's last king

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Tullia Minor

Semi-legendary last queen of Rome

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Cloelia

Semi-legendary woman from the early history of ancient Rome

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Horatius Cocles

Roman soldier who prevented an Etruscan army from crossing the bridge over the Tiber

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Arruns Tarquinius (brother of Tarquin the Proud)

Brother of Rome's last king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

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Chilon of Sparta

6th century BC Spartan philosopher, ephor and writer

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Nitocris of Babylon

Queen of Babylon

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Ishmael son of Nethaniah

Biblical character, member of the house of Judah

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Jehucal

Biblical figure

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Pashhur

Characters in the Book of Jeremiah

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Gedaliah, son of Pashhur

Biblical figure

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Zedekiah

Biblical figure; last monarch of the Kingdom of Judah

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