Cassius Dionysius

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Flourished	c.99 BCE - c.50 BCE • Utica

Demetrius of Scepsis

Greek scholar

Maximus The Greek

Greek Orthodox monk and scholar

Adamántios Koraïs

Greek scholar

Constantine P. Cavafy

Greek writer

Maximus Planudes

Byzantine scholar and theologian

Bergman, Ingrid; Paxinou, Katina; Cooper, Gary; For Whom the Bell Tolls

Katina Paxinou

Greek actress

Eugenius Bulgaris

Greek theologian

Níkos Kazantzákis

Greek writer

Manuel Chrysoloras

Greek scholar

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Norwegian author

Aristogeiton

Greek tyrannicide

Wilhelm Carl Grimm

German author, folklorist, and philologist

Ion of Chios

Greek poet

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm

German author, folklorist, and philologist

Nesiotes

Greek sculptor

Charlotte Endymion Porter

American editor

Philostratus the Younger

Greek author

Sergius of Resaina

Syrian theologian

Iancu Văcărescu

Romanian author

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

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