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See also:MENTOR OF See also:RHODES , See also:brother of See also:Memnon (q.v.), a See also:Greek See also:condottiere who appears first in the service of the rebellious See also:- SATRAP [Pers. Khshatrapavan, i.e." protector (superintendent) of the country (or district)," Heb. sakhshadrapan, Gr. taerpan-ris (insc. of Miletus, Sitzungsber. Berl. Ak. 1900, 112), E% u3pa7eixav (insc. of Mylasa, Dittenberger, Sylloge, 95), ital. p6. rr
satrap Artabazus of See also:Phrygia in 363. When Artabazus had rebelled a second See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time and was in 353 forced to flee with Memnon into See also:Macedonia, Mentor entered the service of the See also:Egyptian See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king Nectanebus, and was sent by him with a See also:body of Greek mercenaries to support the rebellious king Tennes (Tabnit) of See also:Sidon against See also:Artaxerxes III. But Tennes and Mentor betrayed the besieged See also:town to the Persians (344 B.C.). Tennes was killed after his See also:treason, but Mentor gained the favour of the king. It was due largely to him that See also:Egypt was conquered in 343 (Diod. xvi. 45 sqq.). He now closely allied himself with the See also:eunuch See also:Bagoas (q.v.), the all-powerful See also:vizier of Artaxerxes III. He was appointed See also:general in See also:Asia See also:Minor, and with the help of Artabazus and Memnon, whose See also:pardon and recall he obtained from the king, subdued the rebels and See also:local dynasts. The most famous among them was See also:Hermias of Atarneus, the See also:protector of See also:Aristotle, who had become See also:master of some towns of See also:Aeolis and Troas. By treachery he made him prisoner and occupied his towns (342 B.C.); Hermias was executed by See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the king (Diod. xvi. 52; Polyaen. vi. 48; pseudo-Arist. Oecon. ii. 27; See also:Strabo xiii. 61o; See also:Didymus' commentary on See also:Demosthenes Phil. 4, p. 6; cf. Diog. Laert. vi. 9). Shortly afterwards Mentor died, and was succeeded by his brother Memnon. His son Thymondas commanded in the See also:naval See also:war against See also:Alexander and at Issus (See also:Arrian ii. 2, 1; 13, 2). (ED.
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