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Cyrus the Great

(Encyclopedia)Cyrus the Great s´rs [key], d. 529 BC, king of Persia, founder of the greatness of the Achaemenids and of the Persian Empire. According to Herodotus, he was the son of an Iranian noble, the elder...

Cyrus the Younger

(Encyclopedia)Cyrus the Younger, d. 401 BC, Persian prince, younger son of Darius II and Parysatis. He was his mother's favorite, and she managed to get several satrapies in Asia Minor for him when he was very youn...

Constantine the Great

(Encyclopedia)Constantine the Great: see Constantine I, Roman emperor.

Catherine the Great

(Encyclopedia)Catherine the Great: see Catherine II.

Great Elector, the

(Encyclopedia)Great Elector, the: see Frederick William.

Frederick the Great

(Encyclopedia)Frederick the Great: see Frederick II, king of Prussia.

Ivan the Great

(Encyclopedia)Ivan the Great: see Ivan III.

Procopius the Great

(Encyclopedia)Procopius the Great, Czech Prokop Holý, d. 1434, Czech Hussite leader. A priest, he joined the Hussite movement (see Hussites) and distinguished himself as a captain under John Zizka in the Hussite W...

Alexander the Great

(Encyclopedia)Alexander the Great or Alexander III, 356–323 BC, king of Macedon, conqueror of much of Asia. Youth and Kingship The son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, he had Aristotle as his tutor and was g...

Peter the Great

(Encyclopedia)Peter the Great: see Peter I.