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5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
As Leucippus considered both atoms and the void to be infinite, he presumed that other worlds must exist as cosmoses are formed elsewhere. Leucippus and
Leucippus
Greek mythical figure whose gender is changed
Greek mythology, Leucippus (Ancient Greek: Λεύκιππος, romanized: Leúkippos, lit. 'white horse') was a young man of Phaistos, Crete. Leucippus was born to Lamprus
Leucippus_of_Crete
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Wildens
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus is a 1618 painting by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Wildens. It is displayed at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. The
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
The_Rape_of_the_Daughters_of_Leucippus
Topics referred to by the same term
Leucippus may refer to: Leucippus, a Greek philosopher Leucippus (mythology), several figures in Greek mythology. Leucippus (bird), a hummingbird genus
Leucippus_(disambiguation)
Character in Greek mythology
she died, and Leucippus then attacked Xanthius, not recognizing his father, killing him as well. For the murder of his father Leucippus was exiled, and
Leucippus_(son_of_Xanthius)
Figure in Greek mythology
of Leucippus' success in love, however Leucippus' ruse was soon discovered when the girls took a bath in a lake; they stripped a reluctant Leucippus naked
Daphne
Name of multiple Greek mythological figures
mythology, Leucippus (Ancient Greek: Λεύκιππος, romanized: Leúkippos, lit. 'white horse') is a name attributed to multiple characters: Leucippus (son of
Leucippus_(mythology)
mythology, Leucippus (Ancient Greek: Λεύκιππος, romanized: Leúkippos, lit. 'white horse') was the eighth king of Sicyon who reigned for 53 years. Leucippus was
Leucippus (son of Thurimachus)
Leucippus_(son_of_Thurimachus)
Figures in Greek mythology
own dreams—told Lamprus that the baby was male, and named her Leucippus. As Leucippus grew older, her true sex became harder and harder to conceal, so
Galatea_(mythology)
Greek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC)
physics. Democritus was a student of Leucippus. Early sources such as Aristotle and Theophrastus credit Leucippus with creating atomism and sharing its
Democritus
Daughter of Leucippus, mythical figure honored at Sparta
phoîbos, "shining") was a Messenian princess. Phoebe was the daughter of Leucippus[AI-generated source?] and Philodice, daughter of Inachus. She and her
Phoebe (daughter of Leucippus)
Phoebe_(daughter_of_Leucippus)
Crater on the Moon
walled plain Landau. To the southwest of Leucippus is the larger satellite crater Leucippus Q. The rim of Leucippus is eroded, with a smaller crater laid
Leucippus_(crater)
Complete absence of anything; the opposite of everything
between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." Leucippus (early 5th century BCE), one of the atomists, along with other philosophers
Nothing
Local and global geometry of the universe
Atomism: 2.1 Leucippus and Democritus". In Edward N. Zalta (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, CSLI. Leucippus held that
Shape_of_the_universe
Polydeuces abducted and married Leucippus' daughters, Phoebe and Hilaera. In return, Idas and Lynceus, nephews of Leucippus and rival suitors, killed Castor
Leucippus_(son_of_Perieres)
Greek philosophers active before and during the time of Socrates
and Leucippus reverted the Eleatic axiom, claiming that since motions exist, What-is-not must also exist; hence void exists. Democritus and Leucippus were
Pre-Socratic_philosophy
Species of moth
Caffrocrambus leucippus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Graziano Bassi in 1994. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Caffrocrambus_leucippus
descendant of Bellerophon, and father of Leucippus and an unnamed daughter. Through the wrath of Aphrodite, Leucippus fell in love with his own sister. The
Xanthius
Philosophical view that events are determined by prior events
maintains that there is only one possible way for the world to exist. Leucippus claimed there are no uncaused events and that everything occurs for a
Determinism
was previously placed in the genus Leucippus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Leucippus was polyphyletic. To avoid the polyphyly
Olive-spotted_hummingbird
Philosophical view
Jaina school continued the atomic tradition. Ancient Greek atomists like Leucippus, Democritus and Epicurus prefigure later materialists. The Latin poem
Materialism
Species of bird
hummingbird (Leucippus fallax) is a species of bird in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Leucippus. This bird
Buffy_hummingbird
Natural philosophy holding that the world comprises fundamental indivisible components
traditions. The early concept of atomism can be traced back to ancient Greece. Leucippus is the earliest figure whose commitment to Greek atomism is well attested
Atomism
male by mysterious forces (mainly the gods). In the cases of Iphis and Leucippus, the woman's mother was pressured (by her husband) to bear a male child
Homoerotic themes in Greek and Roman mythology
Homoerotic_themes_in_Greek_and_Roman_mythology
Greek philosopher (c. 470–399 BC)
Archelaus Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon
Socrates
some authors have placed it in genus Talaphorus which others merged into Leucippus. The many-spotted hummingbird is 10.5 to 11.4 cm (4.1 to 4.5 in) long
Many-spotted_hummingbird
personified as "Love" and "Strife" (Philotes and Neikos). The ancient atomist Leucippus (5th century BC) proposed the cosmos was created when a large group of
History of gravitational theory
History_of_gravitational_theory
Electrically neutral group of two or more atoms
be traced back towards pre-scientific and Greek philosophers such as Leucippus and Democritus who argued that all the universe is composed of atoms and
Molecule
ancient India. Materialistic philosophy was produced by the atomists Leucippus and Democritus in 5th century BCE, who explained the world in terms of
History_of_atheism
Greek colony of Magna Graecia
was sent from the mother-country, under the command of a leader named Leucippus, who, according to one account, was compelled to obtain the territory
Metapontum
Comune in Apulia, Italy
Dionysius of Halicarnassus described it as a seaport of Taranto, adding that Leucippus the Lacedaemonian and his followers arrived there after consulting an
Gallipoli,_Apulia
Bird Species
species was formerly placed in the genus Leucippus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Leucippus was polyphyletic. To resolve the polyphyly
Tumbes_hummingbird
Philosophical concept
mention of the concept of chance is by the earliest philosopher of atomism, Leucippus, who said: "The cosmos, then, became like a spherical form in this way:
Indeterminism
Philosophical concept of a most basic substance, or supreme being
Dyad, Triad, and Tetrad Ensō Henology Iamblichus Chalcidensis Ik Onkar Leucippus Monad (Gnosticism) Monadology Monism Om Taijitu Sufi metaphysics#Waḥdat
Monad_(philosophy)
Princess in ancient Greek mythology
of Byzantium called her Elaeira (Ἐλάειρα). Hilaera was a daughter of Leucippus[AI-generated source?] and Philodice, daughter of Inachus. She and her
Hilaeira
Greek goddess and mother of Apollo and Artemis
told him it was a boy instead whom she named Leucippus ("white horse"). But as the years passed, Leucippus grew to be an exceptionally beautiful girl,
Leto
and Leucippus. Meanwhile, in the second story, Perieres could be a son of Aeolus and father of only two sons by Gorgophone, Aphareus and Leucippus. In
Perieres_(king_of_Messenia)
Something that has mass and volume
Kaṇāda (c. 6th century BCE), and the pre-Socratic Greek philosophers Leucippus (c. 490 BCE) and Democritus (c. 470–380 BCE). Matter is a general term
Matter
Greek mythological figure
besieged it. Leucophryne fell in love with Leucippus and betrayed the city to him. It is not known whether Leucippus answered her feelings and what her further
Leucophryne
Greek mythology
wife and the daughter of either Aeolus or Asopus. They had two sons, Leucippus and Ephippus, the father of Acestor. Because Tanagra was founded by him
Poemander_(mythology)
Greek philosopher
Archelaus Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon
Plato
Greek mythological figure
death of her first husband Perieres by whom she had sons Aphareus and Leucippus, Gorgophone took Oebalus as her second spouse. With him she had a daughter
Gorgophone (daughter of Perseus)
Gorgophone_(daughter_of_Perseus)
Set of mythological Greek characters
sister-wife of Coeus and mother of Leto and Asteria. Phoebe, daughter of Leucippus. Phoebe, a hamadryad who became one of King Danaus's many wives or concubines
Phoebe_(mythology)
white-bellied hummingbird has at various times been placed in genera Leucippus and Elliotia, and until 2014 in Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study
White-bellied_hummingbird
Greek mythical twins
("daughters of the white horse"), Phoebe and Hilaeira, whose father was Leucippus ("white horse"). Both women were already betrothed to cousins of the Dioscuri
Castor_and_Pollux
Greek mythological figure
to refer to Tusculum. Ancient Greece portal Mythology portal Gáe Bulg Leucippus Corythus Apollodorus, Epitome 7.16; Hyginus, Fabulae 127 Hesiod, Theogony
Telegonus_(son_of_Odysseus)
Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
Democritus Diogenes of Sinope Empedocles Epicurus Gorgias Heraclitus Hypatia Leucippus Parmenides Plato Protagoras Pythagoras Socrates Thales Zeno Authors Aeschylus
Ancient_Greece
Ancient Greek philosopher (c. 626 – c. 545 BC)
Archelaus Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon
Thales_of_Miletus
Temple in ancient Athens
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus by Peter Paul Rubens. Alte Pinakothek
Anakeion
Species of bird from South America
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Sword-billed_hummingbird
Short story by Jorge Luis Borges
Universalbibliothek"): Certain examples that Aristotle attributes to Democritus and Leucippus clearly prefigure it, but its belated inventor is Gustav Theodor Fechner
The_Library_of_Babel
Ancient philosophy
Archelaus Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon
Stoicism
2nd-century Syrian satirist and rhetorician
Archelaus Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon
Lucian
Democritus Diogenes of Sinope Empedocles Epicurus Gorgias Heraclitus Hypatia Leucippus Parmenides Plato Protagoras Pythagoras Socrates Thales Zeno Authors Aeschylus
Greece_in_the_Roman_era
Greek mythological king; father of Penelope
Gorgophone ✓ ✓ Oebalus and Bateia ✓ Siblings Tyndareus ✓ ✓ ✓ Aphareus ✓ ✓ Leucippus ✓ ✓ Hippocoon ✓ Spouse Asterodia ✓ Dorodoche ✓ Periboea ✓ Polycaste ✓
Icarius_(Spartan)
Systematic endeavour to gain knowledge
mathematical science. The theory of atoms was developed by the Greek philosopher Leucippus and his student Democritus. Later, Epicurus would develop a full natural
Science
Daughter of Ligdus
inevitable misogyny this creates. The story of Iphis is similar to that of Leucippus from Phaistos, Crete, and could be a variant thereof. The 17th-century
Iphis
Species of bird
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Antillean_crested_hummingbird
Genus of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Eulampis
Genus of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Visorbearer
Species of bird
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Speckled_hummingbird
Species of bird
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Oasis_hummingbird
Species of bird
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Giant_swiftlet
Genus of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Tachornis
Species of bird
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Violet-headed_hummingbird
Genus of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Hylocharis
Extinct genus of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Eurotrochilus
be traced back towards pre-scientific and Greek philosophers such as Leucippus and Democritus who argued that all the universe is composed of atoms and
History_of_molecular_theory
Mythical Greek king and son of Poseidon
King Leucippus. He was father of Plemnaeus who succeeded him to the throne of Aegialea (former name of Sicyon). Peratus' grandfather, King Leucippus, brought
Peratus
Extinct genus of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Fluvioviridavis
Genus of fossil birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Eocypselus
Bion of Abdera Philo of Byzantium Epigenes of Byzantium Hero and Leander Leucippus Protagoras Diogenes Apolloniates Thrasymachus Democritus Xenocrates Anaxarchus
List_of_Thracian_Greeks
Son of Paris in Greek mythology
Greece portal Other stories with unwitting kinslaying include: Telephus Leucippus Procris Telegonus Grimal 1987, s.v. Oenone. Dictys Cretensis 5.5 Bell
Corythus_(son_of_Paris)
Pre-Socratic school of philosophy
influences of Leucippus, Democritus, and Diogenes of Apollonia. For example, some interpreters see Melissus as responding to Leucippus' atomism, which
Eleatics
Cretan man in Greek mythology
had a son. Galatea named the child Leucippus ("white horse") and raised her as a boy for some years. But as Leucippus grew and hit puberty, her true sex
Lamprus_(mythology)
Ancient Greek vase in the British Museum
scenes: the upper register depicts the abduction of the daughters of Leucippus by the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), while the lower register shows Heracles
Meidias_Hydria
Scientific field of study
found to be correct approximately 2000 years after it was proposed by Leucippus and his pupil Democritus. During the classical period in Greece (6th,
Physics
Family of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Frogmouth
Ancient Greek philosopher (c. 610 – c. 546 BC)
Anaximander already speculated on the plurality of worlds, similar to atomists Leucippus and Democritus, and later philosopher Epicurus. These thinkers supposed
Anaximander
Ancient Greek philosopher (341–270 BC
Archelaus Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon
Epicurus
Genus of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Booted_racket-tail
Family of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Treeswift
Species of hummiingbird
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Mountain_avocetbill
Bronze Age civilization on Crete and other Aegean Islands
Democritus Diogenes of Sinope Empedocles Epicurus Gorgias Heraclitus Hypatia Leucippus Parmenides Plato Protagoras Pythagoras Socrates Thales Zeno Authors Aeschylus
Minoan_civilization
Genus of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Caprimulgus
and was the first to postulate that the Earth is spherical in shape. Leucippus (5th century BCE) introduced atomism, the theory that all matter is made
History_of_science
Name of multiple Greek mythological figures
King Eurypylus of Cyrene by whom she became the mother of Lycaon and Leucippus. Sterope, one of the Maenads. She followed Dionysus during the god's Indian
Sterope
Clade of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Strisores
Character in Greek mythology
Aegialeus or Phegeus, and his two daughters, Io and Philodice, wife of Leucippus.[AI-generated source?] The mother of these children was variously described
Inachus
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens
(1617–1618) Two Satyrs (1618) Medusa (1618) The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus (c. 1618) Christ Triumphant over Sin and Death (c. 1618) The Prodigal
Achilles_Defeating_Hector
Family of birds
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Nightjar
Branch of philosophy relating to the material world
flux. In such a system there is no need for or possibility of matter. Leucippus held that there exist indivisible particles, atoms, underlying existence
Philosophy_of_matter
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
Archelaus Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon
Anaxagoras
Species of bird
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Brown_nightjar
Genus of nocturnal birds of tropical Central and South America
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Nyctibius
green-and-white hummingbird has at various times been placed in genera Leucippus and Elliotia, and until 2014 in Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study
Green-and-white_hummingbird
Species of hummingbird
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Horned_sungem
Archaic conception of Earth's shape
world was flat: Thales (c. 550 BC) according to several sources, and Leucippus (c. 440 BC) and Democritus (c. 460–370 BC) according to Aristotle. Thales
Flat_Earth
Ancient Greek goddess of love
Bellerophon, had two children: Leucippus and an unnamed daughter. Through the wrath of Aphrodite (reasons unknown), Leucippus fell in love with his own sister
Aphrodite
Species of bird
Cynanthus Elliotomyia Eupetomena Eupherusa Goldmania Hylocharis Klais Leucippus Leucochloris Microchera Orthorhyncus Pampa Phaeochroa Phaeoptila Polyerata
Collared_nightjar
LEUCIPPUS
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places so named in Devon and Somerset, most of which are most probably named with an Old English personal name Bicca + Old English cumb ‘valley’. The first element could alternatively be from bica ‘pointed ridge’.
Male
Hindi/Indian
(कमल) Hindi name KAMAL means "red." Compare with another form of Kamal.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
An Ancient
Girl/Female
Arabic
Silver; Sparkling Sunset
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Teutonic
Battle; Wise or Prudent Adviser; Of Old Age; Warrior
Boy/Male
Muslim
Lively, Energetic
Boy/Male
British, English
Battle Leader
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Greek, Irish
Dweller Near a Hollow; From the Round Hill; Seething Pool; Ravine; The Hollow
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Abode; Existence; Eye
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a hovel, Middle English sched(d)e.
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