Ceos
place · 6 works · 6 mentions · 6 anchored passages
in the texts
Aegineticus
An island whose law, under which the speaker's family was living, is cited alongside Aeginetan law as supporting the adoption.
Please take also the law of Ceos, under which we were living.
Isthmean
A wave-washed island of mariners, honored in the poet's dual song alongside Apollo's island and the Isthmus.
indeed, with the help of the gods I shall accomplish the end of both graceful songs, honoring in the dance both Phoebus with the unshorn hair, in wave-washed Ceos with its mariners, and the sea-dividing reef of the Isthmus.
Apology
Island of origin of the sophist Prodicus.
Although this also seems to me to be a fine thing, if one might be able to teach people, as Gorgias of Leontini and Prodicus of Ceos and Hippias of Elis are.
Hipparchus
The island identified as Simonides's home before he was retained at Hipparchus's court.
Simonides of Ceos he always had about him, prevailing on him by plenteous fees and gifts.
Theages
Home island of the sophist Prodicus.
And moreover, if Theages here does despise the instruction of our statesmen, and is looking for some other persons who profess to be able to educate young people, we have here Prodicus of Ceos, Gorgias of Leontini, Polus of Acragas, and many more, who are so wise that they go to our cities and persuade the noblest and wealthiest of our young men—who have the choice of learning from any citizen the …
Hellenica
An island area near the Lacedaemonian fleet's operations.
for while their corn ships got as far as Gerastus, they would not now venture to sail along the coast from that point, since the Lacedaemonian fleet was in the neighbourhood of Aegina, Ceos, and Andros.