Hierax

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Excited voices drifted to him from somewhere far away; he caught the name Hierax repeated over and over.

Nightside The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1993
"Hierax ..." said someone far below the other side of the battlement.

Nightside The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1993
"Hierax," Feather had replied at the palaestra a week or NlGHTSIDE THE LONG SuN two before, fumbling after some fact associated with the familiar name of the God of Death.

Nightside The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1993
After this the new admiral Hierax arrived from Lacedaemon.

Hellenica 2007
Hierax was still in Rhodes when the Lacedaemonians sent out a new admiral, Antalcidas; they believed that they could not find a better mode of gratifying Tiribazus.

Hellenica 2007
The new admiral Hierax, taking with him the larger portion of the fleet, set sail once more for Rhodes.

Hellenica 2007
Hierax secured the aid of Mithridates II of Pontus and the Galatians.

d. The Seleucids and Pergamum 2001
Hierax said, "I was a Christian, and will be a Christian."

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
Rusticus the prefect said to Hierax, "And you, are you a Christian?"

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
Attalus I of Pergamum drove Hierax out of Asia Minor (229228), after which Seleucus drove him out of Syria (227) to Thrace, where he was killed.

d. The Seleucids and Pergamum 2001