6th-century BC Greek people

Polycrates (; ), son of Aeaces, was the tyrant of Samos from the 540s BC to 522 BC. He had a reputation as both a fierce warrior and an enlightened tyrant.

6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton

Aristagoras of Miletus (), d. 497/496 BC, was the tyrant of the Ionian city of Miletus in the late 6th century BC and early 5th century BC. He acted as one of the instigators of the Ionian Revolt against the Persian Achaemenid Empire. He was the son-in-law of Histiaeus and was granted the tyranny of Miletus from him.

thumb|upright=1.2|Electrum coinage of Miletus, around the birth of Histiaeus. Circa 600-550 BC. thumb|upright=1.2|Coinage of Miletus at the time of Histiaeus. AR Obol (9mm, 1.07 g). Forepart of lion left, head right. Stellate and floral design within incuse square. Late 6th-early 5th century BC. Histiaeus (, died 493 BC), the son of Lysagoras, was a Greek ruler of Miletus in the late 6th century BC. Histiaeus was tyrant of Miletus under Darius I, king of Persia, who had subjugated Miletus and the other Ionian states in Asia Minor, and who generally appointed Greeks as tyrants to rule

6th-century BC tyrant of Sicyon

Greek vase painter

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early 6th-century BC king of Cyrenaica

Greek hetaera

Greek king of Cyrenaica from 560 BC to 550 BC

Arrhichion (also spelled Arrhachion, Arrichion or Arrachion) of Phigalia () (died 564 BC) was a champion pankratiast in the ancient Olympic Games. He died while successfully defending his championship in the pankration at the 54th Olympiad (564 BC). Arrhichion has been described as "the most famous of all pankratiasts".

5th-century Greek ruler of Epirus

Cyrenaean King from c.530 BC to c.515 BC

king of Cyrenaica from 550 to 530 BC

6th-century BC king of Cyrenaica

mother of the Athenian politician Cleisthenes

thumb|260px|Nikosthenes' signature (Nikosthenes epoiesen) on the neck of a black-figure pottery|black-figure [[Nikosthenic amphora, c. 530–520 BC, located in the Louvre]]

Greek king of Cyrene from 515 BC to 465 BC

Greek literary critic

thumb|150px|Model of the Temple of Artemis at [[Ephesus]] Chersiphron (; ; fl. 6th century BC) was a Greek architect from Knossos in ancient Crete who designed the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The original temple was destroyed in the 7th century BC, and about 550 BC Chersiphron and his son Metagenes began a new temple, the Artemision, which became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in each of its three manifestations. It was burned by Herostratus in July 356 BC and rebuilt again.

Greek tyrant of Naxos from c. 546 BC to c. 524 BC

Lydos (Greek: Λυδός, the Lydian) was an Attic vase painter in the black-figure style. Active between about 560 and 540 BC, he was the main representative of the "Lydos Group". His signature, ό Λυδός, ho Lydos ("the Lydian"), inscribed on two vases, is informative regarding the cultural background of the artist. Either he immigrated to Athens from the Lydian Empire of King Kroisos, or he was born in Athens as the son of Lydian parents. In any case, he learned his trade in Athens.

6th century BC Greek Cyrenaean Princess

king of Cyrenaica in 550 BC

son of Croesus and father of Pythius

ancient Attic-Greek black-figure vase-painter

ancient Olympics race victor

ancient Greek Attic black-figure vase painter

thumb|Coinage of Samos at the time of Syloson. Circa 500-494 BCE. Syloson (, gen.: Συλοσῶνος) governed Samos as a vassal ruler on behalf of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. He was appointed by king Darius I and was the brother of Polycrates of Samos.

ancient Greek boxer and Olympic winner

Olympic stadion victor 512 BCE

ancient Greek musician

opponent of the philosopher Pythagoras

Group of Ancient Attic-Greek vase-painters of the black-figure style

Late 6th-century Greek soldier and Olympic competitor

ancient Greek vase painter

Olympic stadion victor 580 BCE

ancient Attic-Greek black-figure vase-painter

ancient Attic-Greek potter and vase-painter of the black-figure style

Anakles was a 6th-century BC Greek vase-painter whose work was closely associated with that of Nikosthenes, with whom he may have been in partnership.

Olympic victor, 48th olympiad

6th century BC Greek merchant

Anactoria (or Anaktoria; ) is a woman mentioned in the work of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. Sappho, who wrote in the late seventh and early sixth centuries BCE, names Anactoria as the object of her desire in a poem numbered as fragment 16. Another of her poems, fragment 31, is traditionally called the "Ode to Anactoria", although no name appears in it. As portrayed by Sappho, Anactoria is likely to have been an aristocratic follower of hers, of marriageable age. It is possible that fragment 16 was written in connection with her wedding to an unknown man. The name "Anactoria" has also be

ancient Attic-Greek black-figure vase-painter

ancient Attic-Greek vase-painter of the black-figure style

thumb|Komos|Komast on the tondo of a bilingual cup inscribed ΕΠΙΛΥΚΟΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ, Epilykos kalos ("Epilykos is beautiful"), circa 510/500 BC. [[Paris: Louvre]] Skythes (, the Scythian) was an Attic black-figure and red-figure vase painter active between about 520 and 505 BC.

athlete in Ancient Greece

Greek vase painter (active in Attica, 6th century BCE)

ancient Corinthian vase painter

ancient Greek vase painter

6th century BC Greek mercenary and tactician

ancient Corinthian-Greek vase painter of the black-figure style