Greek rebels

two men from ancient Athens

thumb|upright=1.5|Aristomenes fighting his way out of Eira. Aristomenes () was a king of Messenia, celebrated for his struggle with the Spartans in the Second Messenian War (685–668 BC), and his resistance to them on Mount Eira for 11 years. At length the mountain fell to the enemy, while he escaped and, according to legend, was snatched up by the gods; in fact he died at Rhodes.

thumb|upright|Leaina Before the Judges, by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1517–18

opponent of the philosopher Pythagoras