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1Acanthus (Greece) — Acanthus or Akanthos (Greek: polytonic|Ἄκανθος or Modern Greek: Aχανθος) (modern town of Ierissos, also Erisso ) was an ancient Greek city on the Athos peninsula. It was located on the north east side of Akti, on the most eastern peninsula of… …
2Pederasty in ancient Greece — Pederastic courtship scene Athenian black figure amphora, 5th c. BC, Painter of Cambridge; Object currently in the collection of the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, Germany. The bearded man is depicted in a traditional… …
3Megara Hyblaea — Coordinates: 37°12′14″N 15°10′55″E / 37.2039°N 15.1819°E / 37.2039; 15.1819 For other ancient cities named Hybla in Sicily …
4Sicily — • The largest island in the Mediterranean Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sicily Sicily † …
5Catania — /kah tah nyah/, n. a seaport in E Sicily. 400,242. * * * City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 306,464), Sicily, Italy. It was founded by Greeks in 729 BC at the foot of Mount Etna on the Gulf of Catania. Taken by the Romans in the First Punic War (263 BC),… …
6Naxos (Sicily) — Naxos or Naxus (Ancient Greek Νάξος), was an ancient city of Sicily, on the east coast of the island between Catana (modern Catania) and Messana (modern Messina). It was situated on a low point of land at the mouth of the river Acesines (modern… …
7Philip II — 1. ( Philip of Macedon ) 382 336 B.C., king of Macedonia 359 336 (father of Alexander the Great). 2. ( Philip Augustus ) 1165 1223, king of France 1180 1223. 3. 1527 98, king of Spain 1556 98 (husband of Mary I). * * * I French Philippe known as… …
85th century BC — The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC.OverviewThis century saw the beginning of a period of philosophical brilliance among Western civilizations, particularly the Greeks which would continue all the… …
9Magna Graecia — /mag neuh gree shee euh/; Lat. /mahg nah grdduy ki ah / the ancient colonial cities and settlements of Greece in S Italy. * * * (Latin; Great Greece ) Group of ancient Greek cities along the coast of southern Italy. Euboeans founded the first… …
10Naxos — /nak sos, sohs, seuhs/; Gk. /nah ksaws/, n. a Greek island in the S Aegean: the largest of the Cyclades group. 14,201; 169 sq. mi. (438 sq. km). * * * Largest island (pop., 1991: 14,838) of the Cyclades, Greece. It is about 22 mi (35 km) long and …
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