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  • 11Pergamum — Per•ga•mum [[t]ˈpɜr gə məm[/t]] n. 1) anh geg an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province 2) anh geg the ancient capital of this kingdom: now the site of Bergama, in W Turkey …

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  • 12Pergamum — /ˈpɜgəməm/ (say perguhmuhm) noun an ancient city in western Asia Minor, now Turkey; the capital of ancient Mysia …

  • 13Pergamum — noun an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; the technique of preparing sheepskins as parchment was developed here • Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center • Part Holonyms: ↑Turkey, ↑Republic …

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  • 14Library of Pergamum — in Pergamum, Turkey, was one of the most important libraries in the ancient world. The City of Pergamum Founded in the Hellenistic Age, Pergamum or Pergamom was an important ancient Greek city, located in Anatolia. It is now the site of the… …

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  • 15Galen Of Pergamum — ▪ Greek physician Introduction byname  of Greek Galenos,  Latin  Galenus  born AD 129, , Pergamum, Mysia, Anatolia [now Bergama, Tur.] died c. 216       Greek physician, writer, and philosopher who exercised a dominant influence on medical theory …

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  • 16Antipas of Pergamum — Infobox Saint name=Antipas of Pergamum birth date=unknown death date=ca. 92 feast day=11 April [cite web|url=http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/antipas.html|title= St Antipas of Pergamon|accessdate=2007 12 21] venerated in= imagesize=300px… …

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  • 17CHARAX OF PERGAMUM — (probably second half of the second century C.E.), writer of Asia Minor. In a passage extant in the geographical lexicon of the sixth century Stephanus of Byzantium (S.V. ʿΕβραῖοι), Charax states that the appellation Hebrew for the Jews stems… …

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  • 18Galen of Pergamum — (c. AD 129–199) Famous Greek physician and anatomist, although he also wrote as a philosopher. Galen s influence on medieval thought and medicine was second only to that of Aristotle, not so much for any philosophical doctrine but rather as an… …

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  • 19Claudius Galenus of Pergamum — n. Galen (131 201 A.D.), ancient Greek doctor and writer …

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  • 20ПЕРГАМ, (II) — •Pergămum, Πέργαμον, 1) город в Мисии, в прекраснейшей части области Тевфрании на Канке (Хеп. Anab. 7, 8, 8. Strab. 13, 623 слл. Liv. 37, 18), с которым в этом месте соединяются Селинунт и Кетей. На… …

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