up Orontes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orontes (/ɔːˈrɒntiːz, oʊˈrɒn-/) may refer to: Orontes River, in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey Orontes, a mythological...

The Orontes (/ɔːˈrɒntiːz/; from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης, Oróntēs) or Nahr al-ʿĀṣī, or simply Asi (Arabic: العاصي, romanized: al-‘Āṣī, IPA: [alˈʕaːsˤiː];...

Oronsay, and Otranto (II). Orontes was the last of the "Orama" Class and great effort was taken to make the public rooms of Orontes the best of this class...

forcing Orontes to make peace with Evagoras in 380 BC. Artaxerxes II did not deem the conclusion of the war satisfactory, and as a result Orontes fell into...

Antioch on the Orontes (/ˈænti.ɒk/; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, romanized: Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou, pronounced [anti.ó.kʰeː.a]) was a Hellenistic...

have borne the name HMS Orontes: HMS Orontes (1813) was a 36-gun fifth rate, built as HMS Brilliant but renamed HMS Orontes in 1812 and launched in 1813...

instigated a revolt against Orontes, headed by Artaxias I. Aramaic inscriptions found at Armavir state that King Orontes IV died at the hands of his own...

of Armenia by Alexander. Orontes dying at Gaugamela has been contested; Diodorus and Polyaenus mention a man named Orontes, who was a Satrap of Armenia...

Orontes III (Old Persian: *Arvanta-) was King of Armenia. In his reign he struggled for control of the Kingdom of Sophene with king Antiochus II Theos...

RMS Orontes was a steam ocean liner of the Orient Steam Navigation Company that was launched in 1902 and scrapped in 1925. Orontes was a troop ship in...

Armenia following Orontes, from 344 to 336 BC. An Armenian contingent was present at the Battle of Gaugamela under the command of Orontes and a certain Mithraustes...

The Antakya minnow or Orontes golden barb, (Garra caudomaculata) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra. There is some confusion regarding...

the King chose as their general Orontes in charge of all branches of the administration. Those associating with Orontes do not appear to be the other men...

Orontes I Sakavakyats (Armenian: Երվանդ Ա Սակավակյաց) was a legendary king of Armenia, who was the personification of the Orontid dynasty. Orontes appears...

Yervand II), son of Orontes I, ruler of the Satrapy of Armenia Orontes III (native Armenian name Yervand III), King of Armenia Orontes IV (native Armenian...

same time channels were built to widen the Orontes and let it pass neatly through the city centre. The Orontes is joined in Antakya by the Hacı Kürüş stream...

The Orontes minnow (Pseudophoxinus kervillei) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria...

HMS Orontes (ship, 1862) at Wikimedia Commons Images of HMS Orontes (1862) at the National Maritime Museum William Rook Thomas Bush Hardy, HMS Orontes leaving...

the Orontes sportive loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus. This species is found in the headwaters of the Orontes River...

The Orontes himri (Carasobarbus chantrei) is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Syria and Turkey. Its natural habitats...

The Battle of the Orontes was fought on 15 September 994 between the Byzantines and their Hamdanid allies under Michael Bourtzes against the forces of...

(Greek: Ἀπάμεια, Apameia; Arabic: آفاميا, Afamia), on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city. It was the capital of Apamene...

Antioch on the Orontes (Syrian Antioch) was a Hellenistic city in the Seleucid, Roman, and Byzantine Empires, located near present-day Antakya in Turkey...

ancient city of the Levant on or near the headwaters or a ford of the Orontes River. It was of some importance during the Late Bronze Age and is mentioned...

that Orontes was one of the escorts of a fleet that had left St Thomas on 11 December 1814. On 18 February 1817, Lloyd's List reported that Orontes, just...

Heckel’s Orontes barbel or Levantine barbel (Luciobarbus pectoralis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Luciobarbus from the Orontes River basin...

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Alcides orontes is a moth of the family Uraniidae. It is known from the Maluku Islands, including Seram Island and Ambon Island. Kwon, Young Woo; Park...

Paracapoeta barroisi, also known as the Orontes scraper or Tigris barb, is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from the Near East. This species is up...

plains are an area of low hills around Hermel, through which runs the Orontes river and several wadis, which drain into the Homs basin. The area dominates...