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    Priene (Ancient Greek: Πριήνη, romanized: Priēnē; Turkish: Prien) was an ancient Greek city of Ionia (and member of the Ionian League) located at the base...
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    The Priene calendar inscription (IK Priene 14) is an inscription in stone recovered at Priene (an ancient Greek city, in Western Turkey) that records...
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  • Priene inscription may refer to: Priene inscription of Alexander the Great (c. 330 BC) Alexander the Great's edict to Priene (334 BC, but inscribed in...
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    sculptor of the 4th century BC. He designed the Temple of Athena Polias at Priene and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, which was regarded in antiquity among...
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    BC) of Priene was a Greek sage. He is widely accepted as one of the Seven Sages of Greece and was renowned for his probity. Bias was born at Priene (modern-day...
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    Amazons (redirect from Priene (Amazon))
    Amazons who held the most important commands under her, Cyme, Pitane, and Priene. Both Justin in his Epitome of Trogus Pompeius and Paulus Orosius give an...
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    The Temple of Athena Polias in Priene was an Ionic Order temple located northwest of Priene’s agora, inside the sanctuary complex. It was dedicated to...
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  • Great issued an edict, probably in the summer of 334 BC, to the city of Priene. On the Temple of Athena Polias a section of the edict was inscribed across...
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    The Priene Synagogue is a former ancient Jewish synagogue, that was discovered in the modern-day town of Priene in Güllübahçe, Söke, in the Aydın Province...
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  • Hermogenes of Priene (late 3rd - early 2nd century BC) was a Hellenistic architect, best known for designing a temple of Artemis Leukophryene (Artemision)...
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    Species within the genus Priene include: Priene scabrum (King, 1832) Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858. WoRMS (2010). Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858...
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    Panionion. These twelve cities were (from south to north): Miletus, Myus, Priene, Ephesus, Colophon, Lebedos, Teos, Erythrae, Clazomenae and Phocaea, together...
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    The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene. Its elevated tomb structure is derived from the tombs of neighbouring Lycia...
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    The Priene inscription is a dedicatory inscription by Alexander the Great, which was discovered at the Temple of Athena Polias in Priene (modern Turkey)...
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    Archelaus of Priene (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχέλαος) was a Greek sculptor who lived close to 300 BC in Priene. He is remembered for his apotheosis of Homer,...
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    mine I carry with me") is a quote that Cicero ascribes to Bias of Priene. Bias of Priene, one of the Seven Sages of Greece, is said to make the statement...
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    govern with the support of the common people, whom he favoured. Bias of Priene (fl.  6th century BCE) was a politician and legislator of the 6th century...
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    Western find of a money box dates from the 2nd century BC Greek colony Priene, Asia Minor, and features the shape of a miniature Greek temple with a slit...
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    Priene scabrum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons. The...
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    Excavations were underway in the areas of ancient Babylon, Uruk, Assur, Miletus, Priene and ancient Egypt, and objects from these sites could not be properly displayed...
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    figurine given this label is the Priene type, so named because of examples found at the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Priene. These date from the third to...
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    being Chios, Samos, Phocaea, Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, Ephesus, Priene, Myus, and Miletus). It is located at the south coast of Smyrna Gulf, Ionia...
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    at Priene, inscribed on two sides. The inscription on the front records the gift of funds from Alexander the Great to complete the temple." "Priene Inscription"...
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  • Fusitriton retiolus is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae. This species occurs in: Australia New...
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    conquer neighbouring regions. 1000 BC—World population: 50,000,000 1000 BC—Priene, Western Anatolia is founded. c. 1000 BC—Hungarian separates from its closest...
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  • of the city of Priene to change their calendar so that it begins on the birthday of Augustus, the first day of the good news. The Priene inscription is...
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  • (Ναύλοχον), was a town of ancient Ionia. It was supposed to be the port of Priene but perhaps it was an autonomous city at least during part of the fourth...
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    (Italy) Philippopolis (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) – Bouleuterion of Philippopolis Priene (Güllübahçe Turun, Turkey) Messene (Messini, Greece) Termessos (Güllük Dağı...
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    an important location commercially and strategically in the triangle of Priene, Ephesus and Tralles. The city was named Magnesia, after the Magnetes from...
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  • Myron of Priene was the author of an historical account of the First Messenian War, from the taking of Ampheia to the death of Aristodemus. The dates of...
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