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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 an ancient synagogue located in Priene, Turkey. The synagogue was discovered by archaeologists Theodor Wiegand and Hans Schrader...
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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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Archelaus of Priene (Greek: Ἀρχέλαος) was a Greek sculptor who lived close to 300 BC in Priene. He is remembered for his apotheosis of Homer, a marble...
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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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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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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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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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govern with the support of the common people, whom he favoured. Bias of Priene (fl. 6th century BC) was a politician and legislator of the 6th century...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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promontory enclosed by the Aegean Sea. Geopolitically it was part of Ionia with Priene placed on the coast on the south flank of the mountain and Miletus on the...
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Fusitriton retiolus (redirect from Priene retiolum)
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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Hermogenes (philosopher) (fl. c. 400 BC), Greek philosopher Hermogenes of Priene (fl. c. 200 BC), Greek architect Hermogenes (fl. c. 64), in 2 Timothy 1...
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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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Greek architect from Paros in the 4th century BC. Along with Pythius of Priene, he designed and oversaw the construction of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus...
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However, it is mentioned in a long inscription of Priene, which records a land settlement case between Priene and Samos for the possession of lands formerly...
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