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    The town of Pylos has 2,568 inhabitants, the municipal unit of Pylos 4,559 (2021). The municipal unit has an area of 143.911 km2. Pylos has been inhabited...
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    Antilochus (/ænˈtɪləkəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίλοχος Antílokhos) was a prince of Pylos and one of the Achaeans in the Trojan War. Antilochus was the son of King...
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    The naval Battle of Pylos took place in 425 BC during the Peloponnesian War at the peninsula of Pylos, on the present-day Bay of Navarino in Messenia...
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    Nestor (mythology) (category Kings of Pylos)
    (Ancient Greek: Νέστωρ Γερήνιος, Nestōr Gerēnios) was a legendary king of Pylos. He is a prominent secondary character in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, where...
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  • (Ancient Greek: Πεισίστρατος, romanized: Peisistratos) was a prince of Pylos in Messenia. Pisistratus was the youngest son of King Nestor either by Eurydice...
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  • Warrior Tomb near the Palace of Nestor in Pylos and is dated to about 1450 BCE. The seal has come to be known as Pylos Combat Agate. The seal is noted for its...
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    site of ancient Pylos in 1939 and uncovered tablets inscribed in Linear B. They were fired in the conflagration that destroyed Pylos about 1200 BC, at...
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    Kalamata) Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia - Pylos) Greek National Road 82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparti) The main railways in Messenia (meter...
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    seat of the municipality is the town Pylos. The municipality has an area of 554.265 km2. The municipality Pylos-Nestoras was formed at the 2011 local...
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  • Perseus (/ˈpɜːrsiəs, -sjuːs/; Ancient Greek: Περσεύς) was a prince of Pylos in Messenia. Perseus was the son of King Nestor either by Eurydice or Anaxibia...
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  • In Greek mythology, according to Homer's Odyssey, Eurydice (/jʊəˈrɪdɪsi/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη, Eurydikē "wide justice", derived from ευρυς eurys "wide"...
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    abbreviated as EO82) is a single carriageway road in southern Greece. It connects Pylos with Sparti via Kalamata. It passes through the regional units Messenia...
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    Tiryns and Pylos were erected on the summits of hills or rocky outcrops, dominating the immediate surroundings. The best preserved are found in Pylos and Tiryns...
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  • berkeley.edu. "Teacher sheet" (PDF). en.gigamic.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pylos (board game). Pylos at BoardGameGeek...
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  • Amphion by Niobe. Chloris was said to have married Neleus and become queen in Pylos. They had twelve sons including Nestor, Alastor and Chromius - named in...
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    castle (Greek: Παλαιό Ναυαρίνο) is a 13th-century Frankish fortress near Pylos, Greece. It is one of two castles guarding the bay on which it sits; the...
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  • 2023 Messenia migrant boat disaster (category History of Pylos)
    Did It: Investigating the Pylos Shipwreck". gijn.org. Retrieved 30 January 2024. "Greece: 6 Months On, No Justice for Pylos Shipwreck". Amnesty International...
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  • details of the artifact visible only under magnification. Known as the Pylos Combat Agate, the seal was encrusted in limestone, and it took researchers...
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    information given by the tablets found at Pylos and Knossos is insufficient. Poseidon was the chief deity at Pylos and Thebes. He is identified with Anax...
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  • Griffin Warrior Tomb (category Pylos)
    Bronze Age shaft tomb dating to around 1450 BC, near the ancient city of Pylos in Greece. The grave was discovered by a research team sponsored by the...
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  • a reign of 8 years. He is succeeded by his designated heir Melanthus of Pylos, a fifth-generation descendant of Neleus who had reportedly assisted him...
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    these posts was near Pylos on a tiny island called Sphacteria, where the first war turned in Athens's favor. The post off Pylos exploited Sparta's dependence...
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  • (/ˌθræsɪˈmiːdiz/; Ancient Greek: Θρασυμήδης means 'bold of thought') was a prince of Pylos and a participant in the Trojan War. Thrasymedes was the oldest son of King...
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    Dōrieus, occurs in the Linear B tablets at Pylos, one of the regions later invaded and subjugated by the Dorians. Pylos tablet Fn867 records it in the dative...
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    though evidence for their direct participation is minimal. Evidence from Pylos suggests that the wánax was in possession of weapons specifically indicated...
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    The Mycenaean city of Pylos has been identified with the modern site of Ano Englianos, in western Messenia. Excavations at Pylos and Nichoria have revealed...
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  • about his ancestor Melampous. Melampous was a wealthy man from Pylos, but he left Pylos fleeing Neleus who held his possessions by force for a year. During...
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  • In Greek mythology, Pylas (Ancient Greek: Πύλας), also called Pylon or Pylos, was a king of Megara and successor of his father Cteson, son of Lelex. After...
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    down a revolt in Sicily. Due to a storm, Demosthenes instead landed at Pylos in the Peloponnese. In order to keep busy, his soldiers impulsively fortified...
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    distinguished himself in the assault on the Athenian position at the Battle of Pylos, during which he was severely wounded. In 424 BC, while Brasidas mustered...
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