afterwards the Thesprotians and Molossians controlled the region. The Thesprotians, the Chaonians, and the Molossians were the three principal clusters...
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were dogs that were kept by the ancient Greek tribe and kingdom of the Molossians, who inhabited the region of Epirus. The Molossus were famous throughout...
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Illyrians under Bardyllis in attacking the Molossians of Epirus. They ravaged the region and killed 15,000 Molossians, and Alcetas regained his throne. He joined...
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emerged in Epirus. These were the Chaonians of northwestern Epirus, the Molossians in the center, and the Thesprotians in the south. The region inhabited...
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ancient Greek tribe, akin to the Molossians, inhabiting the kingdom of Thesprotis in Epirus. Together with the Molossians and the Chaonians, they formed...
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Pyrrhus of Epirus (redirect from Molossian king of Epirus Pyrrhus)
Greek king and statesman of the Hellenistic period. He was king of the Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house, and later he became king (Malalas also called...
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Olympias (category Ancient Molossians)
Olympias (Greek: Ὀλυμπιάς; c. 375–316 BC) was a Greek princess of the Molossians, the eldest daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the sister of Alexander...
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Republic of Molossia (redirect from Valora (Molossian Currency))
Kevin Baugh, president of the Republic of Molossia Wikinews interviews Molossian president Kevin Baugh on his country's recent intermicronational summit...
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(Ancient Greek: Ἀρύββας or Ἀρύβας; ruled 370–343/2 BC) was a king of the Molossians. Arybbas was a son of Alcetas I, brother of Neoptolemus I and grandfather...
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Alexander I of Epirus (redirect from Alexander the Molossian)
Alexander I of Epirus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Α'; c. 370 BC – 331 BC), also known as Alexander Molossus (Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μολοσσός), was a king of Epirus...
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Oneiros. He became the mythical progenitor of the ruling dynasty of the Molossians of ancient Epirus. In a reference to his pedigree, Neoptolemus was sometimes...
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List of cities in ancient Epirus (redirect from Cities of the Molossians)
belong to the Thesprotians, but afterwards fell into the hands of the Molossians; and he is herein confirmed by Strabo." An Inventory of Archaic and Classical...
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320 BC (firstly as the Molossian League in 370 BC), which helped unify the three main Greek tribes of Epirus (i.e., Molossians, Thesprotians, and Chaonians)...
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with her brother, King Alexander I of Epirus in Dodona, capital of the Molossians. He continued to Illyria where he sought refuge with one or more Illyrian...
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the origin of the Molossian or Epirotic tribes. [...] a proper dialect of Greek, like the dialects spoken by Dorians and Molossians. ... The western mountains...
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Admetus of Epirus (redirect from Admetus, king of the Molossians)
Admetus (Άδμητος; c. 470-430 BC) was king of the ancient Greek tribe of the Molossians at the time that Themistocles (524–459 BC) was the effective ruler of...
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whole, is rugged and mountainous. It comprises the land of the ancient Molossians and Thesprotians and a small part of the land of the Chaonians, the greater...
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Enchelae, Pelagones, and Lyncestae; the latter two are generally regarded as Molossian tribes of the northwestern Greek group, whilst the former two are considered...
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marry her ex-brother-in-law Helenus and live with him in "the land of the Molossians", where her son Molossus will start "an unbroken succession of kings who...
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expelled from his land by the Molossian pro-Spartan party and exiled in Syracuse. The Illyrians, after invading the Molossians, invaded the Macedonians, making...
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Tharrhypas (Greek: Θαρύπας, 430 - 392 BC) was a king of the Molossians and the great-great- grandfather of Alexander the Great.[citation needed] He is...
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Great Teucer Achilles king of Phthia ∞ Deidamia (mythology) Trambelus Neoptolemus/Pyrrhus king of Epirus ∞ Andromache Molossus king of Epirus MOLOSSIANS...
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Thebes, and the Spartans even had a shrine to Zeus Agamemnon. Ancient Molossian kings sacrificed to Zeus Areius (Αρειος). Strabo mention that at Tralles...
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the Epirote princess Olympias, who was the daughter of the king of the Molossians. Alexander was born in 356 BC, the same year as Philip's racehorse won...
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unearthed in Tarragona, Spain (195–199 AD) Jennings Dog, a statue of a Molossian guard dog, central Italy, (2nd century AD) Segment of a decorated marble...
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son of Neoptolemus and Andromache. He was the eponymous founder of the Molossians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the region of Epirus located in...
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the self-definitions of the Molossians and Thesprotians. According to Hernandez, among the Epirote tribes, the Molossians viewed their descent as a mixture...
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Fila da Terceira Rabo Torto Portugal to the 1970s Catch dog Molossus Molossian Hound Epirus Mastiff Southern Europe Classical antiquity War dog, guard...
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III as Eurypontid king of Sparta. As the Illyrians attack the Molossians, the Molossian king Arymbas brings his non-combatant people to safety elsewhere...
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was a northwestern Greek kingdom in the western Balkans ruled by the Molossian Aeacidae dynasty. Epirus was an ally of Macedon during the reigns of Philip II...
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