Magnesia or Magnesia on the Maeander (Ancient Greek: Μαγνησία ἡ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ or Μαγνησία ἡ ἐπὶ Μαιάνδρῳ; Latin: Magnesia ad Maeandrum) was an ancient...
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Magnesia on the Maeander, an ancient Greek city in Anatolia Magnesia Prefecture, a former prefecture of Greece Magnesium oxide Periclase or magnesia,...
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founded the Asiatic cities of Magnesia ad Sipylum and Magnesia on the Maeander. The towns of Magnesia were: Aesonis, Aphetae, Boebe, Casthanaea, Cercinium...
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İzmir) on the river Hermus (now Gediz) at the foot of Mount Sipylus. The city should not be confused with its older neighbor, Magnesia on the Maeander, both...
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Twelve Olympians (redirect from The 12 Greek gods of olympus)
cults of the twelve gods, including Delos, Chalcedon, Magnesia on the Maeander, and Leontinoi in Sicily. As with the twelve Olympians, although the number...
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Χαράλαμπος) was an early Christian priest in Magnesia on the Maeander, a city in Asia Minor, in the diocese of the same name. His name Χαράλαμπος means glowing...
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known as Magnesia. Later, they participated in the Greek colonisation of Western Anatolia by founding two prosperous cities: Magnesia on the Maeander and Magnesia...
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Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch, and addressed to the church in Magnesia on the Maeander. It claims to have been written during Ignatius' transport...
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of Zeus. Oropos: Amphiareion of Oropos, dedicated to the hero Amphiaraos. Magnesia on the Maeander: Temple of Artemis Leucophryene, dedicated to Artemis...
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Archeptolis (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
Magnesia Archeptolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχέπτολις), also Archepolis, was a Governor of Magnesia on the Maeander in Ionia for the Achaemenid Empire circa...
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or the Amazonomachy on the temple of Artemis at Magnesia on the Maeander, both from the late 2nd century BC. Complex compositions visualised the back...
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Manisa (redirect from Magnesia, Turkey)
it from Magnesia on the Maeander at a relatively short distance to the south. Traditional view held that the name "Magnesia" derived from the tribe of...
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before the 7th century BC, under the names of Magnesia beside Sipylus in Lydia and Magnesia on the Maeander in Ionia. The word magnet comes from the Greek...
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Nysa on the Maeander (Greek: Νύσα or Νύσσα) was an ancient city and bishopric of Asia Minor, whose remains are in the Sultanhisar district of Aydın Province...
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Themistocles (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
made governor of the district of Magnesia on the Maeander River in Asia Minor, and assigned the revenues of three cities: Magnesia (about 50 talents...
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Zeus (redirect from Zeus the Greek god)
(Σωσίπολις; "City saviour"): There was a temple of Zeus Sosipolis at Magnesia on the Maeander Splanchnotomus ("Entrails cutter"), he was worshipped in Cyprus...
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Ionia (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
Priene. In the middle of the 7th century, the Cimmerii ravaged a great part of Asia Minor, including Lydia, and sacked Magnesia on the Maeander, but were...
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Otto Kern (category People from the Province of Saxony)
include: Die Gründungsgeschichte von Magnesia am Maiandros, 1894 – The founding history of Magnesia on the Maeander. Beiträge zur Geschichte der griechischen...
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of Magnesia (Greek: Βαθυκλής) was an Ionian sculptor of Magnesia on the Maeander. He was commissioned by the Spartans to make a marble throne for the statue...
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Sardis Synagogue (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
published. History of the Jews in Turkey Historic synagogues List of synagogues in Turkey Priene Synagogue Magnesia on the Maeander Synagogal Judaism Seager...
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The Diocese of Magnesia was an ancient Bishopric of Early Christianity. The seat of the bishopric was the town of Magnesia on the Maeander in western Turkey...
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Panhellenion (category 130s establishments in the Roman Empire)
Demetrias, Rhodes, Thessalonica, Magnesia on the Maeander, Eumeneia, Cyrene, as well the cities of Crete. The name was revived by the first governor of modern...
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Antioch on the Maeander or Antiochia on the Maeander (Greek: Ἀντιόχεια τοῦ Μαιάνδρου; Latin: Antiochia ad Maeandrum), earlier Pythopolis, was a city of...
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Antioch of Pisidia (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
the name of his father Antiochus.[citation needed] Colonists were brought from Magnesia on the Maeander to people the city of Pisidian Antioch (the Land...
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Troy (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
As a result, the archeological site that has been left is divided into nine layers, each corresponding to a city built on the ruins of the previous. Archaeologists...
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Romans returned it to Thasos. the city of Myus was disputed as a peraia between Miletus and Magnesia on the Maeander. the Perachora peninsula in Greece...
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Byzantium (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
well as the passage from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea. On May 29, 1453, the city was conquered by the Ottoman Turks, and again became the capital...
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Ortaklar (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
2 mi) to Germencik and 28 kilometres (17 mi) to Aydın. The ruins of ancient Magnesia on the Maeander are 4 km south of Ortaklar. It is a typical Aegean Region...
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Halicarnassus (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
located in southwest Caria, on an advantageous site on the Gulf of Gökova, which is now in Bodrum, Turkey. The city was famous for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus...
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Nicaea (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
Nicene emperors, who favoured Nymphaion and Magnesia on the Maeander, the period was a lively one in the city's history, with "frequent synods, embassies...
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