question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Messene (Greek: Μεσσήνη 𐀕𐀼𐀙 Messini), officially Ancient Messene, is a local community within the regional...
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Messene is an ancient town in Messenia, Greece. Messene may also mean: Messini, a modern town in Messenia, Greece Messina, a city in Sicily named after...
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In Greek mythology, Messene (/mɪˈsiːni/; Ancient Greek: Μεσσήνη) was the daughter of Triopas, king of Argos (or, alternately, daughter of Phorbas and...
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In Greek mythology, Aphareus (Ancient Greek: Ἀφαρεύς), was a Messenian king. Aphareus was the son of Gorgophone and Perieres and brother of Leucippus....
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The Hermes of Messene (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμῆς τῆς Μεσσήνης) is a large ancient Roman statue of the god Hermes, the Greek god of trade, commerce and messenger...
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In Greek mythology, Lynceus (/ˈlɪnsiːəs, -sjuːs/; Ancient Greek: Λυγκεύς, romanized: Lunkeús, lit. 'lynx-like') is a Messenian prince and one of the Argonauts...
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Aristocles of Messene (/əˈrɪstəˌkliːz/; Greek: Ἀριστοκλῆς ὁ Μεσσήνιος), in Sicily, was a Peripatetic philosopher, who probably lived in the 1st century...
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Lynceus took the cattle with them to Messene. The Dioscuri however, feeling cheated out, marched against Messene, and took the cattle back. As they lay...
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Leucippus (son of Perieres) (redirect from Leucippus of Messene)
In Greek mythology, Leucippus (Ancient Greek: Λεύκιππος Leukippos) was a Messenian prince. The Boeotian town of Leuctra is said to have derived its name...
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early 5th century BC Anaxilas of Rhegium renamed it Messene (Μεσσήνη) in honour of the Greek city Messene (See also List of traditional Greek place names)...
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Messini (redirect from Messene Province)
with its ancient namesake, Messene, located 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) to the north in the shadow of Mount Ithome. Ancient Messene is an equally large but...
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important archaeological sites, such as the Palace of Nestor, Ancient Messene, and the Venetian castles of Pylos, Koroni, Methoni and Kalamata, as well...
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The Battle of Messene took place in 397 BC in Sicily. Carthage, in retaliation for the attack on Motya by Dionysius, had sent an army under Himilco, to...
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Lucas's Messene Redeemed (1940) is a verse drama or long poem (some 900 lines), based on Pausanias, about the struggle for independence of ancient Messene against...
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Sicily, Africa and elsewhere to return to their country. The city of Messene was founded in 369 BC to be the capital of the country and, like Megalopolis...
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Alcaeus of Messene (/ælˈsiːəs/; Greek: Ἀλκαῖος ὁ Μεσσήνιος) was an ancient Greek poet, who flourished between 219 and 196 BC. Twenty-two of his short...
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the southern side. The line was opened in 1892 and linked Kalamata with Messene where a station building and a freight yard were built. It was closed in...
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encouraged him to clash with Rome. Demetrius remained there until his death at Messene in 214 BC while attempting to take the city. Demetrius, described as Greek...
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Eileithyia (section Messene)
(Eleuthyia) in Crete, also Ἐλευθία (Eleuthia) or Ἐλυσία (Elysia) in Laconia and Messene, and Ἐλευθώ (Eleuthō) in literature) was the Greek goddess of childbirth...
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did not specify whether he came from the Peloponnesian or the Sicilian Messene, which was an ancient Greek colony. Other ancient testimonies placed his...
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Dicaearchus (redirect from Dicaearchus of Messene)
History of literature, music, art and culture. Fasc. 9 Dikaiarchos of Messene No. 1400. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2018. ISBN 9789004357419 Wehrli, F., Dikaiarchos...
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a revival of interest in his career when he worked in a duo with Jimmy Messene in Radio Stars with Two Guitars on the London stage. It was his last venture...
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Herma with the head of Herakles (Hermherakles). Museum of Ancient Messene, Greece...
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(physician) (fl. 1st century) physician of Ancient Greece Aristocles of Messene (fl. 2nd century), Peripatetic philosopher Aristocles, a Stoic philosopher...
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Phoebe (daughter of Leucippus) (redirect from Phoebe of Messene)
In Greek mythology, Phoebe (/ˈfiːbi/ FEE-bee; Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized: Phoíbē, associated with φοῖβος phoîbos, "shining") was a Messenian princess...
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associated with Hermes. It was used to mark boundaries and crossroads in ancient Greece, and thought to ward off evil. Museum of Ancient Messene, Greece....
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/ˌfɪləˈpiːmən/ (Greek: Φιλοποίμην Philopoímēn; 253 BC, Megalopolis – 183 BC, Messene) was a skilled Greek general and statesman, who was Achaean strategos on...
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towards Jason and Medea Cres, an early Cretan king Cresphontes, a king of Messene and descendant of Heracles Cretheus, founder-king of Iolcus Criasus, a...
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October 2020. Winiarczyk, Marek (2013). The "Sacred History" of Euhemerus of Messene. Translated by Zbirohowski-Kościa, Witold. Berlin: Walther de Gruyter....
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mythology, Perieres (Ancient Greek: Περιήρης) was the 'overbold' king of Messene, an ancient polis in southern Peloponnese. Perieres' parentage and offspring...
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