The Pleistos (Greek: Πλείστος, Ancient Greek: Πλεῖστος, Latin: Pleistus) is a river in central Greece. It drains the Pleistos valley, named after it,...
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Amphissa-Arachova fault system, containing the Delphi fault, and creating the Pleistos rift valley. Further west is the Mornos fault, creating the Mornos rift...
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used in archaeology. The name is a combination of Ancient Greek πλεῖστος (pleîstos) 'most' and καινός (kainós; Latinized as cænus) 'new'. At the end of the...
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Quaternary (redirect from Pleisto-Holocene)
The Quaternary (/kwəˈtɜːrnəri, ˈkwɒtərnɛri/ kwə-TUR-nə-ree, KWOT-ər-nerr-ee) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in...
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Granitsiotis (near Granitsa) Evinos (near Missolonghi) Mornos (near Nafpaktos) Pleistos, near Kirra Peloponnese Elissonas (in Dimini) Fonissa (near Xylokastro)...
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million years ago 2.5683 Coined in the early 1830s from Greek πλεῖστος (pleîstos) 'most' and καινός (kainós) 'new' Pliocene 5.33 to 2.58 million years ago...
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his version of events, Solon of Athens diverted the course of the River Pleistos to avoid through Kirrha but the enemy was able to get enough water from...
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Agios Vasileios, Aktaio All tributaries are listed west to east. Mornos Pleistos Selemnos Volinaios Foinikas Selinountas Vouraikos Krathis Krios Zacholitikos...
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(Corycian Cave) Corycian cave, Delphi, Phocis daughters of the river god Pleistos • Kleodora (or Cleodora) Mt. Parnassus, Phocis mother of Parnassus by Poseidon...
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on the southern slope of Mount Parnassus, above the valley of the river Pleistos. The municipal unit has an area of 139.448 km2. Arachova is located 8 km...
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Corycian Nymphs Corycian cave, Delphi, Phocis daughters of the river god Pleistos • Kleodora (or Cleodora) Mt. Parnassus, Phocis mother of Parnassus by Poseidon...
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mountains of the Desfina Peninsula on the south. The pass is of the river Pleistos, running from east to west, forming a natural boundary across the north...
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mentioned the Phaedriades when describing the site, a narrow valley of the Pleistos (today Xeropotamos) formed by Parnassos and Mount Cirphis. Between them...
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Parnassus in Phocis. Corycia's father was the local river-god Kephisos or Pleistos of northern Boeotia. With Apollo, she became the mother of Lycorus (Lyrcorus)...
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municipal unit of Itea, to which it is adjacent. Kirra is the point where the Pleistos river meets the Gulf of Iteas, a bay of the Gulf of Corinth. In ancient...
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Delphi Δελφοί Municipality Village of Delphi, Pleistos Valley and the Gulf of Corinth in the background Delphi Location within the region Coordinates:...
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– — – 800 — – — – 1200 — – — – 1600 — – — – 2000 — Cenozoic Quaternary Pleisto Holocene "Upper" Greenlandian Northgrippian Meghalayan Ages of the...
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scientific name Panthera tigris spelaea. Some authors regard the larger Middle Pleisto Results from morphological studies showed that it is distinct in cranial...
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Melaena's father was one of the local river gods, either Kephisos or Pleistos of northern Boeotia. In another account, she was called the daughter of...
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Helladic (Middle Bronze Age) period, and the Desfina Peninsula as well as the Pleistos river valley were populated during the Mycenaean Period (Late Bronze Age)...
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Cocytus Phyllis ✓ Apollonius Thynia, Anatolia * Peneus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Thessaly ✓ Pleistos ✓ Apollonius Phocis * Porpax ✓ Aelian Sicily * Rhesus ✓ ✓ Rhesus (Ancient...
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– — – 800 — – — – 1200 — – — – 1600 — – — – 2000 — Cenozoic Quaternary Pleisto Holocene "Upper" Greenlandian Northgrippian Meghalayan Ages of the...
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– — – 800 — – — – 1200 — – — – 1600 — – — – 2000 — Cenozoic Quaternary Pleisto Holocene "Upper" Greenlandian Northgrippian Meghalayan Ages of the...
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"many times", πολλαπλάσιος/πολυπλάσιος, πλείων (pleíōn) "more", πλεῖστος (pleîstos) "most", πολλοστός (pollostós) hoi polloi, pollakanth, polyadic, polyandry...
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"many times", πολλαπλάσιος/πολυπλάσιος, πλείων (pleíōn) "more", πλεῖστος (pleîstos) "most", πολλοστός (pollostós) hoi polloi, pollakanth, polyadic, polyandry...
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hellebore roots to poison the water in an aqueduct leading from the River Pleistos around 590 BC during the siege of Kirrha. The earliest archaeological evidence...
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the siege of Kirrha, Solon of Athens added hellebore to the water of the Pleistos and let it flow into Kirrha. Solon of Athens 1941-1945 Unknown 200 Unknown...
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Greek adjective, according to the most approved reading, is πλεῖστος, pleistos, the superlative of πολὺς, polus, and should be rendered 'a very great'...
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America Coordinates 20°S 68°W / 20°S 68°W / -20; -68 Type Former lake Pleisto- Holocene glacial lake 72,600–7200 BP Part of Altiplano Primary inflows...
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Piacenza Πλάταια Plátaia Πλάταια Plátaia ˈplatea Plataea Πλειστός Pleistós Πλειστός Pleistós plisˈtos Pleistus Πλούτων Ploútōn Πλούτωνας Ploútonas ˈplutonas...
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