name, no mention of it is found in the works of Thucydides, who says that Himera was the only Greek colony on this coast of the island. It is possible that...
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Studies 110 (1990:26-42). Pausanias (ix.2.3) reports that "Stesichorus of Himera says that the goddess cast a deer-skin round Actaeon to make sure that his...
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mix for DIS Magazine reflect various forms of marketing: producer ID tags, film trailers, and product placement for a sponsor. The label brings in inexperienced...
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repairing his battered fleet. The Carthaginians marched along the coast to Himera, making camp before engaging in battle against the forces of Syracuse and...
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Sicily (section Music and film)
important colony was in Syracuse; others grew up at Akragas, Selinunte, Gela, Himera and Zancle. The native Sicani and Sicel peoples became absorbed into the...
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clash against the Carthaginians, who ruled western Sicily. In the Battle of Himera, Gelo, who had allied with Theron of Agrigento, decisively defeated the...
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Temple of Juno Sospita Temple of Piety Temple of Spes Temple of Victory (Himera) Temple of Antoninus and Faustina Temple of Caesar Temple of Castor and...
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London in the 2009 film) Final Destination 5 (2011 film): The fictional North Bay Bridge collapses in the opening scene. The scene was filmed at the Lions Gate...
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from Palermo that Hamilcar I's fleet (which was defeated at the Battle of Himera) was launched. In 409 BC the city was looted by Hermocrates of Syracuse...
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of the First Persian invasion of Greece Siege of Paros (489 BC) Siege of Himera (480 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Potidaea (480 BC) – Second Persian invasion...
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lyric poet Ergoteles (5th century BC) Olympic runner of Knossos, migrant to Himera, Sicily. Kresilas (5th century BC) sculptor, famous for his "Pericles statue"...
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predominantly inhabited by the Afar Mudaito having the city is divided into Assa-himera, Galeya, Dar, Koorha, and Issa. Centuries prior the Issa dynasty of Aussa...
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on the island's eastern coast, but the Greeks prevailed at the Battle of Himera. A long struggle ensued with intermittent warfare between Syracuse led by...
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similar to that of the Missouri-Mississippi rivers. Another, the Samara/Himera Vallis system, is 1800 km long. Many of the long chains of lakes are found...
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a wetter climate, more groundwater, or some of each factor. The Samara/Himera lake-chain system is about 1800 km long; the Parara/Loire valley network...
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