The Ionians (/aɪˈoʊniənz/; Greek: Ἴωνες, Íōnes, singular Ἴων, Íōn) were one of the four major tribes that the Greeks considered themselves to be divided...
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enthroned King George I, apart from Parga, which had been sold to Ali Pasha of Ioannina in 1819. Before the French Revolutionary Wars, the Ionian Islands...
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Ionian Islands (Modern Greek: Ιόνια νησιά, Ionia nisia; Ancient Greek, Katharevousa: Ἰόνιαι Νῆσοι, Ionioi Nēsoi) are a group of islands in the Ionian...
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Laertes (redirect from King Allwoes)
Laertes may refer to: Laertes (father of Odysseus), Ionian king and the father of Odysseus in Greek mythology Laertes (Hamlet), son of Polonius and brother...
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rebellion against the Persian king Darius the Great. In 498 BC, supported by troops from Athens and Eretria, the Ionians marched on, captured, and burnt...
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The Ionian Sea (Modern Greek: Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, romanized: Iónio Pélagos, IPA: [iˈoni.o ˈpelaɣos]; Italian: Mar Ionio or Mar Jonio, IPA: [mar ˈjɔːnjo]; Albanian:...
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Ionia (section Ionian League)
northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements[citation needed]. Never a unified state, it was named after the Ionians who had settled in the...
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twelve small communities during the reign of Cecrops, the legendary Ionian king of Athens. Strabo assigns these the names of Cecropia, Tetrapolis, Epacria...
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Ionic order (redirect from Ionian order)
well as the southwestern coastland and islands of Asia Minor settled by Ionians, where Ionic Greek was spoken. The Ionic order column was being practiced...
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with the army which was attached to him, and whence he expelled the Ionian king, Pityreus. His brothers-in-law, however, who begrudged him the possession...
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The Ionian Islands were an overseas possession of the Republic of Venice from the mid-14th century until the late 18th century. The conquest of the islands...
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Cephalonia (category Islands of the Ionian Islands (region))
known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (Κεφαλληνία), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th largest island in Greece after Crete...
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future of the Ionian Islands. He recommended that the Ionian Islands remain under British protection. However, when the Bavarian-born King of Greece, Otto...
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Greco-Persian Wars (redirect from The Ionian Revolt)
Minor into rebellion against the Persians. This was the beginning of the Ionian Revolt, which would last until 493 BC, progressively drawing more regions...
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Ithaca (island) (category Populated places in the Ionian Islands (region))
Ancient Greek: Ἰθάκη, Ithakē [i.tʰá.kɛː]) is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental...
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Corfu (section Ionian Academy)
romanized: Kérkyra, pronounced [ˈcercira] ) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the...
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The Ionian Mission is the eighth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1981. The story is set during the...
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Order of St Michael and St George (category British King's Counsel)
the Ionian Islands, which had come under British control in 1814 and had been granted their own constitution as the United States of the Ionian Islands...
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Isola Bella (Sicily) (category Ionian Sea)
southern Italy. Also known as The Pearl of the Ionian Sea, it is located within a small bay on the Ionian Sea; it was a private property, for a time owned...
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Treaty of London (1864) (redirect from Accession of the Ionian Islands to Greece)
in 1864 resulted in the United Kingdom ceding the United States of the Ionian Islands to Greece. Britain had held an amical protectorate over the islands...
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(Ancient Greek: Φώκαια, Phókaia; modern-day Foça in Turkey) was an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia. Greek colonists from Phocaea...
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George I of Greece (redirect from George I, King of Hellenes)
the British government would cede the Ionian Islands to Greece in honor of the new monarch. The new 17-year-old king toured Saint Petersburg, London and...
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Ephesus (category Ionian League)
He was a successful warrior, and as a king he was able to join the twelve cities of Ionia together into the Ionian League. During his reign the city began...
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Aristagoras (category Ionian Revolt)
tyrant of the Ionian city of Miletus in the late 6th century BC and early 5th century BC. He acted as one of the instigators of the Ionian Revolt against...
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Zakynthos (category Ionian Islands)
Latinized as Zacynthus) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands, with an area of 405.55 km2 (156.6 sq mi)...
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The First period of French rule in the Ionian Islands (Greek: Πρώτη Γαλλοκρατία των Επτανήσων) lasted from June 1797 to March 1799. Following the fall...
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Ionic Greek (redirect from Ionian Greek)
Ionic or Ionian Greek (Ancient Greek: Ἰωνική, romanized: Iōnikḗ) was a subdialect of the Eastern or Attic–Ionic dialect group of Ancient Greek. The Ionic...
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Battle of Lade (category Ionian Revolt)
whole of Ionia into rebellion against the Persian king Darius the Great. Initially, in 498 BC, the Ionians went on the offensive, supported by troops from...
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List of kings of Greece (redirect from King of Greece)
territory", hoping that the election of Alfred as king would also result in the incorporation of the Ionian Islands, which were then a British protectorate...
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Darius the Great (redirect from King Darius I of Persia)
subjugate Greece and punish Athens and Eretria for their participation in the Ionian Revolt. Although his campaign ultimately resulted in failure at the Battle...
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