Ancient Aethiopia, (Greek: Αἰθιοπία, romanized: Aithiopía) first appears as a geographical term in classical documents in reference to skin color of inhabitants...
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Cepheus (father of Andromeda) (redirect from Cepheus, King of Aethiopia)
-fjuːs/; Ancient Greek: Κηφεύς Kepheús) was the name of two rulers of Aethiopia, grandfather and grandson. Cepheus was the son of either Belus, Agenor...
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Scythia) to very dark (associated with populations from sub-Saharan Africa (Aethiopia). People described with words meaning "black", or as Aethiopes, are occasionally...
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Cassiopeia (mother of Andromeda) (redirect from Cassiopeia (Queen of Aethiopia))
Cassiepeia (Κασσιέπεια Kassiépeia), a figure in Greek mythology, was Queen of Aethiopia and wife of King Cepheus of Ethiopia. She was arrogant and vain, characteristics...
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Elaea or Elaia (Greek: Ελαία) is an ancient harbor town on the African coast of the Red Sea or the Gulf of Aden. The harbor is mentioned by Strabo (xvi...
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Aethiopia is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species: Aethiopia elongata Aurivillius, 1911 Aethiopia lesnei Breuning...
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eccl., 2, 40), Matthias first preached the Gospel in Judaea, then in Aethiopia (by the region of Colchis, now in modern-day Georgia) and was crucified...
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crocuta, leucrocotta, or leucrotta is a mythical dog-wolf of India or Aethiopia, linked to the hyena and said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs. Strabo...
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Aethiopia tanganjicae is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1964. BioLib.cz - Aethiopia. Retrieved...
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Aethiopia lesnei is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1948. BioLib.cz - Aethiopia. Retrieved...
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Aethiopia elongata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1911. BioLib.cz - Aethiopia...
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Aethiopia rufescens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1913. BioLib.cz - Aethiopia...
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Aethiopia paratanganjicae is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1971. BioLib.cz - Aethiopia. Retrieved...
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romanized: Androméda or Ἀνδρομέδη, Andromédē) is the daughter of Cepheus, the king of Aethiopia, and his wife, Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia boasts that she (or Andromeda)...
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mountains. On the way back to Seriphos, Perseus stopped in the kingdom of Aethiopia. This mythical Ethiopia was ruled by King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia...
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Aethiopia lineolata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1939. BioLib.cz - Aethiopia. Retrieved...
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Cynurus, and two daughters, Gorgophone, and Autochthe. Perses was left in Aethiopia and was believed to have become an ancestor of the Persians. The other...
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Arsinoe (Eritrea) (redirect from Arsinoe, Aethiopia)
Arsinoe (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη), sometimes called Arsinoe Epidires, was an ancient city of the Avalitæ, at Dire promontory in Eritrea, north of Berenice...
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Cush is identified in the Bible with the Kingdom of Kush or ancient Aethiopia. The Cushitic languages are named after Cush. Cush is a Hebrew name that...
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Lepidochrysops aethiopia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Malawi, Zambia and northern Mozambique. The habitat consists of deciduous...
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by present-day northern Sudan and southern Egypt, was referred to as "Aethiopia" ("land of the burnt face") by the Greeks. Nubia in her greatest phase...
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1. -7: 3. 1804. Harris, William Cornwallis (1844). The Highlands of Aethiopia: In Three Volumes. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. p. 233. Society...
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Lapiths Lotus-eaters Myrmidons Pygmies Spartoi Telchines Places / Realms Aethiopia Ara Colchis Erytheia Hyperborea Ismarus Ithaca Libya Nysa Ogygia Panchaia...
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was located at Meroë, during which time it was known by the Greeks as Aethiopia. From the third century BC to the third century AD, the northernmost part...
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Western historians disbelieve Ethiopians and instead claim the word "Aethiopia" must be of Western, specifically Greek, origin. Greek historian Herodotus...
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the 20th century called Abyssinia. Ethiopia, Etiopia or Aethiopia may also refer to: Aethiopia, Classical Greek term for parts of North Africa or the northern...
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intransitive "to burn, to shine" (related is the name Aithiopes (Ethiopians; see Aethiopia), meaning "people with a burnt (black) visage"). In Plato's Timaeus (58d)...
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at first described as inhabitants of ancient Libya or the Nile system (Aethiopia). Later traditions confined their habitat to a particular island in the...
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recruited the nine Muses, along with the satyrs, while passing through Aethiopia, before embarking on a tour of all Asia and Europe, teaching the arts...
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