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    afterwards the Thesprotians and Molossians controlled the region. The Thesprotians, the Chaonians, and the Molossians were the three principal clusters...
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    were dogs that were kept by the ancient Greek tribe and kingdom of the Molossians, who inhabited the region of Epirus. The Molossus were famous throughout...
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    Illyrians under Bardyllis in attacking the Molossians of Epirus. They ravaged the region and killed 15,000 Molossians, and Alcetas regained his throne. He joined...
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    emerged in Epirus. These were the Chaonians of northwestern Epirus, the Molossians in the center, and the Thesprotians in the south. The region inhabited...
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    Kevin Baugh, president of the Republic of Molossia Wikinews interviews Molossian president Kevin Baugh on his country's recent intermicronational summit...
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    Olympias (category Ancient Molossians)
    Olympias (Greek: Ὀλυμπιάς; c. 375–316 BC) was a Greek princess of the Molossians, the eldest daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the sister of Alexander...
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    Greek king and statesman of the Hellenistic period. He was king of the Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house, and later he became king (Malalas also called...
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    paralleled from the koinon of the Molossians, but it seems that the Macedonian koinon had far less power than that of the Molossians. The capital, or headquarters...
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    ancient Greek tribe, akin to the Molossians, inhabiting the kingdom of Thesprotis in Epirus. Together with the Molossians and the Chaonians, they formed...
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    Oneiros. He became the mythical progenitor of the ruling dynasty of the Molossians of ancient Epirus. In a reference to his pedigree, Neoptolemus was sometimes...
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    Alexander I of Epirus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Α'; c. 370 BC – 331 BC), also known as Alexander Molossus (Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μολοσσός), was a king of Epirus...
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  • Arybbas (Ancient Greek: Ἀρύββας or Ἀρύβας; 373–343/2 BC) was a king of the Molossians. Arybbas was a son of Alcetas I, brother of Neoptolemus I and grandfather...
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    320 BC (firstly as the Molossian League in 370 BC), which helped unify the three main Greek tribes of Epirus (i.e., Molossians, Thesprotians, and Chaonians)...
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    Enchelae, Pelagones, and Lyncestae; the latter two are generally regarded as Molossian tribes of the northwestern Greek group, whilst the former two are considered...
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  • Tharrhypas (Greek: Θαρύπας, 430 - 392 BC) was a king of the Molossians and the great-great- grandfather of Alexander the Great.[citation needed] He is...
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    belong to the Thesprotians, but afterwards fell into the hands of the Molossians; and he is herein confirmed by Strabo." An Inventory of Archaic and Classical...
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    the Epirote princess Olympias, who was the daughter of the king of the Molossians. Alexander was born in 356 BC, the same year as Philip's racehorse won...
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    with her brother, King Alexander I of Epirus in Dodona, capital of the Molossians. He continued to Illyria where he sought refuge with one or more Illyrian...
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    Great Teucer Achilles king of Phthia ∞ Deidamia (mythology) Trambelus Neoptolemus/Pyrrhus king of Epirus ∞ Andromache Molossus king of Epirus MOLOSSIANS...
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    whole, is rugged and mountainous. It comprises the land of the ancient Molossians and Thesprotians and a small part of the land of the Chaonians, the greater...
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    Admetus (Άδμητος; c. 470-430 BC) was king of the ancient Greek tribe of the Molossians at the time that Themistocles (524–459 BC) was the effective ruler of...
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    the self-definitions of the Molossians and Thesprotians. According to Hernandez, among the Epirote tribes, the Molossians viewed their descent as a mixture...
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    Fila da Terceira Rabo Torto Portugal to the 1970s Catch dog Molossus Molossian Hound Epirus Mastiff Southern Europe Classical antiquity War dog, guard...
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    the origin of the Molossian or Epirotic tribes. [...] a proper dialect of Greek, like the dialects spoken by Dorians and Molossians. ... The western mountains...
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    unearthed in Tarragona, Spain (195–199 AD) Jennings Dog, a statue of a Molossian guard dog, central Italy, (2nd century AD) Segment of a decorated marble...
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    version of the story, Aidoneus (i.e., "Hades") is the mortal king of the Molossians, with a wife named Persephone, a daughter named Kore (another name for...
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    marry her ex-brother-in-law Helenus and live with him in "the land of the Molossians", where her son Molossus will start "an unbroken succession of kings who...
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  • frigate of Britain's Royal Navy Phaethon, first king of the Bronze Age Molossians Dark photon, also called phaeton, a hypothetical dark matter particle...
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  • III as Eurypontid king of Sparta. As the Illyrians attack the Molossians, the Molossian king Arymbas brings his non-combatant people to safety elsewhere...
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    was a northwestern Greek kingdom in the western Balkans ruled by the Molossian Aeacidae dynasty. Epirus was an ally of Macedon during the reigns of Philip II...
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