• Phigalia or Phigaleia or Phigalea (Ancient Greek: Φιγαλεία or Φιγαλέα or Φιγάλεια or Φιγαλία), also known as Phialia (Φιαλία or Φιάλεια), was an ancient...
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  • Arrhichion (also spelled Arrhachion, Arrichion or Arrachion) of Phigalia (Greek: Αρριχίων ο Φιγαλεύς) (died 564 BC) was a champion pankratiast in the ancient...
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    Phigalia denticulata, the toothed phigalia, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Ontario and New York to Florida, west to Texas, north...
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    Phigalia plumogeraria, the walnut spanworm moth, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. The MONA or Hodges number for Phigalia plumogeraria...
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    Phigalia pilosaria, the pale brindled beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller...
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  • Species: E. virgatula Binomial name Elachista virgatula Kaila, 1997 Synonyms Phigalia albella Chambers, 1875 (not Elachista albella (Chambers, 1877)) Elachista...
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    Phigalia owadai is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Taiwan. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phigalia owadai. TaiBNET...
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    Trapezites phigalia, commonly known as the heath ochre or phigalia skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to Australia...
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    many wives or concubines of Danaus Chrysopeleia Dryope Erato Eurydice Phigalia Tithorea Keats addresses the nightingale as "light-winged Dryad of the...
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  •  ochremaculella Binomial name Tinagma ochremaculella (Chambers, 1875) Synonyms Phigalia ochremaculella Chambers, 1875 Tinagma ochreomaculella Dyar 1903...
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    worshipped with the surname Hippios in many Arcadian cities. At Thelpusa and Phigalia there were sister worships which are very important for the study of primitive...
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    Apocheima strigataria, the small phigalia moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Charles Sedgwick Minot in 1869...
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    used for the ignition of the fire on the altar. Eurynome, wide ruling, at Phigalia in Arcadia. Her wooden image (xoanon) was bound with a roller golden chain...
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    Phigalia titea, the spiny looper or half-wing moth, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in...
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    joined the Aetolian League such as the Arcadian cities of Mantineia, Tegea, Phigalia and Kydonia on Crete. During the classical period the Aetolians were not...
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    water: The second mountain, Mount Elaius, is some thirty stades away from Phigalia, and has a cave sacred to Demeter surnamed Black ... the Phigalians say...
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  • founder of the Arcadian town of Phigalia. In other account, the name of the town was derived from the dryad Phigalia. During the reign of Phialus, son...
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    harmony of its construction. Pausanias described it in the 2nd century AD: Phigalia is surrounded by mountains, on the left by the mountain called Kotilios...
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  • misremembered) description of the death of the Greek wrestler Arrhichion of Phigalia.[citation needed] Cleese said that the scene would seem heartless and sadistic...
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    Apocheima (redirect from Phigalia (moth))
    the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825, also known as Phigalia. Apocheima cinerarium (Erschoff, 1874) Apocheima denticulata (Hulst, 1900)...
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    famous event in the sport was the posthumous victory of Arrhichion of Phigalia who "expired at the very moment when his opponent acknowledged himself...
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    odd turn of events, a pankration fighter named Arrhichion (Ἀρριχίων) of Phigalia won the pankration competition at the Olympic Games despite being dead...
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    the bathroom, the Duke fell through the hole and drowned. Arrhichion of Phigalia 564 BC The Greek pankratiast caused his own death during the Olympic finals...
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    Patras. Leontiscus (Λεοντίσκος) from Messene. Narycidas (Ναρυκίδας) from Phigalia, son of Damaretus (Δαμαρέτος). Agenor (Ἀγήνορ) of Thebes, son of Theopompus...
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    mother of Meliteus by Zeus and Phager by Apollo Phigalia Phigalia, Arcadia eponym of the town of Phigalia Pitys loved by Pan Sinoe Mount Sinoe, Arcadia...
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    Peraethus ✓ founded Peraetheis Peucetius 36 ✓ Phassus 37 ✓ Phigalus ✓ founded Phigalia Phineus 38 ✓ Phthius 39 ✓ ✓ possibly eponym of Phthiotis Physius 40 ✓ Plato(n)...
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    the ram, and a strange image of the Black Demeter made for the people of Phigalia; also some elaborate groups in bronze set up at Olympia and Delphi. For...
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  • mentioned in all the classical sources. "Eurynome is believed by the people of Phigalia to be a surname of Artemis. Those of them, however, to whom have descended...
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    Anaxilas of Messenia Aratus of Sicyon Archelaus of Macedon Arrhichion of Phigalia Arsinoe II Astylos of Croton Berenice II of Egypt Bilistiche Chaeron of...
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  • aspect her idols (such as one found in Mavrospelya, the Black Cave, in Phigalia) she was portrayed as mare-headed with a mane entwined with Gorgon Snakes...
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