Samothrace (also known as Samothraki; Greek: Σαμοθράκη, [samoˈθraci]) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It is a municipality within the Evros...
16 KB (1,505 words) - 15:01, 11 August 2024
The Winged Victory of Samothrace, or the Niké of Samothrace, is a votive monument originally discovered on the island of Samothrace, north of the Aegean...
42 KB (5,846 words) - 18:48, 30 September 2024
The Samothrace Temple Complex, known as the Sanctuary of the Great Gods (Modern Greek: Ιερό των Μεγάλων Θεών Ieró ton Megálon Theón), is one of the principal...
27 KB (3,783 words) - 20:38, 28 August 2024
Cabeiri (redirect from Great Gods of Samothrace)
centered in the north Aegean Islands of Lemnos and possibly Samothrace—at the Samothrace temple complex—and at Thebes. In their distant origins the Cabeiri...
18 KB (2,374 words) - 09:50, 22 September 2024
Aristarchus of Samothrace (Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σαμόθραξ Aristarchos o Samothrax; c. 220 – c. 143 BC) was an ancient Greek grammarian, noted as the most...
5 KB (433 words) - 18:19, 24 May 2024
The Battle of Samothrace was an inconclusive battle which took place on 20 September 1698 near the island of Samothrace, during the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian...
2 KB (125 words) - 11:44, 25 September 2024
Cadmus (section Travel to Samothrace)
Unsuccessful in his search—or unwilling to go against Zeus—he came to Samothrace, the island sacred to the "Great Gods" or the Kabeiroi, whose mysteries...
35 KB (3,860 words) - 14:24, 16 September 2024
Polish language literature prize The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also known as the Niké of Samothrace, an ancient statue of the goddess Nike Nike of Callimachus...
2 KB (303 words) - 20:27, 11 September 2024
The neorion at Samothrace was a long, rectangular, monumental structure built to house a dedicatory ship to the gods at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods...
6 KB (767 words) - 23:32, 9 July 2023
(Λουτρά), is a village located on the northern side of the Greek island of Samothrace, in the northern Aegean Sea. As of 2021, Therma had a permanent population...
1 KB (123 words) - 12:54, 4 April 2024
Tros of Samothrace is a fantasy historical novel by American writer Talbot Mundy. The story was composed of several novellas which were published originally...
7 KB (782 words) - 17:06, 30 June 2024
have taken place over two nights. Like in Samothrace, the future initiates would enter the sanctuary of Samothrace from the east where they would have entered...
29 KB (4,186 words) - 14:51, 24 September 2024
Hellenistic religion Sacred Places Sacred Islands Delos Ithaca Naxos Kythira Samothrace Crete Lemnos Sacred Mountains Mount Lykaion Mount Ida (Turkey) Mount Ida...
86 KB (10,440 words) - 02:13, 30 September 2024
Serrheum or Serreion (Ancient Greek: Σέρρειον) was a town on the island of Samothrace mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica....
411 bytes (56 words) - 22:42, 26 April 2020
Fragonard, Rembrandt and Watteau.: 70-71 In 1883, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, which had been found in the Aegean Sea in 1863, was prominently displayed...
144 KB (15,153 words) - 16:32, 4 October 2024
The Caesars Palace main fountain. The statue is a copy of the ancient Winged Victory of Samothrace....
44 KB (4,924 words) - 06:19, 19 September 2024
2011. "Chicago Daily Tribune, Thursday Morning, February 14". nike-of-samothrace.net. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2009...
253 KB (22,511 words) - 06:14, 7 October 2024
Hellenistic religion Sacred Places Sacred Islands Delos Ithaca Naxos Kythira Samothrace Crete Lemnos Sacred Mountains Mount Lykaion Mount Ida (Turkey) Mount Ida...
203 KB (17,341 words) - 14:09, 30 September 2024
The Massacre of Samothrace (Greek: Ολοκαύτωμα της Σαμοθράκης, romanized: Holocaust of Samothrace) was the mass murder and enslavement of the Greek population...
10 KB (1,285 words) - 18:23, 26 September 2024
and was the first to divide poetic texts into lines; and Aristarchus of Samothrace, who produced the definitive texts of the Homeric poems as well as extensive...
85 KB (10,125 words) - 22:55, 2 October 2024
includes the island Samothrace in the northern Aegean Sea. Its length is about 150 km from north to south (excluding Samothrace). Its width ranges from...
12 KB (1,182 words) - 22:40, 23 August 2024
The Archaeological Museum of Samothrace is located in Samothrace of the Evros regional unit, in Greece. It has four rooms and an atrium, presenting the...
2 KB (191 words) - 04:14, 24 July 2023
warfare Maritime temples Temple of Isthmia Temple of Poseidon, Sounion Samothrace temple complex Nusantao network Phoenician discovery of America Pre-Columbian...
191 KB (21,640 words) - 16:18, 5 October 2024
dedicated to Artemis. Nemea: Temple of Zeus, Nemea, dedicated to Zeus. Samothrace: Samothrace temple complex, dedicated to several deities; the Great Mother,...
3 KB (302 words) - 18:13, 14 August 2024
Philippeion Theatre of Dionysus Tunnel of Eupalinos Temples Aphaea Artemis Athena Nike Erechtheion Hephaestus Hera, Olympia Parthenon Samothrace Zeus, Olympia...
81 KB (9,403 words) - 10:23, 22 September 2024
Parthenon (438 BCE) Colossus of Rhodes (c. 292 BCE) Winged Victory of Samothrace (c. 2nd century BCE) Terracotta Army (246–210 BCE) Laocoön and His Sons...
35 KB (3,036 words) - 23:43, 12 September 2024
"Bottle Episode" – 4:39 "Nike of Samothrace" – 3:17 "Alien 3" – 6:17 "Alien 3" (Daniel Avery Remix) – 5:28 "Nike of Samothrace" (Club Eat Remix) – 5:15 Mandy...
3 KB (201 words) - 11:55, 23 July 2024
Idaeus and Deimas. After a great flood, Dardanus and his people settled in Samothrace before eventually moving to Asia Minor due to the land's poor quality...
11 KB (1,148 words) - 20:41, 3 September 2024
Minor on the Hellespont (the modern Dardanelles) Dardania (Samothrace), old name of Samothrace according to Pausanias Democratic League of Dardania (Lidhja...
1 KB (209 words) - 22:02, 16 February 2024
daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. By another account, Harmonia was from Samothrace and was the daughter of Zeus and Electra, her brothers were Dardanus and...
13 KB (1,398 words) - 02:20, 8 August 2024