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    Iolcus (redirect from Iolcos)
    Iolcus (/aɪˈɒlkəs/; also rendered Iolkos /aɪˈɒlkɒs/; Ancient Greek: Ἰωλκός and Ἰαωλκός; Doric Greek: Ἰαλκός; Greek: Ιωλκός) is an ancient city, a modern...
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    built with the help of the gods that Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to Colchis to retrieve the Golden Fleece. The ship has gone on to be used...
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    the Peloponnese, Orchomenos, Thebes, and Athens in Central Greece, and Iolcos in Thessaly. Mycenaean settlements also appeared in Epirus, Macedonia, on...
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    featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea, the granddaughter of the sungod...
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    Volos is built on the area of the ancient cities of Demetrias, Pagasae and Iolcos. Demetrias was established in 293 BC by Demetrius Poliorcetes, King of Macedon...
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    Mycenaean settlements have also been discovered, for example at the sites of Iolcos, Dimini and Sesklo (near Volos). In Archaic and Classical times, the lowlands...
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    his return from battle. The opera itself concerns Alceste, princess of Iolcos and queen of Thessaly, who in the first act is abducted by Licomède (Lycomedes)...
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    Pelias, king of Iolcos, stops on the steps of a temple as he recognises young Jason by his missing sandal; Roman fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD....
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    Pelias, king of Iolcos, stops on the steps of a temple as he recognises young Jason by his missing sandal; Roman fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD....
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  • a symbol of authority and kingship. With it, Jason would become king of Iolcos in Thessaly. The Argonauts: Atalanta Autolycus Calais Castor and Pollux...
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    archaeologists Christos Tsountas and Valerios Stais. The palace of ancient Iolcos is believed to be located in modern-day Dimini, where, in 2001, a Mycenaean...
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    wandering of northern people (Dorian migration): destroying the palace of Iolcos (LH III C-1), the palace of Thebes (late LH III B), then crossing Isthmus...
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    in this part of Thessaly. Pagasae was 90 stadia from Pherae, and 20 from Iolcos. As of the nineteenth century, the ruins of the ancient city were to be...
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    Hippias refused it, as well as a similar offer from the Thessalians for Iolcos, suggesting that Amyntas probably did not possess Anthemous at that time...
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  • (1600-1100 BC), each of them was ruled by a Wanax,[citation needed] including: Iolcos Mides Mycenae Orchomenos Pylos Thebes Tiryns Knossos, a Minoan palace centre...
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  • Brigade HQ is based at Volos, near the ancient Thessalian port city of Iolcos, from where the Argonauts embarked on their mission to retrieve the Golden...
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    Jason delivering the Golden Fleece to Pelias, the king of Iolcos....
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  • bought in 1935 by a Greek Hellenic Tramp S.S. Co. who renamed the ship Iolcos. Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Greece declared neutrality...
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    14.12 225 32.2 Trina Oldendorff panamax OWN 74600 2013 14.22 225 32.26 Iolcos Unity panamax T/C 74476 2006 14.27 225 32.26 Underdog panamax T/C 74444...
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  • the walls were fully manned. Thus, they brought the fleet into harbour at Iolcos, after pillaging the countryside. To remain active, Quintus Marcius sent...
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  • Ἰωαννούπολις Iōannoúpolis Ιωαννούπολη Ioannoúpoli joaˈnupoli Johannesburg Ἰωλκός Iōlkós Ιωλκός Iolkós jolˈkos Iolcos Ἰωνία Iōnía Ιωνία Ionía joˈnia Ionia...
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    inhabitants of Nelia, Pagasae, Ormenium, Rhizus, Sepias, Olizon, Boebe and Iolcos, all of which were afterwards included in the territory of Demetrias. It...
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    and Zeus gave them different realms to rule: Pelias received as his lot Iolcos; to Neleus fell Pylos in the western Peloponnese. The house of Neleus now...
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  • quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea. Because he belongs to mythology...
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    their quest for the Golden Fleece. The son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos, Jason was married to the sorceress Medea. He appeared in the epic poem...
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    One option is that they are the Argonauts awaiting favorable winds in Iolcos. Alternatively the scene depicts the episode of Heracles' descent into Hades...
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  • these is at Sesklo. During the Mycenaean period, the main settlement was at Iolcos, as attested in the later legends of Jason and the Argonauts. A distinct...
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  • Michelle Anne  United States The tugboat ran up on the anchor chain of Iolcos Unity ( Malta) causing the tug to capsize and sink in the Mississippi River...
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    ship from Greek mythology upon which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to Colchis to retrieve the Golden Fleece. The Navy's choice of this name...
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