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Encyclopedia - 410 Bc: Encyclopedia - 410 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcibiades: Encyclopedia - Alcibiades
Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides (also Alkibiades) (ancient Greek: Αλκιβιαδες Κλεινιου Σκαμβωνιδες)¹ (c. 450...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 414 Bc: Encyclopedia - 414 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 411 Bc: Encyclopedia - 411 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 415 Bc: Encyclopedia - 415 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 406 Bc: Encyclopedia - 406 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 407 Bc: Encyclopedia - 407 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristophanes: Encyclopedia - Aristophanes
Aristophanes (c. 448 BC-380 BC; Greek ΄Αριστοφανης) was a Greek comic dramatist. The place and even the exact date of his bir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 405 Bc: Encyclopedia - 405 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 408 Bc: Encyclopedia - 408 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corfu: Encyclopedia - Corfu
Corfu (ancient and modern Greek Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, Latin Corcyra; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an island of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 409 Bc: Encyclopedia - 409 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia - Carthage
Carthage (from the Phoenician Qart-Hadasht "New City" (written without vowels as QRT HDŠT قرت-حدش or קרת חדשת), was an anci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Cyzicus: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Cyzicus - The Battle
The Athenian force entered the Hellespont, and, passing the Spartan base at Abydos by night so as to conceal their numbers, established a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pydna: Encyclopedia Ii - Pydna - Ancient Pydna
Pydna was already subject to Macedon under Alexander I (Thucydides I.131.1), but later regained its independence. It was besieged by the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odrysian Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Odrysian Kingdom - History
The Odrysian state was the first Thracian kingdom that acquired power in the region, by the unification of many Thracian tribes under a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corfu: Encyclopedia Ii - Corfu - Geography
The name Corfu is an Italian corruption of the Byzantine Κορυφώ (Koryphō), which is derived from the Greek Κορυφαί (Koryph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sophocles: Encyclopedia Ii - Sophocles - Surviving Works
Years are approximate Sophocles - The Theban plays. 442 BC Antigone 427 BC Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex or Oedipus Tyrannos) 407 BC O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iphigeneia At Aulis: Encyclopedia Ii - Iphigeneia At Aulis - The Plot
At the start of the play, Agamemnon is having second thoughts about whether he can go through with the sacrifice of his daughter, and he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philoctetes Sophocles: Encyclopedia Ii - Philoctetes Sophocles - Background
When Heracles was near death (the subject of another play by Sophocles - The Trachiniae), he wished to be burned on a funeral pyre while ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electra Sophocles: Encyclopedia Ii - Electra Sophocles - Storyline
Orestes arrives with his friend Pylades and a paedagogus (an old attendant of Orestes). Their plan is to have the paedagogus announce tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euboea: Encyclopedia Ii - Euboea - History
The history of the island is for the most part that of its two principal cities, Chalcis and Eretria. Both cities were Ionian settlements...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corfu: Encyclopedia Ii - Corfu - Geography
The name Corfu is an Italian corruption of the Byzantine Κορυφώ (Koryphō), which is derived from the Greek Κορυφαί (Koryph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcibiades: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcibiades - Life
Alcibiades was born in Athens, the son of Cleinias and Deinomache, who belonged to the family of the Alcmaeonidae. He was a near relative...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia Ii - Carthage - Conflict With The Greeks And Romans
Carthage - First Sicilian War. Carthage's success led to the creation of a powerful navy to discourage both pirates and rival nations. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corfu: Encyclopedia Ii - Corfu - History
According to the local tradition Corcyra was the Homeric island of Scheria, and its earliest inhabitants the Phaeacians. At a date no dou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corfu: Encyclopedia Ii - Corfu - Music And Festivities
Corfiotes are great lovers of music. Most people readily join in the singing of the cantadas, impromptu choral songs in two, three or fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia Ii - Carthage - Founding Of Carthage
In approximately 814 BC, Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, bringing with them the city-god Melqart. Trad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia Ii - Carthage - Life In Carthage
Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce. The early trading empire of Carthage depended heavily on its trade with Tartessos and other cities of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia Ii - Carthage - Founding Of Carthage
In approximately 814 BC, Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, bringing with them the city-god Melqart. Trad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corfu: Encyclopedia Ii - Corfu - Archaeology And Architecture
Corfu contains a few very important remains of antiquity. The site of the ancient city of Corcyra (Kerkyra) is well ascertained, about 1 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corfu: Encyclopedia Ii - Corfu - History
According to the local tradition Corcyra was the Homeric island of Scheria, and its earliest inhabitants the Phaeacians. At a date no dou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euboea: Encyclopedia Ii - Euboea - Communications
Euboea - Television. Space - Chalkida ... See also:Euboea, Euboea - Geography, Euboea - History, Euboea - Historic population, Eubo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iphigeneia At Aulis: Encyclopedia Ii - Iphigeneia At Aulis - Characters And Setting
Characters include: Agamemnon Menelaus Clytemnestra Iphigeneia Achilles an attendant (an old man) a chorus of women The play is set at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euboea: Encyclopedia Ii - Euboea - Economics
The mining areas include magnesite in Mantoudi and Limni, lignite in Aliveri and iron and nickel from Diprhys. Marble is mined 3 km north...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euboea: Encyclopedia Ii - Euboea - Geography
Euboea was believed to have originally formed part of the mainland, and to have been separated from it by an earthquake. This is fairly p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corfu: Encyclopedia Ii - Corfu - Archaeology And Architecture
Corfu contains a few very important remains of antiquity. The site of the ancient city of Corcyra (Kerkyra) is well ascertained, about 1 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corfu: Encyclopedia Ii - Corfu - Music And Festivities
Corfiotes are great lovers of music. Most people readily join in the singing of the cantadas, impromptu choral songs in two, three or fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia Ii - Carthage - Roman Carthage
The site was too well-chosen to let it go to waste, however, and a new city grew up there, eventually becoming the second largest city in...   » Read the article