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Paean, in Homer, was the Greek physician of the gods. In other writers the word is a mere epithet of Apollo in his capacity as a god of healing, but it is not known whether Paean was originally a separate Deity or merely an aspect of Apollo. Homer leaves the question unanswered. Hesiod definitely separates the two, and in later poetry Paean is invoked independently as a health god. It is equally difficult to discover the relation between Paean or Paeon in the sense of "healer" and Paean in the sense of "song." Farnell refers to ...

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Archelaus I was king of Macedon from 413 to 399 BC, following the death of Perdiccas II. The son of Perdiccas by a slave woman, Archelaus obtained the throne by murdering his uncle, his cousin, and his half-brother, the legitimate heir, but proved a capable and beneficent ruler, known for the sweeping changes he made in state administration, the military, and commerce. Almost immediately after he took power, Archelaus was faced with a situation which allowed him to completely reverse Macedon's relationship with Athens, which ha ...

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Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites. Agia Paraskevi, Thessaloniki, archaic cemetery The Ancient Agora of Thessaloniki Monastery of Latomos at Thessaloniki Thessaloniki - Monuments. The Arch and Tomb of Galerius ...

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Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - History, Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era, Thessaloniki - Roman Era, Thessaloniki - Byzantine era and Middle Ages, Thessaloniki - Modern times, Thessaloniki - Historical population, Thessaloniki - Historical mayors, Thessaloniki - Economy, Thessaloniki - Festivals, Thessaloniki - Communications, Thessaloniki - Radio, Thessaloniki - Television, Thessaloniki - Transportation, Thessaloniki - Sport clubs, Thessaloniki - Climate, Thessaloniki - Twinnings, Thessaloniki - Landmarks, Thessaloniki - Museums, Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites, Thessaloniki - Monuments, Thessaloniki - People, Thessaloniki - Bibliography

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Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites. Agia Paraskevi, Thessaloniki, archaic cemetery The Ancient Agora of Thessaloniki Monastery of Latomos at Thessaloniki Thessaloniki - Monuments. The Arch and Tomb of Galerius ...

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Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - History, Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era, Thessaloniki - Roman Era, Thessaloniki - Byzantine era and Middle Ages, Thessaloniki - Modern times, Thessaloniki - Historical population, Thessaloniki - Historical mayors, Thessaloniki - Economy, Thessaloniki - Festivals, Thessaloniki - Communications, Thessaloniki - Radio, Thessaloniki - Television, Thessaloniki - Transportation, Thessaloniki - Sport Clubs, Thessaloniki - Climate, Thessaloniki - Twinnings, Thessaloniki - Landmarks, Thessaloniki - Museums, Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites, Thessaloniki - Monuments, Thessaloniki - People, Thessaloniki - Bibliography

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Basileus (Greek Βασιλεύς) means "king". It is perhaps best known in English as a title used by Byzantine monarchs, but also has a longer history of use in Ancient Greece. Basileus - Etymology. The etymology of "basileus" is unclear. The Mycenaean form was gwasileus (qa-si-re-u), denoting some sort of court official or local "boss", but not an actual king. Most linguists assume that it is a non-Greek word that was adopted by Bronze Age Greeks from a preexisting linguistic substra ...

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• Basileus - Etymology
• Basileus - Ancient Greece
• Basileus - Alexander the Great
• Basileus - Byzantines
• Basileus - External link

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Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC - 330s BC - 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC Years: 336 BC 335 BC 334 BC 333 BC 332 BC - 331 BC - 330 BC 329 BC 328 BC 327 BC 326 BC Events October 1 - Battle of Gaugamela: Alexander the Great defeats Darius III in Assyria, in his most decisive victory. He moves on to take Babylon and Susa Battle of Pandosia, Alexander of Epirus, the uncle of Alexander the G ...

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Thessaloniki did not have a superhighway until the 1970s. Thessaloniki is accessed with GR-1/E75 for Athens, GR-4, GR-2, Via Egnatia/E90 and GR-12/E85 for Serres and Sofia. In the 1970s, the superhighway reached Thessaloniki and was the last section of the GR-1 ever to be completed; another short section of the superhighway was also opened. In the 1980s, the 2-lane bypass of Thessaloniki began construction and was finally opened to traffic running from the west side up to the other side of Thessaloniki to its southeast approaching Thermi. In ...

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Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - History, Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era, Thessaloniki - Roman Era, Thessaloniki - Byzantine era and Middle Ages, Thessaloniki - Modern times, Thessaloniki - Historical population, Thessaloniki - Historical mayors, Thessaloniki - Economy, Thessaloniki - Festivals, Thessaloniki - Communications, Thessaloniki - Radio, Thessaloniki - Television, Thessaloniki - Transportation, Thessaloniki - Sport clubs, Thessaloniki - Climate, Thessaloniki - Twinnings, Thessaloniki - Landmarks, Thessaloniki - Museums, Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites, Thessaloniki - Monuments, Thessaloniki - People

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Thessaloniki - Radio. Laikos FM - 87.6 FM - http://www.laikos.fm Mylos 88.5 FM - 88.5 FM - http://www.88miso.gr Thessaloniki Radio Deejay - 89.0 FM - http://www.radiodj89.gr Zoo Radio - 90.8 FM - http://www.zooradio.gr Ellinikos FM - 92.8 FM - http://www.ellinikosfm.gr Heart FM 93.1 - 93.1 FM - http://www.heartfm.gr Radio Thessaloniki - 94.5 FM - http://www.radiothessaloniki.gr Eroticos FM - 94.8 FM - http://www.eroticosfm.gr Cosmoradio ...

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Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - History, Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era, Thessaloniki - Roman Era, Thessaloniki - Byzantine era and Middle Ages, Thessaloniki - Modern times, Thessaloniki - Historical population, Thessaloniki - Historical mayors, Thessaloniki - Economy, Thessaloniki - Festivals, Thessaloniki - Communications, Thessaloniki - Radio, Thessaloniki - Television, Thessaloniki - Transportation, Thessaloniki - Sport clubs, Thessaloniki - Climate, Thessaloniki - Twinnings, Thessaloniki - Landmarks, Thessaloniki - Museums, Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites, Thessaloniki - Monuments, Thessaloniki - People

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The International Thessaloniki Film Festival has become the Balkans' primary showcase for the work of new and emerging filmmakers, as well as the leading film festival in the region. The event features the International Section, the panorama of Greek films, the New Horizons program, the Balkan Survey, and numerous retrospectives and tributes to leading figures in the world of film. Since 1992, the International Thessaloniki Film Festival has striven to present the most innovative independent films from around the world. The International Competition section consist ...

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Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - History, Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era, Thessaloniki - Roman Era, Thessaloniki - Byzantine era and Middle Ages, Thessaloniki - Modern times, Thessaloniki - Historical population, Thessaloniki - Historical mayors, Thessaloniki - Economy, Thessaloniki - Festivals, Thessaloniki - Communications, Thessaloniki - Radio, Thessaloniki - Television, Thessaloniki - Transportation, Thessaloniki - Sport clubs, Thessaloniki - Climate, Thessaloniki - Twinnings, Thessaloniki - Landmarks, Thessaloniki - Museums, Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites, Thessaloniki - Monuments, Thessaloniki - People

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Aiolos (Αἴολος), Latinized as Aeolus, Eolus, Aeolos, or Aiolus, was the name of three personages in Greek Mythology. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which. Diodorus made an attempt to define each of these three (although it is clear he also became muddled), and his opinion is followed here. Briefly, the first Aeolus was a son of Hel ...

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• Aeolus - Aeolus son of Hellen
• Aeolus - Aeolus son of Poseidon
• Aeolus - Aeolus son of Hippotes

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Only little about the language can be said from the few words that survive. A notable sound-law is that PIE voiced aspirates appear as voiced stops, written β, γ, δ, in contrast to all known Greek dialects, which have unvoiced them, φ, χ, θ. Macedonian danos (δάνος) ("death", from PIE *dhenh2- "to leave"), compared to Greek thanatos (θάνατος). Macedonian a ...

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Ancient Macedonian language, Ancient Macedonian language - Properties, Ancient Macedonian language - Classification, Ancient Macedonian language - Graeco-Macedonian Group, Ancient Macedonian language - Ancient Greek dialect, Ancient Macedonian language - Independent Palaeo-Balkan language, Ancient Macedonian language - Classical sources, Ancient Macedonian language - Adoption of the Attic dialect, Ancient Macedonian language - Sample glossary

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The Battle of Amphipolis was fought in 422 BC during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. It was the culmination of events that began in 424 BC with the capture of Amphipolis by the Spartans. Battle of Amphipolis - Capture of Amphipolis 424/3 BC. In the winter of 424/3, around the same time as the Battle of Delium, the Spartan general Brasidas besieged Amphipolis, an Athenian colony in Thrace on the Strymon river.1 The city was defended by the Athenian general Eucles, w ...

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• Battle of Amphipolis - Capture of Amphipolis 424/3 BC
• Battle of Amphipolis - Armistice of 423 BC
• Battle of Amphipolis - Battle of Amphipolis 422 BC
• Battle of Amphipolis - Results
• Battle of Amphipolis - Notes

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The conquests of Alexander had a number of consequences for the Greek city-states. It greatly widened the horizons of the Greeks, making the endless conflicts between the cities which had marked the 5th and 4th centuries BC seem petty and unimportant. It led to a steady emigration, particularly of the young and ambitious, to the new Greek empires in the east. Many Greeks migrated to Alexandria, Antioch and the many other new Hellenistic cities founded in Alexander's wake, as far away as what are now Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and the Indo- ...

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Hellenistic Greece, Hellenistic Greece - Macedonian dominance, Hellenistic Greece - Philip V, Hellenistic Greece - The rise of Rome, Hellenistic Greece - The end of Greek independence

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History of the Balkans - Nomadic peoples. Western Huns empire stretched in 434 AD from Central Europe to the Black Sea and from the Danube river to the Baltic. The Hunnish-Bulgar association existed throughout the period between 377-453 AD - the time of the Hunnish hegemony in Central Europe. Other transient incursions were made by Goths, Gepids, Onogur, Avars. At one point the Ostrogoths and the Visigoths were Christians, but Arians. Ulfilas was the apostle to the Goths and he translated the Bible from Gr ...

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History of the Balkans, History of the Balkans - Early history, History of the Balkans - Chalcolithic civilization, History of the Balkans - Hallstatt, History of the Balkans - Indo-Europeanization, History of the Balkans - Classical antiquity, History of the Balkans - Odrysian empire, History of the Balkans - Dacian kingdom, History of the Balkans - Greek city-states and their colonies, History of the Balkans - Empire of Macedon, History of the Balkans - Illyrian kingdoms, History of the Balkans - The Roman conquests, History of the Balkans - Christianity during the Daco-Roman era, History of the Balkans - The Dark Ages and the Great Migrations, History of the Balkans - Nomadic peoples, History of the Balkans - Slavs, History of the Balkans - Magyars, History of the Balkans - Bulgars and Bulgarians, History of the Balkans - Vlachs Romanians Aromanians Morlachs Istro-Romanians, History of the Balkans - Balkan linguistic union, History of the Balkans - Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, History of the Balkans - Genoa colonies in lower Danube, History of the Balkans - Fourth Crusade in the Balkans, History of the Balkans - Battle of Nicopolis, History of the Balkans - Eastern Roman Empire, History of the Balkans - Ottoman Empire, History of the Balkans - East-West Schism, History of the Balkans - Habsburg Empire, History of the Balkans - Rise of Independence, History of the Balkans - 1804 First Serbian Uprising and 1815 Second Serbian Uprising, History of the Balkans - 1821 revolt in Greece and Romania, History of the Balkans - 1829 Adrianople peace, History of the Balkans - 1831 Bosnian Rebellion, History of the Balkans - 1848 Revolution, History of the Balkans - Russian defeat in Crimea: the Balkan implications, History of the Balkans - Desire of Independence, History of the Balkans - April uprising, History of the Balkans - 1877 War, History of the Balkans - Secularisation in Balkans, History of the Balkans - Orthodoxy, History of the Balkans - The Pig War, History of the Balkans - Balkan Wars, History of the Balkans - First Balkan War, History of the Balkans - Second Balkan War, History of the Balkans - The Balkans in modern times, History of the Balkans - World War I in the Balkans, History of the Balkans - Consequences of World War I, History of the Balkans - World War II in Balkans, History of the Balkans - Consequences of World War II, History of the Balkans - Balkans during the Cold War, History of the Balkans - Post-Communism, History of the Balkans - Current state and perspectives, History of the Balkans - Reference

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The two most notable of these were the Greek city states and the Phoenicians. The Greeks expanded throughout the Black Sea and south through the Red Sea. The Phoenicians spread through the western Mediterranean including North Africa and Spain. The Phoenician heartland in the Levant was still dominated by powers rooted east in Mesopotamia or Persia, and the Phoenicians often provided the naval forces of the Persian Empire. To the north of Greece, in Macedon, Greek technological and organizational skill was forged with a long history o ...

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History of the Mediterranean region, History of the Mediterranean region - Ancient, History of the Mediterranean region - Classical, History of the Mediterranean region - Middle Ages, History of the Mediterranean region - Modern

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The islands were settled by Greeks at an early date, possibly as early as 1000 BC, and certainly by the 9th century BC. The early Eretrian settlement at Kerkyra was diplaced by colonists from Corinth in 734 BC. The islands were mostly a backwater during Ancient Greek times and played little part in Greek politics. The one exception was the conflict between Kerkyra and its mother-city Corinth in 434 BC, which brought intervention from A ...

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Ionian Islands, Ionian Islands - History, Ionian Islands - The islands today

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The first scholars who studied Koine, both in Alexandrian and contemporary times, were classicists whose prototype had been the literary Attic language of the Classic period, and would frown upon on any other kind of Hellenic speech. Koine Greek was therefore considered a decayed form of Greek that was not worthy of attention. The reconsideration on the historical and linguistic importance of Koine Greek began only in the early 19th century, where renowned scholars conducted series of studies on the evolution of Koine throughout the entire H ...

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Koine Greek, Koine Greek - History, Koine Greek - The term Koine, Koine Greek - Roots, Koine Greek - Sources of Koine, Koine Greek - Evolution from Ancient Greek, Koine Greek - Koine Greek in the Old Testament

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The first cities started developing in southern Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BC. With these ties of religion began to replace ties of kinship as the basis for society. Each city had a patron god, worshipped in a massive central temple called a ziggurat, and was ruled by a priest-king (ishakku). Society became more segmented and specialized and capable of coordinated projects like irrigation and warfare. Along with cities came a number of advances in technology. By around the 31st century BC, writing, the wheel, ...

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History of the Levant, History of the Levant - The Stone age, History of the Levant - The Bronze age, History of the Levant - The Iron age, History of the Levant - The Classical empires, History of the Levant - The Islamic era, History of the Levant - The Ottoman Period and the 20th Century

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In 332 BC Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, conquered Egypt, with little resistance from the Persians. He was welcomed by the Egyptians as a deliverer. He visited Memphis, and went on pilgrimage to the oracle of Amun at the Oasis of Siwa. The oracle declared him to be the son of Amun. He conciliated the Egyptians by the respect which he showed for their religion, but he appointed Greeks to virtually all the senior posts in the country, and founded a new Greek city, Alexandria, to be the new capital. The wealth of Egypt could now be harnessed for Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire. Early in ...

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History of Greek and Roman Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Ptolemaic Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Ptolemy I, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Ptolemy II, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Ptolemy III, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - The decline of the Ptolemies, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - The later Ptolemies, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Roman Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Roman rule in Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Christian Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Byzantine Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Persian and Arab Conquests

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The archaic period of art from the 9th century to the 6th century BCE saw the first developments of Greek statuary. Kouros (male nudes) and kore (female nudes) were developed along the lines of the Egyptian style in terms of rigidity, but the movement and the freestanding nude are Archaic innovations. A distinctive feature on nearly every Archaic-era statue is the Archaic smile. Examples of archaic era works are the La Delicatta kore, the Attican Kouros, a ...

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Greek statue, Greek statue - Archaic Period, Greek statue - Classical, Greek statue - Early Classical, Greek statue - Headline text, Greek statue - Headline text, Greek statue - Headline text, Greek statue - High and Late Classical, Greek statue - Hellenistic

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Histories Herodotus - Book I Clio. The rulers of Lydia (on the west coast of modern Turkey): Candaules, Gyges, Alyattes, Crœsus How Gyges took the kingdom from Candaules The singer Arion's ride on the dolphin Solon's answer to Crœsus's question that Tellus was the happiest person in the world Crœsus's efforts to protect his son Atys, his son's accidental death by Adrastus Crœsus's test of the oracles The answer from the Oracle of Delphi concerning wh ...

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Histories Herodotus, Histories Herodotus - Storyline, Histories Herodotus - Book I Clio, Histories Herodotus - Book II Euterpe, Histories Herodotus - Book III Thalia, Histories Herodotus - Book IV Melpomene, Histories Herodotus - Book V Terpsichore, Histories Herodotus - Book VI Erato, Histories Herodotus - Book VII Polymnia, Histories Herodotus - Book VIII Urania, Histories Herodotus - Book IX Calliope

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There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient Greek period. In common usage it refers to all Greek history before the Roman Empire, but historians use the term more precisely. Some writers include the periods of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, while others argue that these civilizations were so different from later Greek cultures that they should be classed separately. Traditionally, the Ancient Greek period was taken to begin with the date of the first Olympic Games in 776 B ...

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History of Greece, History of Greece - Aegean civilization: prehistoric Greece, History of Greece - Mycenaean Greece Bronze Age, History of Greece - Greek Dark Ages, History of Greece - Ancient Greece, History of Greece - Hellenistic Greece, History of Greece - Roman Period, History of Greece - Medieval Greece, History of Greece - Ottoman Rule and the Rise of Modern Greece, History of Greece - Creation of the Modern Greek State

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