ACRAGAS

Meaning of ACRAGAS in English

Function: geographical name

― see AGRIGENTO

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

ACRAGAS — geographical name see: Agrigento
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ACRAGAS — — see Agrigento
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AGRIGENTO — or formerly Girgenti or ancient Agrigentum or Acragas geographical name commune Italy in SW Sicily near coast population 54,603
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EMPEDOCLES — born с 490, Acragas, Sicily died 430 BC, the Peloponnese Greek philosopher, statesman, poet, and physiologist. All that remains of …
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SYRACUSE — city, seat (1827) of Onondaga county, central New York, U.S. It lies at the south end of Lake Onondaga, midway …
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PHALARIS — died c. 554 BC tyrant of Acragas (modern Agrigento), Sicily, notorious for his cruelty. He is alleged to have roasted …
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HIMILCO — flourished 5th century BC Carthaginian navigator known to have sailed from Carthage through the Strait of Gibraltar and northward along …
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HIMERA — ancient city on the northern Himeras (modern Grande) River, on the northern coast of Sicily. It was founded in about …
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HIERON I — died 467/466 BC, Catana, Sicily brother of the tyrant Gelon and tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily, from 478 to 467/466 BC. …
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GELON — born c. 540 BC died 478 tyrant of the cities of Gela (491485) and Syracuse (485478) in Sicily. On the …
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GELA — town, Caltanissetta province, southern Sicily, Italy, on the Gulf of Gela (of the Mediterranean Sea) with a fertile plain (ancient …
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EMPEDOCLES — born c. 490 BC, , Acragas, Sicily died 430, the Peloponnese, Greece Greek philosopher, statesman, poet, religious teacher, and physiologist. …
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DUCETIUS — died c. 440 BC a Hellenized leader of the Siculi, an ancient people of Sicily, who for a short time …
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DORIAN — any member of a major division of the ancient Greek people, distinguished by a well-marked dialect and by their subdivision, …
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AGRIGENTO — formerly (until 1927) Girgenti, Greek Acragas, Latin Agrigentum, capital of Agrigento provincia, near the southern coast of Sicily, Italy. It …
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EMPEDOCLES — born 0441; 490, Acragas, Sicily died 430 BC, the Peloponnese Greek philosopher, statesman, poet, and physiologist. All that remains of …
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