CNIDUS

Meaning of CNIDUS in English

(nidus), a city of great consequence, situated at the extreme south west of the peninsula of Asia Minor, on a promontory now called Cape Crio, which projects between the islands of Cos and Rhodes. See (Acts 21:1) It is now in ruins.

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CNIDUS — geographical name ancient town SW Asia Minor in Caria
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CNIDUS — Ancient Greek coastal city, southwestern Anatolia. An important commercial centre and the home of a renowned medical school, Cnidus was …
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CNIDUS — — Cnidean , adj. /nuy"deuhs/ , n. an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Caria: the Athenians defeated the …
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CNIDUS — geographical name ancient town SW Asia Minor in Caria
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CNIDUS — ancient Greek city on the Carian Chersonese, on the southwest coast of Anatolia. The city was an important commercial centre, …
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CNIDUS — Cnidus BrE AmE ˈnaɪd əs ˈknaɪd-
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CNIDUS — Ancient Greek coastal city, southwestern Anatolia. An important commercial centre and the home of a renowned medical school, Cnidus was …
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CNIDUS — age
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CNIDUS — Pronunciation: ' n ī -d ə s Function: geographical name ancient town SW Asia Minor in Caria
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EUDOXUS OF CNIDUS — born c. 400, , Cnidus, Asia Minor [now in Turkey] died c. 350 BC, , Cnidus ancient Greek mathematician and …
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PRAXITELES — flourished с 370–330 BC, Greece Greek sculptor. His only known surviving work, the marble Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus , …
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DEMETER — In Greek religion, a consort of Zeus and the goddess of agricuture, especially grain. Though rarely mentioned by Homer and …
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CONSTELLATION — in astronomy, any of certain groupings of stars that were imaginedat least by those who named themto form conspicuous configurations …
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THEOPOMPUS OF CHIOS — born c. 380 BC, , Chios, Ionia Greek historian and rhetorician whose Philippica, though lost in original, has survived through …
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THEAETETUS — born c. 417 BC, Athens died 369, Athens Athenian mathematician who had a significant influence on the development of Greek …
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SPARTA — Modern Greek Spart, historically Lacedaemon ancient capital of the Laconia district of the southeastern Peloponnese, Greece, and capital of the …
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RHODES — Modern Greek Rdhos, major city of the island of Rhodes and capital of the noms (department) of Dhodheknisos (in the …
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PRAXITELES — flourished 370, -330 BC greatest of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century and one of the most original of …
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PHAROS OF ALEXANDRIA — one of the Seven Wonders of the World and the most famous lighthouse in antiquity. It was a technological triumph …
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PHARNABAZUS — flourished , late 5th and early 4th centuries BC Persian soldier and statesman who was the hereditary satrap (provincial governor) …
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NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS — born Sept. 16, 1816, Bredwardine, Herefordshire, Eng. died Nov. 28, 1894, Margate, Kent British archaeologist who excavated sites in southwestern …
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EVAGORAS — died 374 BC king of Salamis, in Cyprus, c. 410374 BC, whose policy was one of friendship with Athens and …
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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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CTESIAS — born c. 416 BC, , Cnidus, Caria Greek physician and historian of Persia and India whose works were the only …
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CONON — died c. 390 BC Athenian admiral notable for his overwhelming victory over the Spartan fleet off Cnidus (the southwestern extremity …
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ARTAXERXES II — flourished , late 5th and early 4th centuries BC Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 404359/358). He was the son and …
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ARATUS — flourished c. 315, c. 245 BC, Macedonia Greek poet of Soli in Cilicia, best remembered for his poem on astronomy, …
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APOLLONIUS OF PERGA — born c. 262 BC, , Perga, Pamphylia, Anatolia died c. 190, , Alexandria mathematician, known by his contemporaries as The …
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AGESILAUS II — born c. 444 BC died 360, Cyrene, Cyrenaica [now in Libya] king of Sparta from 399 to 360 who commanded …
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PRAXITELES — flourished 0441; 370330 BC, Greece Greek sculptor. His only known surviving work, the marble Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus , …
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DEMETER — n. In Greek religion, a consort of Zeus and the goddess of agricuture, especially grain. Though rarely mentioned by Homer …
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HELIADAE — [Greek] The Heliadae are from the Greek culture. The Heliadae were the seven sons of Helios, the sun god and …
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