DEMES

Meaning of DEMES in English

plural of deme

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

DEME — Greek Demos, in ancient Greece, country district or village, as distinct from a polis, or city-state. Demos also meant the …
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ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION — the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 …
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EUPOLIS — flourished 5th century BC, , Athens one of the leading Athenian poets of the vigorous and satirical Old Comedy, and …
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CLEISTHENES OF ATHENS — born c. 570 BC died c. 508 Cleisthenes also spelled Clisthenes statesman regarded as the founder of Athenian democracy, serving …
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BYZANTINE EMPIRE — the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into …
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DEME — deme BrE AmE diːm ▷ demes diːmz
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DEME — n. Greek demos In ancient Greece, a country district or village, as distinct from a polis . In the democratic …
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