HERACLEA

Meaning of HERACLEA in English

/her'euh klee"euh/ , n.

an ancient city in S Italy, near the Gulf of Taranto: Roman defeat 280 B.C.

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MAGNA GRAECIA — geographical name the ancient Greek colonies in S Italian Peninsula including Tarentum, Sybaris, Crotona, Heraclea, & Neapolis
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ZEUXIS — flourished late 5th century–early 4th century BC, Heraclea, Magna Graecia Greek painter. Though none of his work survives, his style …
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PYRRHUS — born 319 died 272 BC, Argos, Argolis King of Hellenistic Epirus . After being allied to Demetrius and taken hostage, …
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MAGNA GRAECIA — geographical name the ancient Greek colonies in S Italian Peninsula including Tarentum, Sybaris, Crotona, Heraclea, & Neapolis
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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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ZEUXIS — flourished 5th century BC, , Heraclea, Magna Graecia one of the best-known painters of ancient Greece, who seems to have …
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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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PYRRHUS — born 319 BC died 272, Argos, Argolis king of Hellenistic Epirus whose costly military successes against Macedonia and Rome gave …
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PHILOTHEUS KOKKINOS — born c. 1300, , Salonika, Greece died 1379, Constantinople [now Istanbul, Tur.] theologian, monk, and patriarch of Constantinople, a leader …
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ORDU — city and port, northern Turkey, on the Black Sea. It lies at the mouth of the Melet River on the …
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NICEPHORUS I — born , Seleucia died July 26, 811, Bulgaria Byzantine emperor from 802 who late in his reign alienated his subjects …
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MEGARA — Modern Greek Mgara, ancient and modern settlement on the Saronic Gulf within Attica noms (department) of Greece. Modern Megara sits …
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MACEDONIA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a red field with a golden central disk and golden rays extending to the flag edges. …
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ISTANBUL — Turkish Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, ancient Byzantium largest city and seaport in Turkey. Strategically situated on a hilly triangular peninsula at …
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HESYCHIUS OF ALEXANDRIA — flourished 5th century AD author of the most complete Greek lexicon known from antiquity, valued as a basic authority for …
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HERACLIUS — born c. 575, , Cappadocia died Feb. 11, 641, Constantinople Eastern Roman emperor (610-641) who reorganized and strengthened the imperial …
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HERACLEIDES PONTICUS — born c. 390 BC, , Heraclea Pontica, Bithynia died after 322, , Athens Greek philosopher and astronomer who first suggested …
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GREGORAS, NICEPHORUS — born 1295, Heraclea Pontica, Sultanate of Rum died 1360, near Constantinople Byzantine Humanist scholar, philosopher, and theologian whose 37-volume Byzantine …
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FABRICIUS LUSCINUS, GAIUS — flourished 3rd century BC Roman commander and statesman whose incorruptibility and austerity were frequently regarded as models of the early …
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EREGLI — formerly Bender-eregli, or Karadenizereglisi, town, northern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast. The town was founded about 560 BC as …
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ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE — honorary primacy of the Eastern Orthodox autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, churches; it is also known as the ecumenical patriarchate, or …
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DORIS — the alleged mother country of the Dorian conquerors of the Peloponnese. It was a small district in central Greece, lying …
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CINEAS — flourished 3rd century BC Thessalian who served as chief adviser to Pyrrhus, king of Epirus in Greece. In 281 Cineas …
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CHERSONESE, TAURIC — ancient region comprising the Crimea and, often, the city of Chersonesus, located three miles west of modern Sevastopol, Ukraine. The …
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BORGONGINI-DUCA, FRANCESCO — born Feb. 26, 1884, Rome died Oct. 4, 1954, Rome cardinal, Vatican dignitary, and author of the Lateran Treaty, which …
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BITOLA — Serbo-Croatian Bitolj, Turkish Monastir southernmost city of Macedonia, 2,019 ft (615 m) in altitude on the Dragor River and at …
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ZEUXIS — flourished late 5th centuryearly 4th century BC, Heraclea, Magna Graecia Greek painter. Though none of his work survives, his style …
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PYRRHUS — n. born 319 died 272 BC, Argos, Argolis King of Hellenistic Epirus . After being allied to Demetrius and taken …
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LYCUS — [Greek heroic] The son of Poseidon and Celaeno. The son of Hyrieus. He was welcomed as a guest in Thebes …
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IDMON — [Greek heroic] A soothsayer who accompanied the Argonauts, although he knew beforehand that he would not survive the voyage. He …
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SYRIA — is the term used throughout our version for the Hebrew Aram, as well as for the Greek Zupia . Most …
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