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Eretria
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition; 336 Words Eretria , ancient city of Greece, in Euboea...rival. In the 7th and 6th cent. BC, Eretria sent out many colonists to islands and...second Delian League had been created, Eretria again revolted (349 BC). Excavations...
Philoxenos of Eretria
The Oxford Dictionary of Art; ; 230 Words Philoxenos of Eretria. See Alexander Mosaic .
Works of Herodotus: The Histories: Books IV - IX
Monarch Notes; ; 700+ Words ...Mardonius) attempted to conquer Athens and Eretria for the help they had rendered the Ionians...to his intended invasion of Athens and Eretria. Herodotus follows with another digression...nor had he forgotten that Athens and Eretria had helped the Ionians burn Sardis. Since...
Persian Wars
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition; 700+ Words ...against Darius' despotic rule. Athens and Eretria in Euboea (now Évvoia) gave...Darius decided to punish Athens and Eretria and to add Greece to his vast empire...Artaphernes and Datis, destroyed (490) Eretria and then proceeded against Athens. The...
Greek-Persian wars
A Dictionary of World History; 515 Words ...Persian empire. With some short-lived support from Athens and Eretria, they captured and burnt the important city of Sardis, but...expeditionary force sailed across the Aegean. The capture of Eretria - the first goal - was achieved after a week-long siege and...
Battle Of Marathon: Part I.
History of the World; ; 700+ Words ...throughout the land. After this he turned his attention to Eretria and Athens, taking his army across the straits in vessels...host had already fulfilled half its mission of vengeance. Eretria, the confederate of Athens in the bold march against Sardis...
Battle Of Marathon: Part II.
History of the World; ; 700+ Words ...recover their independence from Persia. Athens, and the city of Eretria in Euboea, alone consented. Twenty Athenian galleys, and...ordered his victorious forces to proceed to punish Athens and Eretria, and to conquer European Greece. The first armament sent...
Eritrean Health Minister lauds Sheikha Fatima's humanitarian efforts.
Emirates News Agency (WAM) (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates); Dec 12, 2008; 488 Words ...impoverished parts of the world. In an earlier visit by the team to Eretria as tasked with implementing Sheikha Fatima s humanitarian and...pledged to facilitate all humanitarian efforts of the team in Eretria thus reaching out to the people who need treatment for various...
Simonides
Who's Who in the Classical World; ; 700+ Words ...Pl.], Hipparch . 228c; Arist., Ath. Pol . 18. 1), his career began before 514 BC; his praises of Eualcidas of Eretria (fr. 518) date before 498, his Battle of Plataea (frr. 10–17 W 2 ) in or after 479; he finished at the court...
Lycophron
Who's Who in the Classical World; ; 700+ Words ...glosses survive. The titles of some of the plays are conventional, of others topical (including one on his friend Menedemus of Eretria and one called the Cassandreis , the theme of which is unknown). Only a few fragments survive.(b) Ps.-Lycophron...
The West's first stand: Marathon: at the dawn of what was to become Western Civilization, the Athenians won an amazing victory over the Persians at Marathon.
The New American; Apr 2, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...tyrant of the city and instituted popular rule. Other Ionian cities followed Miletus' example, and the cities of Athens and Eretria, impressed by what they perceived as a genuine attempt to replace autocracy with popular rule, sent ships and men to support...
One in four Africans lacks access to toilets.(News)
The Mercury (South Africa); Feb 19, 2008; 700+ Words ...the population having access to adequate sanitation. Zimbabwe lagged behind at 47% with Kenya at 42% and Chad, Niger and Eretria at the bottom of the list with less than 10% of the population having access to proper sanitation, the report found. The...
Sudan 2009 pesidential elections: a real dilemma.
Sudan Tribune (Sudan); Aug 8, 2008; 700+ Words ...independence of all the marginalized Black Sudanese Africans. We can not forget the contribution of an independent Uganda and Eretria plus Ethiopia to the level we are now in as far as our walk towards freedom is concerned. We as south Sudanese promise the...
Mardonius
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition; 388 Words ...Mardonius , d. 479 BC, Persian general; son-in-law of Darius I. Darius sent him (492 BC) to retaliate against Eretria and Athens for aiding the Ionians in the Persian Wars , but his fleet was lost in a storm off Mt. Athos, and a Thracian...
Ionia
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition; 700+ Words ...revolt against Darius I. Although the revolt was easily put down, the Persians set out to punish the allies (Athens and Eretria) of the cities. The Persian Wars resulted. Most of the Ionian cities thereby gained a brief freedom, but their fate continued...
Évvoia
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition; 471 Words ...was settled by Ionian and Thracian colonists and was divided among seven independent cities, of which Khalkís and Eretria were the most important. Powerful and prosperous by the 8th cent. BC, these cities established colonies in Macedonia, S...
HISTORY
The Washington Post; Sep 6, 2009; 453 Words ...of "distant civilizations and the ghosts of their denizens." His successes were many: He catalogued sites in Damascus, Eretria, Thessalonica and Beirut, and he worked tirelessly with local leaders to help preserve historical treasures that might have...
SupplyCore Middle East Launches New Website.
PR Newswire; Jul 28, 2009; 648 Words ...Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Palestinian settlements, Sudan (non-sanctioned region), Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Algeria, Eretria, and Nigeria. For more information, visit http://www.supplycoreme.com/. CONTACT: Mike Paul, Director of New...
You're born to race, says Olympic lore
New Straits Times; Aug 28, 2004; ; 700+ Words ...000m - Haile Gebrselassie, who won gold in Sydney. Another Ethiopian, Sileshi Sihine won silver. Zersenay Tadesse from Eretria won the bronze. The 3,000m steeplechase winner was Ezekiel Kemboi. And Hicham ended his eight years of waiting by winning...
Bekele Ascends Throne of Distance Running
AP Online; Aug 21, 2004; ; 700+ Words ...Gebrselassie said. Sileshi Sihine gave Ethiopia a 1-2 finish, earning the silver medal in 27:09.39. Zersenay Tadesse of Eretria took the bronze at 27:22.57. The Ethiopians had hoped to sweep, and even slowed down a bit midway through the race to...
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