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• Halicarnassus — • A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Halicarnassus     Halicarnassus     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Dionysius of Halicarnassus — died 7? B.C., Greek rhetorician and historian in Rome. * * * flourished с 20 BC Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric. Born in Halicarnassus, Caria (Asia Minor), Dionysius went to Rome in 30 BC. His history of Rome, from its origins to the… …   Universalium

• Herodotus — Infobox Person name = Herodotus image size = 220px caption = Ostensible bust of Herodotus birth date = circa 484 BC birth place = Halicarnassus, Caria, Asia Minor death date = circa 425 BC death place = Thurii, Sicily or Pella, Macedon occupation …   Wikipedia

• Caria — (Turkish Karya, Ancient Greek, Καρία) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the Carian population in …   Wikipedia

• Herodotus — /heuh rod euh teuhs/, n. 484? 425? B.C., Greek historian. * * * born 484?, Helicarnassus, Asia Minor died 430/420 BC Greek historian. He resided in Athens and then in Thurii in southern Italy. His travels covered a large part of the Persian… …   Universalium

• Herodotus — Historian c.484 t30 BC.     Herodotus is regarded as the Father of History . The writings of Herodotus were the first attempt to separate fantasy from firsthand observation and factual evidence made available to the author.     Born at… …   Ancient Egypt

• HERODOTUS — (fl. C. 484–420 B.C.)    Greek traveler and historian. He was born at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, was exiled to Samos, lived in Athens, and died in Sicily. He wrote nine books of Histories that chronicle the wars between the Greeks and the… …   Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia

• HERODOTUS —    the oldest historian of Greece, and the Father of History, born at Halicarnassus, in Caria, between 490 and 480 B.C.; travelled over Asia Minor, Egypt, and Syria as far as Babylon, and in his old age recorded with due fidelity the fruits of… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …   Universalium

• Bodrum —   Town   The port of Bodrum …   Wikipedia

• Alexander the Great — This article is about the ancient king of Macedon. For other uses, see Alexander the Great (disambiguation). Alexander the Great Basileus of Macedon …   Wikipedia