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• Ionia — (Ancient Greek Ἰωνία or Ἰωνίη) is an ancient region of central coastal Anatolia in present day Turkey, the region nearest İzmir, which was historically Smyrna. It consisted of the northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements …   Wikipedia

• Nicander — ▪ Greek poet, physicist, and grammarian flourished c. 2nd century BC, Claros, near Colophon in Ionia, Asia Minor [now in Turkey]       Greek poet, physician, and grammarian. Little is known of Nicander s life except that his family held the… …   Universalium

• Claros — ▪ ancient Greek site, Turkey       site of an oracular (oracle) shrine of the Greek god Apollo, near Colophon in Ionia, Asia Minor (now in Turkey). According to a tradition preserved by the Greek mythographer Apollodorus, the shrine was founded… …   Universalium

• Apelles — (Ἀπελλῆς) of Kos (flourished 4th century BC) was a renowned painter of ancient Greece. Pliny the Elder, to whom we owe much of our knowledge of this artist ( Naturalis Historia 35.36.79 97 and passim ) rated him superior to preceding and… …   Wikipedia

• Anatolia — /an euh toh lee euh/, n. a vast plateau between the Black and the Mediterranean seas: in ancient usage, synonymous with the peninsula of Asia Minor; in modern usage, applied to Turkey in Asia. Cf. Asia Minor. * * * or Asia Minor Turkish Anadolu… …   Universalium

• 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

• Greek literature — Introduction       body of writings in the Greek language, with a continuous history extending from the 1st millennium BC to the present day. From the beginning its writers were Greeks living not only in Greece proper but also in Asia Minor, the… …   Universalium

• Smyrna — This article is on the ancient Greek city of Smyrna, principally in connection with the ruins remaining to this day. For the modern city, including its full history, see İzmir. Infobox Settlement official name = Smyrna(Σμύρνη) other name =… …   Wikipedia

• Mimnermus — Mimnermos was one of several ancient, Greek poets who composed verses about solar eclipses, and there was in fact a total solar eclipse of his home town, Smyrna, on April 6, 648 BC[1] His poetry survives only as a few fragments yet they afford us …   Wikipedia

• Miletus — This article is about the ancient city of Anatolia. For other uses, see Miletus (disambiguation). Miletus Μίλητος   Ancient Polis   Turkish transcription(s)  – Modern name Milet …   Wikipedia

• İzmir — Infobox Settlement settlement type = subdivision type = Country subdivision name = TUR timezone=EET utc offset=+2 map caption =Location of İzmir within Turkey. timezone DST=EEST utc offset DST=+3 official name = İzmir image caption = Port of… …   Wikipedia