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Aegae (Cilicia)
Aigai () or Latin(ized) Aegae/ Ægæ may refer to the following places and jurisdictions : * Aigai (Aeolis), ancient city and former bishopric of the Aeolian dodecapolis in Asia Prima, now Nemrutkale or Nemrut Kalesi near the modern city Aliağa in northwestern Turkey and a Latin Catholic titular * Aegae (Cilicia), ancient town of Cilicia, near modern Yumurtalık, Turkey * Aegae (Macedonia), first capital of the Classical kingdom of Macedonia, now Vergina * Aegae (Achaea), ancient settlement near present Aigeira, in Achaea * Aegae (Euboea), ancient town in Euboea, near which a sanctuary of Aegean Poseidon was built upon a hill * Aege, ancient town in Pallene, Chalcidice See also * Aigiai * Aegeus Aegeus (, ; ) was one of the List of kings of Athens, kings of Athens in Greek mythology, who gave his name to the Aegean Sea, was the father of Theseus, and founded Athenian institutions. Family Aegeus was the son of Pandion II, king of Athe ... * Aegea * Aegean Sea#Etymol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aigai (Aeolis)
Aigai, also Aigaiai ( or ; or '; or '), was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek, later Roman (Ægæ, Aegae), city and bishopric in Aeolis. Aegae is mentioned by both Herodotus and Strabo as being a member of the Aeolian dodecapolis. It was also an important sanctuary of Apollo. Aigai had its brightest period under the Attalid dynasty, which ruled from nearby Pergamon in the 3rd and 2nd century BC. The remains of the city are located near the modern village of Yuntdağı Köseler in Manisa Province, Turkey. The archaeological site is situated at a rather high altitude almost on top of Mount Gün (''Dağı''), part of the mountain chain of Yunt (''Dağları''). History Initially the city was a possession of the Lydian Empire and later the Achaemenid Empire when it conquered the former. In the early third century BC it became part of the Kingdom of Pergamon. It changed hands from Pergamon to the Seleucid Empire, but was recaptured by Attalus I of Pergamon in 218 BC. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegae (Cilicia)
Aigai () or Latin(ized) Aegae/ Ægæ may refer to the following places and jurisdictions : * Aigai (Aeolis), ancient city and former bishopric of the Aeolian dodecapolis in Asia Prima, now Nemrutkale or Nemrut Kalesi near the modern city Aliağa in northwestern Turkey and a Latin Catholic titular * Aegae (Cilicia), ancient town of Cilicia, near modern Yumurtalık, Turkey * Aegae (Macedonia), first capital of the Classical kingdom of Macedonia, now Vergina * Aegae (Achaea), ancient settlement near present Aigeira, in Achaea * Aegae (Euboea), ancient town in Euboea, near which a sanctuary of Aegean Poseidon was built upon a hill * Aege, ancient town in Pallene, Chalcidice See also * Aigiai * Aegeus Aegeus (, ; ) was one of the List of kings of Athens, kings of Athens in Greek mythology, who gave his name to the Aegean Sea, was the father of Theseus, and founded Athenian institutions. Family Aegeus was the son of Pandion II, king of Athe ... * Aegea * Aegean Sea#Etymol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegae (Macedonia)
Aegae or Aigai () was the original capital of Macedon, an ancient kingdom in Emathia in northern Greece. The site is located on the foothills of the Pierian Mountains, between the modern towns of Vergina and Palatitsia, and overlooks the Central Macedonian Plain. The city was abandoned in the and was rediscovered in the 19th. Three major archaeological missions have been carried out at Aegae. The first was led by Léon Heuzey of the French School at Athens in the 1860s; Manolis Andronikos led excavations over a century later and made many important discoveries, including the tomb of Philip II and the Golden Larnax bearing the Vergina Sun; and led restoration efforts in the 2000s. Today it is the site of an archaeological site and two museums. Prior to the discoveries at Vergina, Edessa was thought to be the site of Aegae. The early Macedonian conceptualisation of the state was that of a typical ancient Greek city-state (''Polis''), with Aegae as an urban centre () ruli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegae (Achaea)
Aegae or Aigai (), also known as Aega or Aiga (Αἰγά), was a town and polis (city-state) of ancient Achaea, and one of the 12 Achaean cities. It was situated upon the river Crathis and upon the coast, between Aegeira and Bura. One of the mentions of Aegae in Homer's ''Iliad'' points to this town. It was afterwards deserted by its inhabitants, who removed to the neighbouring town of Aegeira; and it had already ceased to be one of the 12 Achaean cities on the renewal of the Achaean League in 280 BCE, its place being occupied by Ceryneia. Its name does not occur in Polybius. Neither Strabo Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-si ... nor Pausanias mention on which bank of the Crathis it stood, but it probably stood on the left bank, since the right is low and ofte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegae (Euboea)
Aegae or Aigai () was a town on the west coast of ancient Euboea, north of Chalcis and a little south of Orobiae, opposite the mainland city of Anthedon. It had disappeared in the time of the geographer Strabo. Strabo records a sanctuary of Aegean Poseidon on a mountain nearby. It seems to be distinct from legendary Aegae, the namesake of the Aegean Sea, which was situated on the east coast of the island, near modern Kymi. It's not unlikely that Aegae got actually switched to Kymi/Cuma, as the generic name ''Kymi/Cuma'', just means ''city'' in the Aeolic dialect. Legendary Aegae is mentioned e.g. by Homer in Book 5 of the ''Odyssey'', in which Poseidon "lashed his long-maned horses and drove to Aegae, where he had his famous palace" after having destroyed Odysseus' raft with a storm. It was also mentioned by Homer in Book 13 of the Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; , ; ) is one of two major Ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aege
Aege or Aige () was a town of the Pallene peninsula in the Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia. It is mentioned by Herodotus as one of the cities of the peninsula of Pallene where at 480 BCE Xerxes recruited troops and ships in his Second Persian invasion of Greece. But, in 479 BCE the city sent troops to help Potidaea against the Persians, when that city was besieged by the Persian army under the command of Artabazus. Later, the city was a member of the Delian League since it is mentioned in Athenian Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ... tribute lists from 454/3 to 415/4 BCE. The site of Aege is near the modern Pefkokhori. References Populated places in ancient Macedonia Former populated places in Greece Greek colonies in Chalcidice Members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aigiai
Aegiae or Aigiai () or Aegaeae or Aigaiai (Αἱγαῖαι) was a town of ancient Laconia, at the distance of 30 stadia from Gythium, supposed by Strabo to be the same as the Homeric AugeiaeΑν̓γελαί, It possessed a temple and lake of Poseidon Poseidon (; ) is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cit .... References Populated places in ancient Laconia Former populated places in Greece {{ancientLaconia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegeus
Aegeus (, ; ) was one of the List of kings of Athens, kings of Athens in Greek mythology, who gave his name to the Aegean Sea, was the father of Theseus, and founded Athenian institutions. Family Aegeus was the son of Pandion II, king of Athens and Pylia (mythology), Pylia, daughter of King Pylas of Megara and thus, brother to Pallas (son of Pandion), Pallas, Nisos, Nysus, Lycus (mythology), Lykos and the wife of Sciron. But, in some accounts, he was regarded as the son of Scyrius or Phemius (mythology), Phemius and was not of the stock of the Erechtheus, Erechtheids, since he was only an adopted son of Pandion. Aegeus' first wife was Meta (mythology), Meta, daughter of Hoples and his second wife was Chalciope, daughter of Rhexenor, neither of whom bore him any children.Apollodorus3.15.6/ref> He was also credited to be the father of Medus by the witch Medea. In a rare account, Pallas was also said to be the son of Aegeus. The latter was also said to fathered Megareus of Onches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegea
Aegea is a back-formation from " Aegean", the sea that was named after an eponymous Aegeus in early levels of Greek mythology. The ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1911) mentioned an Aegea, queen of the Amazons, as an alternative eponym of the Aegean Sea. Legend says she commanded an army of Amazon women warriors that traveled from Libya to Asia Minor to fight at Troy, and that she perished at sea with her army. Modern Italian has the adjective ''Egea'' ("Aegean"), but Classical Latin had none. Modern botanical Latin sometimes uses the specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ... ''aegea'' to mean "of the Aegean". References Queens of the Amazons Women in Greek mythology {{Greek-myth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some . In the north, the Aegean is connected to the Marmara Sea, which in turn connects to the Black Sea, by the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, respectively. The Aegean Islands are located within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery, including Crete and Rhodes. The sea reaches a maximum depth of 2,639 m (8,658 ft) to the west of Karpathos. The Thracian Sea and the Sea of Crete are main subdivisions of the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Islands can be divided into several island groups, including the Dodecanese, the Cyclades, the Sporades, the Saronic Islands, Saronic islands and the North Aegean islands, North Aegean Islands, as well as Crete and its surrounding islands. The Dodecanese, located to the southeast, includes the islands of Rhodes, Kos, and Patmos; the islands of Delos and Naxos are wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
