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Rhamnus Disperma
Rhamnus may refer to: * Rhamnus (city), or Rhamnous, an ancient Greek city in Attica * Rhamnus (Crete), or Rhamnous, an ancient Greek town in Crete * Rhamnus, an augur killed by Nisus and Euryalus in book IX of The Aeneid * Rhamnus (plant), ''Rhamnus'' (plant) or buckthorns, a plant genus * 9316 Rhamnus, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1988 * Mount Rhamnus, a mountain in Antarctica {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhamnus (city)
Rhamnous (; ), also Ramnous or Rhamnus, was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek city in Attica situated on the coast, overlooking the Euboea, Euboean Strait. Its ruins lie northwest of the modern town of Agia Marina in the municipality of Marathon, Greece, Marathon. The site was best known in antiquity for its sanctuary of Nemesis (mythology), Nemesis, the implacable avenging goddess, her most important in ancient Greece. Rhamnous is the best-preserved Attic deme site. It was strategically significant on the sea routes and was fortified with an Athenian garrison of ''Ephebos, ephebes'' (young men). A fortified acropolis dominates the two small harbours located on either side of it which have silted up extensively since antiquity, and into which grain was imported for Athens during the Peloponnesian War. It derived its name from Buckthorn, a thick prickly shrub, which still grows upon the site. Location Rhamnus was situated on the east coast of Attica. The town occupied a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
