Stagira Eshowiensis
Stagira may refer to: * Stagira (ancient city), in Greece * ''Stagira'' (cicada), a genus of cicadas * Stageira Chalkidikis Stagira (, also: Στάγιρα - ''Stagira'') is a Greek village lying on a plateau on the Chalcidice peninsula, at the foot of the Argirolofos hill. The village stands approximately 18 kilometers southwest of the ruins of ancient Stageira, the ...

Stagira (ancient City)
Stagira (), Stagirus (), or Stageira ( or ) was an ancient Greek city located near the eastern coast of the peninsula of Chalkidice, which is now part of the Greek province of Central Macedonia. It is chiefly known for being the birthplace of Aristotle, the Greek philosopher and polymath, student of Plato, and teacher of Alexander the Great. The ruins of the city lie approximately northeast of the present-day village of Stagira, and adjacent to the town of Olympiada. History Stagira was founded in 655 BC by Ionian settlers from Andros. Xerxes I of Persia occupied it in 480 BC. The city later joined the Delian League, led by Athens, but left in 424 BC: as a result, the Athenian demagogue Cleon laid siege to it in 422 BC. However, Cleon was a poor strategist and his conduct of the siege was very inefficient: so much so that the ancient Greek comedy writer Aristophanes satirised him in the play '' The Knights''. Cleon died in the same year, in the bat ...
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Stagira (cicada)
''Stagira'' is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 30 described species in ''Stagira''. Species These 39 species belong to the genus ''Stagira'': * '' Stagira abagnata'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira acrida'' (Walker, F., 1850) * '' Stagira aethlius'' (Walker, F., 1850) * '' Stagira caffrariensis'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira celsus'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira chloana'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira consobrina'' (Distant, 1920) * '' Stagira consobrinoides'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira dendrophila'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira dracomontana'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira dracomontanoides'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira elegans'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira empangeniensis'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira enigmatica'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira eshowiensis'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira furculata'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira fuscula'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira microcephala'' (Walker, F., 1850) * '' Stagira mystica'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira nasuta'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira natalensis'' ...
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