Taras

	Taras Taras may refer to: Geography * Taras (ancient city) of Magna Graecia, modern-day Taranto * Taras, Iran, a village in Tehran province * Taras, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland * Taraš, a village in Vojvodina, Serbia * Taras, Kazakhstan, a village in Almaty Region People * Taras (name), a Ukrainian male given name * Taras (surname) Other uses * Taras (mythology), in Greek mythology the son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyrion See also * Taraz Taraz ( ; also historically known as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (river), Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. It had a populatio ... , a city in Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Taras (name) Taras () is a male Ukrainians, Ukrainian given name especially popular in Ukraine. In Greek mythology, Taras (Ancient Greek: Τάρας) was the eponymous founder of the ancient Greece, Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto), in Magna Graecia (today South Italy). The name was later modified in Byzantium after Saint Tarasios (also Saint Tarasius; ). Saint Tarasios's feast day is on the Calendar of Saints, celebrated on February 25 by the Eastern Orthodox and Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church churches, and on February 18 by the Roman Catholic Church. (This date on the Julian Calendar at present corresponds to March 10 on the Gregorian calendar). A common version is that the name Taras means "rebellious" from Greek word "rebellion" - ταραχή (tarahi), but this version is not confirmed. In Greece name Taras is practically unknown. The spread of the name in Ukraine is explained by its association with Taras Shevchenko, a national poet and unifying figure for the Ukra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Taras (ancient City) Taranto (; ; previously called Tarent in English) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Taranto, serving as an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base. Founded by Spartans in the 8th century BC during the period of Greek colonisation, Taranto was among the most important ''Polis, poleis'' in Magna Graecia, becoming a cultural, economic and military power that gave birth to philosophers, strategists, writers and athletes such as Archytas, Aristoxenus, Livius Andronicus, Heracleides of Tarentum, Heracleides, Iccus of Taranto, Iccus, Cleinias of Tarentum, Cleinias, Leonidas of Tarentum, Leonidas, Lysis of Taras, Lysis and Sosibius of Tarentum, Sosibius. By 500 BC, the city was among the largest in the world, with a population estimated up to 300,000 people. The seven-year rule of Archytas marked the apex of its development and recognition of its hegemony over other Greek colonisation, Greek colonies of southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Taras (mythology) In Greek mythology, Taras () was the eponymous founder of the ancient Greece, Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto), in Magna Graecia (today Southern Italy). Family Taras was the son of Poseidon and Satyrion, either a Taranto, Tarentine nymph or a daughter of Minos. Mythology When Taras was shipwrecked, his father rescued him by sending a dolphin which he rode to traverse the sea from the promontory of Taenarum to the south of Italy. Brought ashore, Taras founded Tarentum which was named in his honour. According to Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias, he was worshiped as a hero who named both the city and the river, Taras after himself. Taranto Note that a harbour close by Taranto is still called Torre Saturo (derived from Satyrion). It was in Torre Saturo, almost south of Taranto, that Spartan colonists settled their first colony in Taranto zone. Later, around 706 BC, they conquered the Iapygians, Iapygian city of Taranto. On the ancient Greek coinage, coinage of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Taras (surname) Taras is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Connor Taras (born 19??), Canadian kayaker * Jamie Taras (born 1966), Canadian football player * John Taras (1919–2004), American ballet master and choreographer * Martin Taras (1914–1994), American cartoonist * Raymond Taras (born 1946), Canadian political scientist {{surname, Taras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Taras, Łódź Voivodeship Taras is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Przedbórz, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Przedbórz, east of Radomsko, and south-east of the regional capital Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan .... References Villages in Radomsko County {{Radomsko-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Taraš Taraš (; ) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (96.49%) and its population numbering 1,140 people (2002 census). Names Names in other languages: , . Historical population 1821: 1,040 1825: 1,047 1863: 1,092 1868: 1,424 1880: 1,356 1910: 1,887 1921: 2,091 1931: 2,148 1939: 2,363 1948: 1,956 1953: 1,956 1961: 1,779 1971: 1,612 1981: 1,330 1991: 1,107 2002: 1,167 References Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. Miodrag Dostanić, Mile Markov, To je Taraš: hronika dugovečnog sela, Zrenjanin, 2002. See also List of places in Serbia List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Taras, Iran Tares (, also Romanized as Ţāres and Tāras) is a village in Shahrabad Rural District, in the Central District of Firuzkuh County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 149, in 60 families. References Populated places in Firuzkuh County {{Firuzkuh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]