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Amphipolis

(Encyclopedia) AmphipolisAmphipolisămfĭˈpəlĭs [key], ancient city of Macedonia, on the Strymon (Struma) River near the sea and NE of later Thessaloníki. The place was known as Ennea Hodoi [nine ways…

Mars' Hill

(Encyclopedia) Mars' Hill, name given in the Bible for the Areopagus at Athens.

Damaris

(Encyclopedia) DamarisDamarisdămˈərĭs [key], in the Acts of the Apostles, woman converted at Athens.

Demetrius Phalereus

(Encyclopedia) Demetrius PhalereusDemetrius Phalereusdĭmēˈtrēəs [key]Demetrius Phalereusfəlērˈ&oomacr;s, fəlērˈēəs [key] [Lat.,=of Phalerum], d. c.280 b.c., Athenian orator. One of the first…

Pratinas

(Encyclopedia) PratinasPratinasprătˈĭnəs [key], fl. c.500 b.c., Greek dithyrambic poet of Phlius, said to have introduced the satyr play into Athens.

Thásos

(Encyclopedia) ThásosThásosthāˈsŏs [key], island (1991 pop. 13,527), c.170 sq mi (440 sq km), NE Greece, in the Aegean Sea. Timber, olive oil, honey, wine, and lead-zinc ores are its chief products;…

Georgia, University of

(Encyclopedia) Georgia, University of, at Athens, Ga.; land-grant and state-supported; coeducational; chartered 1785 as the first state-supported university in the United States, opened 1801. The…

William Shakespeare: Timon of Athens, Act II

Act IIScene IA Senator's houseEnter Senator, with papers in his handSenatorAnd late, five thousand: to Varro and to Isidore He owes nine thousand; besides my former sum, Which makes it five…

William Shakespeare: Timon of Athens, Act III

Act IIIScene IA room in Lucullus' houseFlaminius waiting. Enter a Servant to himServantI have told my lord of you; he is coming down to you.FlaminiusI thank you, sir.Enter LucullusServantHere…

William Shakespeare: Timon of Athens, Act IV

Act IVScene IWithout the walls of AthensEnter TimonTimonLet me look back upon thee. O thou wall, That girdlest in those wolves, dive in the earth, And fence not Athens! Matrons, turn…