Greece

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Attica

Attica (Greek: Αττική): the central eastern part of mainland Greece, capital Athens. Laurion: the southeastern part of Attica Attica is a big,…

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Bacchiads

Bacchiads (Greek: Βακχιάδαι): aristocratic elite of Corinth in the early Archaic Period.The Bacchiads were the aristocratic elite, dominating Corinth in the second half of the eighth and first half of the seventh centuries BCE. Claiming descent from Heracles, they were…

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Baetyl

Baetyl (or Baitylos, Beth-El): a venerated stone, believed to be in some sense the "house of god". The baetyl of Elagabal…

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Barbarians

Barbarian (Greek βάρβαρος): Greek and Roman expression, often pejorative, to indicate the nations they perceived as wild and uncivilized.  A Persian…

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