Hellenistic

There are 1575 items in Hellenistic:

The Great Flood

The Great Flood: mythological story about a great destruction that once befell the earth. There are several variants; the Biblical version is the most famous. The possibility that there is a historical event behind the story (a local flood in southern Babylonia in…

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Halicarnassus (Bodrum)

Halicarnassus (Greek Ἁλικαρνασσός): Greek-Carian city, modern Bodrum in southwestern Turkey.Origin Mosaic of Halicarnassus' city goddess In the year 26 CE, the inhabitants…

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Halos

Halos or Alos (Greek Ἅλος): Greek town in southeastern Thessaly.Old Halos Map of Hellenistic Halos The city of Halos may date back to…

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