Mount Olympus (Greek Ὂλυμπος): mountain in northern Greece, between Thessaly and Macedonia, believed to be the dwelling of the gods.Mountain
Mount Olympus, seen…
Opis (Akkadian Upî or Upija): ancient Babylonian city on the Tigris, not far from modern Baghdad.Site
The precise location of Opis has not been established, but from the Akkadian and Greek texts, it is clear that it was situated on the…
Pactolus: little river in western Turkey (modern Sart Çayı), famous because it contained gold.
Pactolus
The river Pactolus has become famous because it…
Paeones (Greek Παίονες) or Paeonians: mixed Thracian-Illyrian nation, living on the banks of the upper reaches of the rivers Axius and Strymon.Country
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Palmyra or Tadmor: oasis in the desert between Damascus and the Euphrates, important trade center, and capital of a semi-indepent state in the third century CE.Bronze Age
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Paphlagonia (Greek: Παφλαγονία): area in northern Anatolia, on the southern shore of the Black Sea.Paphlagonia is an area in the north of what is now called Turkey, along the southern shore of the Black Sea. According to the Graeco-Roman geographer…