History

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Edomites

Edom: Iron Age kingdom, directly south of the Dead Sea, situated in modern Jordan and Israel. In Greek, it is called Idumea.Bronze Age …

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Elagabal

Elagabal (Aramaic Ilaha Gabal, the "lord of the mountain"), Syrian sun god. His cult was introduced in Rome by the boy-emperor Heliogabalus (218-222).The pantheon of Emesa …

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Elam

Elam: ancient kingdom in the southwest of modern Iran, modern Khuzestan. Because its capital was Susa, it was also known as Susiana. …

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Eleusis

Eleusis (Greek Ἐλευσίς): town to the west of Athens, site of the sanctuary where the Mysteries of Demeter and Kore were celebrated. …

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Emporiae (Ampurias)

Emporiae (Greek: ᾽Εμπόριον, "port of trade"): three Graeco-Roman settlements in northeastern Spain, today called Ampurias in Spanish and Empúries in Catalan. …

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Epaminondas

Epaminondas (†362): Theban general, famous for improvements of the phalanx.After the Athenian defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Sparta was the leading power in Greece. Immediately, it started to support the revolt of Cyrus the Younger against the Persian king Artaxerxes II…

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Epaphroditus

Epaphroditus: name of two Roman patrons of the literary arts, a courtier and a grammarian. Both were born between 20 and 25 and died in c.96. They are mentioned as sponsors of the careers of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus…

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Ephesus

Ephesus (modern Selçuk): ancient Greek town in western Turkey, one of the largest and best excavated cities of the ancient world.Early History …

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