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- man and part bull. It was kept by King Minos of Crete in the center of a "labyrinth ... This tale contains much that touches the essence of human existence ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- The Cretan War, or War of Candia, as the sixth Turkish–Venetian ... Four and a half centuries of Venetian rule in Crete thus came to an ...20 KB (3,128 words) - 19:12, 7 May 2020
- largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete, possibly the ceremonial ... excavations which brought to light part of the magazines in the west wing ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- 3000-1200 B.C.E. in Greece and the basin of the Aegean sea. Ancient Greek ... archaeology inevitably includes an element of imaginative reconstruction ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- is first mentioned by Homer as the creator of a wide dancing-ground for Ariadne ... . Homer refers to Ariadne by her Cretan title, the "Lady of the ...11 KB (1,708 words) - 07:41, 12 January 2024
- The Adriatic Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Italian ... The sea's western coast runs the length of Italy, while the eastern ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- The Cretan War (205 B.C.E.–200 B.C.E.) was fought by King Philip ... and economy suffering from the depredations of the pirates, Philip believed ...30 KB (4,711 words) - 00:32, 27 December 2021
- eruption that occurred on the Greek island of Thera (known today as Santorini ... cyclical process.W.L. Friedrich, Fire in the Sea, the Santorini Volcano: Natural ...26 KB (3,980 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- also called Cronos or Kronos, was the leader of the first generation of Titans ... The etymology of the theonym cronus is obscure. Despite some conflation ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:30, 3 June 2020
- ; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of both the sea and earthquakes. In ... patron, and they would pray to the "Sea God" for a safe voyage ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, flourishing ... have been used to describe the current ruler of the Minoan civilization. What ...35 KB (5,383 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- the highest ranking god among the pantheon of Olympian gods. He held jurisdiction ... influence upon colloquial understandings of God in the Western world. ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- Theogony (Greek: Θεογονία, theogonia=the birth of Gods) is ... the Theogony not as the definitive source of Greek mythology, but rather ...19 KB (3,043 words) - 18:20, 30 April 2023
- George I, King of the Hellenes Georgios A' Vasileus ton Ellinon; ... as a constitutional monarch, the reigns of his successors would prove ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- Abdülhamid II His Imperial Majesty, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ... for the massacres of Ottoman Armenians which occurred throughout his ...27 KB (4,219 words) - 04:44, 14 June 2023
- , "Island of Atlas") is a mythical island nation first mentioned ... Plato's account of Atlantis, believed to be the first, is found ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- a people who inhabited the southern coast of Canaan around the time of the ... were usually portrayed as implacable enemies of the Israelites. Their most ...22 KB (3,372 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- Crete ( Κρήτη , el|Kríti ; Ancient Greek: grc|Κρήτη ... ; to the north, it broaches the Sea of Crete (Greek: Κρητικό ...64 KB (9,291 words) - 23:45, 15 May 2024
- are important archeologically because of the many cliff-dwellings built ... A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley on the sea floor of the ...14 KB (2,019 words) - 19:29, 25 November 2023
- |WHS = Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns ... in Greece, located about 90 km south-west of Athens, in the north-eastern ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 22:40, 10 November 2022
