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Ambracia (/æmˈbreɪʃə/; ‹See Tfd›Gr****: Ἀμβρακία,
occasionally Ἀμπρακία, Ampracia) was a city of
ancient Greece on the site of
modern Arta. It was founded...
- In Gr**** mythology,
Ambracia (Ancient Gr****: Άμβρακία) was a
Oeachalian princess and
daughter of King Melaneus, son of
Apollo and Oechalia, and the sister...
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Cleombrotus (later
referred to as
Cleombrotus of
Ambracia; Gr****: Κλεόμβροτος) is a
young man
mentioned in Plato's
Phaedo as one of two
young men notably...
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Epigonus of
Ambracia (‹See Tfd›Gr****: Ἐπίγονος Ἀμβρακιώτης; fl. 6th
century BC) was a Gr****
musician from
Ambracia in
South Epirus, who was
admitted to...
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Corinthian colony Ambracia,
followed after his
death by his son
Periander of
Ambracia.
Another known Cypselid from
Ambracia was
named Archinus, whose...
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Vonitsa lie on its s****s. The gulf
takes its name from the
ancient city of
Ambracia located near its s****s. Its
alternative name
comes from the
medieval (and...
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which is part of
Epirus region. The city was
known in
ancient times as
Ambracia (Ancient Gr****: Ἀμβρακία). Arta is
known for the
medieval bridge over the...
- Sil**** (Gr****: Σιλανός) of
Ambracia was an
ancient Gr****
soothsayer in Xenophon's Anabasis. In 401 BC, he
accompanied Cyrus the
Younger in an expedition...
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Epicrates of
Ambracia (Gr****: Ἐπικράτης Ἀμβρακιώτης), was an
Ambraciote who
lived in Athens, a
comic poet of the
Middle Comedy,
according to the testimony...
- his Histories,
mentions the use of such
weapons at the
Roman siege of
Ambracia: The
Aetolians being besieged by the
consul Marcus Fulvius,
offered a gallant...
