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Byzas (Ancient Gr****: Βύζας,
Býzas) was the
legendary founder of
Byzantium (Ancient Gr****: Βυζάντιον, Byzántion), the city
later known as Constantinople...
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derived from the
Thracian personal name
Byzas which means "he-goat".
Ancient Gr****
legend refers to the Gr**** king
Byzas, the
leader of the
Megarian colonists...
- over the poor.
Arguably the most
famous citizen of
Megara in
antiquity was
Byzas, the
legendary founder of
Byzantium in the 7th
century BC. The 6th century...
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Megarian colonists claimed a
direct line back to the
founders of the city,
Byzas, the son of the god
Poseidon and the
nymph Ceroëssa.
Modern excavations...
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Megarian colonists,
Byzas. The
later Byzantines of
Constantinople themselves would maintain that the city was
named in
honor of two men,
Byzas and Antes, though...
- was the
daughter of Io and Zeus;
elder sister of Epaphus; and
mother of
Byzas,
founder of Byzantium, with her uncle, Poseidon.
According to the historian...
- Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Cerebia;
Tzetzes on Lycophron, 838. Smith, s.v.
Byzas; Steph**** of Byzantium, s.v. Byzantion. Pausanias, 9.36.4. RE, s.v. Chrysogeneia;...
- Hecate.
Hecate had a cult in
Byzantium from the time of its founding. Like
Byzas in one legend, she had her
origins in Thrace.
Since Hecate was the guardian...
- (Gr****: Βυζάντιον, Latin: Byzantium),
named after its
mythical founder,
Byzas.
Following independence from the UK in 1947, many
regions and
cities have...
- from a
Thracian or
Illyrian personal name,
Byzas.: 352ff
Ancient Gr****
legend refers to a
legendary king
Byzas as the
leader of the
Megarian colonists and...
