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Cyrene in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Cyrene may
refer to:
Cyrene (mythology), an
ancient Gr****
mythological figure Cyrene, Libya, an ancient...
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Cyrene, also
sometimes anglicized as Kyrene, was an
ancient Gr****
colony and
Roman city near present-day
Shahhat in
northeastern Libya in
North Africa...
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Eratosthenes of
Cyrene (/ɛrəˈtɒsθəniːz/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἐρατοσθένης [eratostʰénɛːs]; c. 276 BC – c. 195/194 BC) was an
Ancient Gr**** polymath: a mathematician...
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Simon of
Cyrene (Hebrew: שמעון,
Standard Hebrew Šimʿon,
Tiberian Hebrew Šimʿôn; Gr****: Σίμων Κυρηναῖος, Simōn Kyrēnaios) was the man
compelled by the...
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Cyrene (/saɪˈriːni/, sy-REE-nee), also
spelled Kyrene (/kaɪˈriːni/, ky-REE-nee;
Ancient Gr****: Κυρήνη, romanized: Kurḗnē) is a
figure in Gr**** mythology...
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Arete of
Cyrene (/əˈriːtiː/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἀρήτη; fl. 4th
century BC) was a
Cyrenaic philosopher who
lived in
Cyrene, Libya. She was the
daughter of Aristippus...
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Cyrene or
Cyrenaica was a Gr****
colony on the
North African coast, in what is now
northeastern Libya,
founded by
Dorian settlers from
Thera (modern Santorini)...
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Istros the
Callimachean (Ancient Gr****: Ἴστρος ὁ Καλλιμάχειος) was a Gr**** writer,
probably from Paphos. He was a
pupil of Callimachus, and
active in the...
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Lacydes of
Cyrene (Ancient Gr****: Λακύδης ὁ Κυρηναῖος),
Academic Skeptic philosopher, was head of the
Platonic Academy at
Athens in
succession to Arcesilaus...
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Aretaphila of
Cyrene (Ancient Gr****: Ἀρεταφίλα; fl. c. 50 BC) was a
noblewoman from
Cyrene, an
ancient Gr****
colony in
North Africa.
According to Plutarch...
