- east. In the
Geography of
Claudius Ptolemy, the
river is
referred to as
Nestus (Νέστος), and is said to form the
boundary between ancient Macedonia and...
- Edonides) (Gr****: Ἠδωνιοί) were a
Thracian tribe who
dwelt mostly between the
Nestus and the
Strymon rivers in
southern Thrace, but also once
dwelt west of the...
- Βίστων or Βιστών) was the son of Ares and Callirrhoe,
daughter of river-god
Nestus. His two
brothers were
Odomas and
Edonus (eponyms of two
Thracian tribes...
- a
Thracian people,
inhabiting part of
Mount Pangaeus between the
rivers Nestus (Mesta) and
Strymon (Struma).
According to Herodotus, they were independent...
- into the
peninsulas of Acte and
Pallene in the south,
beyond the
river Nestus in the east, and are even said to have
raided Cardia.
Between the 470s and...
-
Tagiades nestus, the
Papuan snow flat or
Nestus flat, is a
butterfly of the
family Hesperiidae. It is
found on the
Australian islands in the
Torres Strait...
- lion.
According to
Herodotus lions occurred between Achelous river and
Nestus,
being plentiful between Akanthos and Thermi. When
Xerxes advanced near...
- may
refer to the
following personages: Nessus, the river-god of the
river Nestus (also
called Nessus or Nesus) in Thrace. He is the son of the
Titans Oce****...
-
Jacob Ernst Thomann von Hagelstein, or
Nestus Thomann (c. 1588 – 10
October 1653) was a
German Baroque painter.
Hagelstein was born in Lindau. Houbraken...
-
beside Lake Bistonis, near
Abdera extending westward as far as the
river Nestus. It was
through the land of the
Bistones that
Xerxes marched on his invasion...
