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Ortygia (/ɔːrˈtɪdʒiə/ or-TIJ-ee-ə; Italian:
Ortigia [orˈtiːdʒa];
Ancient Gr****: Ὀρτυγία, romanized:
Ortygía) is a
small island which is the historical...
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should be. The
nucleus of the
ancient city was the
small island of
Ortygia. The
settlers found the land
fertile and the
native tribes to be reasonably...
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Ortygia,
several traditions make a
distinction between the two islands,
having Delos as the
birthplace of
Apollo and
Ortygia of Artemis.
Ortygia was...
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Lepidochrysops ortygia, the
koppie blue, is a
butterfly of the
family Lycaenidae. It is
found in
South Africa, from the
hills in the
Eastern Cape, north...
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Anticla ortygia is a moth in the
family Bombycidae. It was
described by
Herbert Druce in 1887. It is
found in Panama. Savela,
Markku (June 29, 2010)....
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beneath the sea and came up as a
fresh water fountain on the
island of
Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily. The myth of her
transformation begins in
Arcadia when...
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Ortygia (Ancient Gr****: Ὀρτυγία) was a town of
ancient Ionia. Its site is near Kirazlı,
Asiatic Turkey.
Richard Talbert, ed. (2000).
Barrington Atlas...
- in love with the
nymph Arethusa, but she fled from him to the
island of
Ortygia near Syracuse, and
metamorphosed herself into a well,
after which Alpheus...
- in love with the
nymph Arethusa, but she fled from him to the
island of
Ortygia near Syracuse, and
metamorphosed herself into a well,
whereupon Alpheius...
- advances, she
flung herself into the sea and
became a
floating rock
called Ortygia until the
twins were born. When Leto
stepped on the rock, four pillars...
