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latterly by
Philip II of Macedon, and the
Phocians. The war was
caused by a
large fine
imposed in 357 BC on the
Phocians by the
Amphictyonic League (dominated...
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larger than the
ancient one. Geopolitically,
Phocis was the
country of the
Phocians, who
spoke their own
version of
Doric Gr****, one of the
three main dialects...
- Proto-Gr****
Dialects Doric proper:
Laconian Argolic Corinthian Northwest Doric:
Phocian Locrian Elean Epirote (?)
Ancient Macedonian Achaean Doric Achaean Doric...
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Ameinias the
Phocian (Ancient Gr****: Ἀμεινίας) (flourished 277/272 BC) was an
ancient Gr****
pirate and
mercenary leader in the
service of king Antigonus...
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started attacking Phocian poleis allied to Sparta.
Pelopidas is
again mentioned as the
commander of the
abortive Theban siege of the
Phocian city of Elateia...
-
combined Thessalian and
Macedonian army
under Philip II of Macedon. The
Phocians were
decisively defeated by Philip's forces. Philip's
victory secured his...
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became a key
player in the
Third Sacred War (356–346 BC),
defeating the
Phocians,
commanded by Onomarchus, at the
Battle of
Crocus Field in 352 BC. While...
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Heracleides (Ancient Gr****: Ἡρακλείδης) was a
sculptor of
ancient Greece, from Phocis, of whom
nothing more is known.
Diogenes Laërtius,
Lives and Opinions...
- of
Phlegyas and
lover of Apollo. Aegle, was a
daughter of Panopeus, the
Phocian hero. She was said to be one who was
beloved by Theseus, and for whom he...
- "middle gate", the
narrowest part of the p**** of Thermopylae,
where the
Phocians had
built a
defensive wall some time before. News also
reached Leonidas...
