- the
ancestors of the
classical Phocians might be
presumed to have been in
place there,
though not yet
speaking Phocian.
Ancient Phocis was
about 1,619 km2...
-
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...
- the
Phocians,
since other states could see that "the Thebans ... had used the
Amphictyony to
pursue petty and
destructive vendettas". The
Phocians were...
- "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...
- the
Spartan defeat of the
Phocians at
Delphi and the
restoration of
Delphian self-government. In 458 or 457 BC, the
Phocians captured three towns in the...
- the
status quo, but
Philip II of
Macedon keeps the
right to
punish the
Phocians for
starting the
Sacred War. The
Athenian politicians,
Demosthenes and...
- Greece" and join them in
fighting the
Phocians. Philip's
power was by now so
great that
ultimately the
Phocians did not even
attempt to resist, and instead...
-
Ameinias the
Phocian (Ancient Gr****: Ἀμεινίας) (flourished 277/272 BC) was an
ancient Gr****
pirate and
mercenary leader in the
service of king Antigonus...
-
Heracleides (Ancient Gr****: Ἡρακλείδης) was a
sculptor of
ancient Greece, from Phocis, of whom
nothing more is known.
Diogenes Laërtius,
Lives and Opinions...
- the
Phocians,
since other states could see that "the Thebans ... had used the
Amphictyony to
pursue petty and
destructive vendettas". The
Phocians were...
