- The
Pinarus River (Gr****: Πίναρος) is a
small stream in
southern Anatolia near today's Turkey—Syria border. It was
famous in
antiquity as the site of...
- countermarch, and the
stage was set for the
battle near the
mouth of the
Pinarus River and the city of Issus. The
battle took
place south of the ancient...
- In Gr**** mythology,
Pinarus (Ancient Gr****: Πίναρός Pinaros) was the
eponymous founder of the
Lycian city of Pinara.
Pinarus was the son of
Tremilus who...
-
ancient settlement on the
strategic coastal plain straddling the
small Pinarus river (a fast melt-water
stream several metres wide)
below the navigationally...
-
southern Anatolia near today's Turkey—Syria border, is
believed to be the
Pinarus River of antiquity,
where Alexander the
Great defeated Darius III of Persia...
- been
previously named Tremile) and had by him four sons: Tlos, Xanthus,
Pinarus and Cragus. In one account, all sons were
mentioned except Xanthus to be...
- the
nymph Praxi****,
daughter of Ogygus. His
three brothers were Tloos,
Pinarus and Cragus. This
Xanthus was
probably the
husband of Laodamia, the daughter...
-
defeat of the
Persians in 333 BCE at the
Battle of
Issus (fought on the
Pinarus river near
modern İskenderun and
north of
modern Antakya).
After his death...
-
learned of the
Persian position. He
immediately retraced his
route to the
Pinarus River, just
south of Issus, to find Darius'
force ****embled
along the northern...
-
countermarch his forces,
setting the
stage for the
battle near the
mouth of the
Pinarus River and
south of the
village of Issus.
Darius was
apparently unaware...
