- of Samos, the
first known individual to
propose that the
Earth revolves around the Sun.
Samian wine was well
known in
antiquity and is
still produced on...
-
antidote on a
condemned criminal, who survived.
Cimolian earth The
meaning and
etymology of '
samian ware' is a
somewhat complex matter,
fully addressed in...
-
medicinal earth. The
eight kinds are: the
terra sigillata,
Egyptian earth,
Samian earth,
earth of Chios,
Cimolean earth or pure clay (cimolite), soft
earth, called...
-
Hermodamas of
Samos as a
possible tutor.
Hermodamas represented the
indigenous Samian rhapsodic tradition and his
father Creophylos was said to have been the...
- of the Gr****
earth-goddess and she may be
related to Gaia. Samos.The name of the
island was "Parthenia" in the
Carian period. In the
Samian festival "Toneia"...
-
compared to
Earth's size. He also
estimated the
distances from the
Earth to the Sun and Moon. He
estimated that the Sun is
seven times the size of
Earth. Although...
-
doggedly continued to
fight the
Persian fleet even
after the
defection of the
Samians and others, but the
Chians were
ultimately forced to
retreat and were again...
-
biological finds indicate that the
garrison included a
cavalry unit.
Rubbings of
samian ware
found at
Pomeroy Wood can be
viewed at the
Study Group for
Roman Pottery...
-
against the
Samians. When the
Athenians ordered the two
sides to stop
fighting and
submit the case to
arbitration in Athens, the
Samians refused. In response...
- Sardanan,
others a Gergithian,
others a Rhodian,
others a Libyan,
others a
Samian."
Clement of Alexandria. The Stromata, or Miscellanies, Book I, Chap XV...
