Abdera (Greek: Άβδηρα) is a municipality in the Xanthi regional unit of Thrace, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was a major Greek polis on the Thracian...
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Abdera may refer to: Abdera, Thrace, a city and municipality in Greece Abdera, Spain, an ancient city Apache Abdera, an implementation of the Atom Syndication...
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song and playing the lyre. Protagoras was a Greek philosopher from Abdera, Thrace (c. 490–420 BC.) An expert in rhetorics and subjects connected to virtue...
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Democritus (redirect from Democritus of Abdera)
doubt their accuracy. Democritus was said to be born in the city of Abdera in Thrace, an Ionian colony of Teos. Ancient accounts of his life have claimed...
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Protagoras (redirect from Protagoras of Abdera)
and its decisions on open, democratic debate. Protagoras was born in Abdera, Thrace, opposite the island of Thasos (today part of the Xanthi regional unit)...
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Myrodato (category Abdera, Thrace)
is a settlement in the Abdera municipal unit, Xanthi regional unit of Greece. It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of Abdera. Its population was 402...
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Bion of Abdera (Greek: Βίων ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης, gen. Βίωνος) was a Greek mathematician and astronomer of Abdera, Thrace, and a pupil of Democritus. Strabo refers...
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Western Thrace or West Thrace (Greek: [Δυτική] Θράκη, [Dytikí] Thráki [ˈθraci]) also known as Greek Thrace or Aegean Thrace, is a geographic and historical...
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Abderus (category Greek mythology of Thrace)
(eromenoi), and reputedly a son of Hermes by some accounts, and eponym of Abdera, Thrace. The paternity of Abderus differs according to the sources. Some say...
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Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (/ˌmæsəˈdoʊniə/ MASS-ə-DOH-nee-ə; Greek: Ανατολική Μακεδονία και Θράκη, romanized: Anatolikí Makedonía ke Thráki, [anatoliˈci...
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