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    Ambracia (/æmˈbreɪʃə/; Greek: Ἀμβρακία, occasionally Ἀμπρακία, Ampracia) was a city of ancient Greece on the site of modern Arta. It was founded by the...
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  • Cleombrotus (later referred to as Cleombrotus of Ambracia; Greek: Κλεόμβροτος) is a young man mentioned in Plato's Phaedo as one of two young men notably...
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    In Greek mythology, Ambracia (Ancient Greek: Άμβρακία) was a Oeachalian princess and daughter of King Melaneus, son of Apollo and Oechalia, and thus, sister...
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    Vonitsa lie on its shores. The gulf takes its name from the ancient city of Ambracia located near its shores. Its alternative name comes from the medieval (and...
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  • Epigonus of Ambracia (Greek: Ἐπίγονος Ἀμβρακιώτης; fl. 6th century BC) was a Greek musician from Ambracia in South Epirus, who was admitted to a citizenship...
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  • the Corinthian colony Ambracia, followed after his death by his son Periander of Ambracia. Another known Cypselid from Ambracia was named Archinus, whose...
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  • famous archer whose reputation overshadowed his father, and of Ambracia, eponym of Ambracia in Epirus. Alternatively, Melaneus was the husband of Oechalia...
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  • as Ionian. Dicaearchus gives the name of Dryopis to the country around Ambracia, from which we might conclude that the Dryopes extended at one time from...
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  • Epicrates of Ambracia (Greek: Ἐπικράτης Ἀμβρακιώτης), was an Ambraciote who lived in Athens, a comic poet of the Middle Comedy, according to the testimony...
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  • his Histories, mentions the use of such weapons at the Roman siege of Ambracia: The Aetolians being besieged by the consul Marcus Fulvius, offered a gallant...
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