Gadara (Greek: Γάδαρα, romanized: Gádara), in some texts Gedaris, was an ancient Hellenistic city in what is now Jordan, for a long time member of the...
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Philodemus (redirect from Philodemus of Gàdara)
Philodemus of Gadara (Greek: Φιλόδημος ὁ Γαδαρεύς, Philodēmos, "love of the people"; c. 110 – prob. c. 40 or 35 BC) was an Epicurean philosopher and poet...
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Gadara Tyros Kos Meleager of Gadara (Greek: Μελέαγρος Meleagros; fl. 1st century BC) was a poet and collector of epigrams. He wrote some satirical prose...
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Jordan principally known for its proximity to the ruins of the ancient Gadara. It is the largest city in the Bani Kinanah Department and Irbid Governorate...
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The Gadara Aqueduct, also called Qanatir Fir'awn or Qanat Fir'aun (Pharaoh's Watercourse), was a Roman aqueduct supplying water for some of the cities...
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Theodorus of Gadara (Greek: Θεόδωρος ὁ Γαδαρεύς) was a Greek rhetorician of the 1st century BC from Gadara (present-day Um Qais, Jordan) who founded a...
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Gadara is the name of several ancient cities from the Southern Levant, now in ruins, the best known being today in northern Jordan. Cities with the name...
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of Galilee located at some distance to the ancient Decapolis cities of Gadara and Gerasa. Today, it is identified with El-Koursi or Kursi. It is mentioned...
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Perea (section Gadara/Gadora in Peraea)
Onomasticon, but in the Latin translation by Jerome, Transjordan is used. Gadara or Gadora of Perea (identified as Tell Jadur near Al-Salt) was the chief...
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Jesus gets out of the boat, but neither Gadara nor Gerasa is nearby; both cities are southeast of the lake, Gadara 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) away or a two-hour...
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