Messenia or Messinia (/məˈsiːniə/ mə-SEE-nee-ə; Greek: Μεσσηνία [mesiˈni.a]) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the...
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Messenia or Messinia (Greek: Μεσσηνία) was an ancient district of the southwestern Peloponnese, more or less overlapping the modern Messenia region of...
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L'oracolo in Messenia is a 1738 opera by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Apostolo Zeno. The opera was composed for the autumn Venetian carnival season...
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List of Olympic winners of the Stadion race (redirect from Diocles of Messenia)
Anticles of Messenia 9th Olympiad 744 BC - Xenocles of Messenia 10th Olympiad 740 BC - Dotades of Messenia 11th Olympiad 736 BC - Leochares of Messenia 12th...
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of the Mediterranean known as the Ionian Sea, off the coast of Pylos, Messenia, Greece. The boat, named Adriana, which had a capacity of 400 people carried...
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is a mountain village and a community in the municipality of Kalamata, Messenia, Greece. The community includes the small village Agios Ioannis Theologos...
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Lynceus of Messene (redirect from Lynceus of Messenia)
In Greek mythology, Lynceus (/ˈlɪnsiːəs, -sjuːs/; Ancient Greek: Λυγκεύς, romanized: Lunkeús, lit. 'lynx-like') is a Messenian prince and one of the Argonauts...
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This is a list of settlements in Messenia, Greece. Achladochori Adriani Aetos Agaliani Agios Floros Agios Nikolaos Agios Nikon Agios Sostis Agrilia Agrilia...
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The First Messenian War was a war between Messenia and Sparta. It began in 743 BC and ended in 724 BC, according to the dates given by Pausanias. The war...
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Lemnos, Lesbos, Samos) Peloponnese (Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Laconia, Messenia, Achaea, Elis) Thessaly (Karditsa, Larissa, Magnesia, Trikala, Sporades)...
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Lesbos, Greece Eira (Messenia), or Ira, an ancient town of Messenia, Greece Eira, Messenia or Ira, a municipality in northern Messenia, Greece Ira, Mazandaran...
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regional unit, part of the municipality Elassona Kefalovryso, Messenia, a village in Messenia, part of the municipal unit Aristomenis Kefalovryso, Trikala...
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Leucippus (son of Perieres) (redirect from Leucippus of Messenia)
In Greek mythology, Leucippus (Ancient Greek: Λεύκιππος Leukippos) was a Messenian prince. The Boeotian town of Leuctra is said to have derived its name...
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Chalkidiki, a village in Chalkidiki Kalogria beach, Messenia, a beach in the municipality West Mani, Messenia Kalogria Bay, in the Gulf of Euboea Kalogriana...
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Aepytus (son of Cresphontes) (redirect from Aepytus of Messenia)
romanized: Aípytos) was the youngest son of Cresphontes the Heraclid, king of Messenia, and of Merope, the daughter of the Arcadian king Cypselus. Cresphontes...
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Aphareus of Messene (redirect from Aphareus of Messenia)
Arene in Messenia, which was named after his wife. When Hippocoon usurped the throne of Sparta, Tyndareus fled to his brother Aphareus in Messenia where...
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Ρωμανός) is a village and a community in the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, Messenia, Greece. It is 9 km (6 mi) north of Pylos. It is part of the Nestoras municipal...
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village in the municipal unit Amaliada, Elis Kentro, Messenia, a village in the municipal unit Avia, Messenia See also: Kentron (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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Corone or Korone (Ancient Greek: Κορώνη) was a town of ancient Messenia, situated upon the western side of the Messenian Gulf, which was sometimes called...
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Messene is an ancient town in Messenia, Greece. Messene may also mean: Messini, a modern town in Messenia, Greece Messina, a city in Sicily named after...
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Pylos (redirect from Pylus (Messenia))
historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been...
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a king of Messenia and son of Andropompus and Henioche. Melanthus was among the descendants of Neleus (the Neleidae) expelled from Messenia, by the descendants...
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Mothone (Μοθώνη, Mothṓnē) was a town in the southwestern corner of ancient Messenia. It was an important place in ancient times on account of its excellent...
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Polychares of Messenia (Ancient Greek: Πολυχάρης) was an athlete from Messenia who won the stadion race in the fourth Ancient Olympic Games in 764 BC....
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was a town of ancient Messenia. Strabo says that it was one of the five cities in which the mythical Cresphontes divided Messenia when he took over the...
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in the municipal unit of Messini, Messenia Neochori Ithomis, a village in the municipal unit of Meligalas, Messenia Neochori Mesolongiou, a village in...
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Kalamata International Airport (redirect from Messenia Airport)
Kalamata International Airport (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας) (IATA: KLX, ICAO: LGKL) "Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos" is an airport in the...
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This article concerns the period 749 BC – 740 BC. 748 BC—Anticles of Messenia wins the stadion race at the eighth Olympic Games. 747 BC—February 26 – Nabonassar...
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In Greek mythology, Perieres (Ancient Greek: Περιήρης) was the 'overbold' king of Messene, an ancient polis in southern Peloponnese. Perieres' parentage...
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