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Porphyrios made no distinctions in regard to which ships it attacked, recorded as having attacked fishing vessels, merchant ships and warships. [1] Many ships were sunk by Porphyrios, and its mere reputation terrified the crews of many more; ships often took detours to go around the waters where the whale most commonly swam. [4] Emperor ...
Porphyrio is the swamphen or swamp hen bird genus in the rail family.It includes some smaller species of gallinules which are sometimes separated as genus Porphyrula or united with the gallinules proper (or "moorhens") in Gallinula.
Porphyry of Tyre (/ ˈ p ɔːr f ɪr i /; Koinē Greek: Πορφύριος, romanized: Porphýrios; c. 234 – c. AD 305) was a Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia [1] during Roman rule.
Porphyrios of Philippi (fl. early 4th century), bishop of the Metropolis of Philippi, Neapolis and Thasos; Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius (fl. 4th century), Latin poet; Porphyry of Gaza, or Saint Porphyrius (347–420), Bishop of Gaza; Porphyrius the Charioteer (fl. 5th/6th centuries), Roman charioteer
Porphyrius (Latin: Porphyrius; Ancient Greek: Πορφύριος, Porphyrios; Slavonic: Порфирий, Porfiriy; c. 347 –420) was bishop of Gaza from 395 to 420, known, from the account in his Life, for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city of Gaza, and demolishing its temples.
The site was explored by Porphyrios Dikaios in 1952, by Vassos Karageorghis in 1981-1982 and, more recently, in 2010–2013, by Vassos Karageorghis and Athanasia Kanta. Since 2014, the excavation is a joint venture between Joachim Bretschneider (Ghent University), Jan Driessen and Athanasia Kanta (Mediterranean Archaeological Society).
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Porphyrion is named on a sixth-century BC black-figure pyxis (Getty 82.AE.26), where he and the Giant Enceladus oppose Zeus, Heracles and Athena. [9] He is also named on a late fifth-century BC red-figure cup from Vulci (Berlin F2531), and a fifth-century BC red-figure krater (Paris, Petit Palais 868), in both engaged in single combat with Zeus, [10] and a late sixth-century/early fifth ...