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  2. Lindus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Lindus (Ancient Greek: Λίνδον Lindos) was the eponymous founder of Lindus in Rhodes. [1] He was the son of the Rhodian king, Cercaphus, one of the Heliades, and his niece Cydippe, daughter of Ochimus, [2] also a former king. He had two brothers, Camirus and Ialysos who was the eldest.

  3. Lindus - Wikipedia

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    Their inhabitants were Dorians, and formed the three Dorian tribes of the island, Lindus itself being one of the Doric Hexapolis in the south-west of Asia Minor.. Previous to the year 408 BCE, when the city of Rhodes was built, Lindus, like the other cities, formed a little state by itself, but when Rhodes was founded, a great part of the population and the common government was transferred to ...

  4. Lindos - Wikipedia

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    Lindos (/ ˈ l ɪ n d ɒ s /; Ancient Greek: Λίνδος) is an archaeological site, a fishing village and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit. [ 2 ]

  5. University of Georgia - Wikipedia

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    The University of Georgia ... In 1914, the first Phi Beta Kappa chapter in the state of Georgia was founded at UGA. [35] In 1923, another honor society, ...

  6. Temple of Athena Lindia - Wikipedia

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    [2] Strabo described the temple as founded by the Danaides rather than their father: "In Lindos there is a famous temple of Athena Lindia, founded by the daughters of Danaüs." [ 3 ] According to Callimachus , the cult image of Athena put in place by Danaus was originally a xoanon before it was replaced by a statue, which indicates that the ...

  7. List of University of Georgia people - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Baldwin, Patriot and Founding Father, a founder and first president of the University of Georgia, representative to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, creating the United States of America, signer of the U.S. Constitution, and President pro tempore of the United States Senate Lyman Hall, physician, signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of the Continental Congress, Governor ...

  8. Athens native Michael Thurmond writes book on Georgia's ... - AOL

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    The University of Georgia Press will release on Wednesday Thurmond’s book, “James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia: A founder’s Journey from Slave Trader to Abolitionist.”

  9. List of colleges and universities in Georgia (U.S. state)

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    University of North Georgia: Public 1117 3.51 63.08% 78% Georgia Southern University: Public 1115 3.18 60.51% 77% Oglethorpe University [15] Private 1113 e: 3.4 56% 80% 4-year institution USG average: Public(all USG schools are public schools) 1110: 3.12: 74%: Kennesaw State University f: Public 1089 3.20 51.47% 76% Georgia State University ...