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v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Pontus (/ ˈpɒntəs /; Greek: Πόντος, translit. Póntos, lit. "Sea") [1] was an ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god, one of the Greek primordial deities. Pontus was Gaia 's son and has no father; according to the Greek poet Hesiod, he was born without coupling, [2] though according to Hyginus, Pontus is the son of ...
Mithridates is the Greek attestation of the Iranic name Mihrdāt, meaning "given by Mithra", the name of the ancient Iranian sun god. [5] The name itself is derived from Old Iranian Miθra-dāta-. [6] The epithet "eupator" means "of a well (noble) father", and was adopted by a number of other Hellenistic rulers as well. [7]
Republic of Pontus. The Republic of Pontus (Greek: Δημοκρατία του Πόντου, romanized: Dimokratía tou Póntou) was a proposed Pontic Greek state on the southern coast of the Black Sea. Its territory would have encompassed much of historical Pontus and today forms part of Turkey's Black Sea Region.
The Kingdom of Pontus was divided into two distinct areas: the coastal region and the Pontic interior. The coastal region bordering the Black Sea was separated from the mountainous inland area by the Pontic Alps, which run parallel to the coast. The river valleys of Pontus also ran parallel to the coast and were quite fertile, supporting cattle ...
Mithridatic Wars 87–86 BC. The Mithridatic Wars were three conflicts fought by the Roman Republic against the Kingdom of Pontus and its allies between 88 and 63 BCE. They are named after Mithridates VI, the King of Pontus during the course of the wars, who initiated the hostilities with Rome. Mithridates led the Pontic forces in every war.
Anabasis (Xenophon) Anabasis. (Xenophon) Xenophon's Anabasis, translated by Carleton Lewis Brownson. [1] Anabasis (/ əˈnæbəsɪs /; Greek: Ἀνάβασις [anábasis]; an "expedition up from") is the most famous work of the Ancient Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. [2] It gives an account of the expedition of the Ten Thousand ...
Evagrius Ponticus (Greek: Εὐάγριος ὁ Ποντικός), also called Evagrius the Solitary (345–399 AD), was a Christian monk and ascetic from Heraclea, a city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor. One of the most influential theologians in the late fourth-century church, he was well known as a thinker, polished speaker, and ...
A Greek manuscript of the beginning of Hesiod 's Works and Days. Ancient Greek literature is literature written in the Ancient Greek language from the earliest texts until the time of the Byzantine Empire. The earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, dating back to the early Archaic period, are the two epic poems the Iliad and the ...