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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.
According to Pseudo-Apollodorus (2 cd-Century BC), the temple was founded by Danaus, who dedicated a statue to Athena Lindia in his gratitude for her assistance in helping him construct a ship, by which he could help his daughters to escape: "Danaus, in fear of the sons of Aigyptos, under Athena's supervision built a ship (the first man to do ...
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 ...
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 ]
The Lindos Chronicle is an inscription from Lindos, Rhodes, dated to 99 BC. The Lindos Chronicle (or Lindian Chronicle ) is an inscription from Lindos , Rhodes , dated to 99 BC. It records dedications made in the temple to Athena at Lindos that had been made before the destruction of the original temple in 392–391 BC. [ 1 ]
Cleobulus of Lindos. Cleobulus (/ ˌ k l i oʊ ˈ b j uː l ə s, k l i ˈ ɒ b j ə l ə s /; Greek: Κλεόβουλος ὁ Λίνδιος, Kleoboulos ho Lindios; fl. 6th century BC [citation needed]) was a Greek poet and a native of Lindos. He is one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
Loudon is a city in and the county seat of Loudon County, Tennessee, [6] United States. Its population was 6,001 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located in East Tennessee, southwest of Knoxville, on the Tennessee River.
Location of Monroe County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...