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unusual facts about Agios Thomas, Boeotia



Acarnania

The Acarnanians later sided with Boeotia in their fight against Sparta, and with Athens against Philip II of Macedon at Chaeronea.

Actaeon beetle

The species name actaeon derives from the name Actaeon of a famous Theban hero, son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, trained by the centaur Chiron.

Agios Thomas, Boeotia

He served under the command of Gardikiotis at Jamalas Papakostas's insurgency in 1848, at Palaiokastro of Fthiotitha and killed in a clash between government troops and rebels.

Aonia

Aonia may have been a district of ancient Boeotia, a region of Greece containing the mountains Helicon and Cithaeron, and thus sacred to the Muses, whom Ovid calls the Aonides.

Aulis

Aulis, (modern Avlida), an ancient Greek town in Boeotia, and traditionally the port from which the Greek army set sail for the Trojan War.

Biantidae

The type genus is named after Biantes, the son of Parthenopaeus, one of the Epigoni who marched against Thebes in Greek mythology.

Erythrae

:This article is about Erythrae in Turkey, not to be confused with Erythrae in Boeotia.

Hellenistic art

In Tanagra, in Boeotia, the figurines, full of lively colours, most often represent elegant women in scenes full of charm.

Kithairon

In later times fortifications were built both at Plataea and Erythrai as the mountain formed the disputed natural border between Athens and Thebes.

Melicertes

In Greek mythology, Melicertes (ancient Greek Μελικέρτης, sometimes Melecertes, later called Palaemon Παλαίμων) is the son of the Boeotian prince Athamas and Ino, daughter of Cadmus.

Opuntian Locris

On the west, the Locrians were separated from Phocis and Boeotia by a range of mountains, extending from Mount Oeta and running parallel to the coast.

Peloponnesian War

Athens stretched their military activities into Boeotia and Aetolia, and began fortifying posts around the Peloponnese.

Peter Alexandrovich Saburov

including 233 molded terracotta statuettes, which he bought in the 1870s when treasure hunters had plundered the necropolis of ancient Tanagra (Boeotia).

Resinated wine

The most common form of resinated wine today is Greek retsina (ρετσίνα), which is for over 2000 years produced and exported from Greece, particularly around Attica, Boeotia and Euboea.

Richard Brendan Burke

Since 2007 he has been a co-director of the Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project in Greece, a synergasia of the Canadian Institute in Greece and the Greek Ministry of Culture.

Staatliche Antikensammlungen

The Standing Woman is a notable statuette of terracotta (Boeotia from the crossing of 5. by the 4th century B.C.).


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