Scillus

Scillus

Scillus is a location in Elis, south of Olympia where Xenophon retired after his exile from Athens. It had been under Spartan control at the end of the Peloponnesian War, and the Spartans had given Xenophon some land in it.Fact|date=February 2007 It is near the modern villages of Chrestena and Mazi.


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  • SCILLUS, UNTIS — oppid. Peloponnesi apud Olympiam, ubi Xenophon historiam scripsit, Plut. Hîc fanum et simulacrum Dianae Xenophon erexit, ad instar eius templi et simulacri, quod Ephesi fuit. unde et illam quoque, cui agri Scilluntii partem dedicaverat, Ephesiam… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • СКИЛЛУНТ —    • Scillūs,          Σκιλλου̃ς, город в элидской области Трифилии, при ручье Селинунте, приток Алфея. Когда писаты под начальством Пирра вели войну против элидян, жители Скиллунта стояли на стороне первых, но были побеждены. Позднее… …   Реальный словарь классических древностей

  • Xenophon — Xenophontian /zen euh fon tee euhn/, Xenophontine /zen euh fon tuyn, tin/, adj. /zen euh feuhn, fon /, n. 434? 355? B.C., Greek historian and essayist. * * * born 431, Attica, Greece died shortly before 350 BC, Attica Greek historian. Born of a… …   Universalium

  • Xenophon — This article is about the ancient Greek writer Xenophon. For other people named Xenophon, see Xenophon (disambiguation). Xenophon, Greek historian Xenophon (Ancient Greek Ξενοφῶν, Xenophōn; c. 430 – 354 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of… …   Wikipedia

  • Skillounta — Infobox Greek Dimos name = Skillounta name local = Σκιλλούντα periph = West Greece prefec = Elis province = Elis population = 15931 population as of = 2001 population ref = [http://www.statistics.gr/gr tables/S1101 SAP 1 TB DC 01 03 Y.pdf source] …   Wikipedia

  • Adaios — Adaios, (lived ca. 450 BCE) also known as Adaeus, was a Macedonian poet of which little is known, save that he made two notable contributions to literature and history. When his good friend Euripides died in exile and was refused burial in his… …   Wikipedia

  • РУССКИЙ УКАЗАТЕЛЬ СТАТЕЙ — Абант Άβας Danaus Абанты Άβαντες Абарис Άβαρις Абдера Abdera Абдулонома Абдул Abdulonymus Абелла Abella Абеллинум Abellinum Абеона Abeona Абидос или Абид… …   Реальный словарь классических древностей

  • Scillonte — (en grec : Σκιλλουντία, Skillountia ; en latin Scillus) est un village de l Élide, en Grèce. Histoire Dans l Antiquité, Scillonte était la ville principale de la Triphylie. Contrôlée par Élis au Ve siècle av. J.‑C., elle forma …   Wikipédia en Français

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