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Trípolis

(Encyclopedia)Trípolis trēˈpôlĭs [key], town (1991 pop. 22,463), capital of Arcadia prefecture, S Greece, in the Peloponnesus. It is a transportation and agricultural center and a summer resort. A variety of l...

Marathon

(Encyclopedia)Marathon mârˈəthŏn [key], village and plain, ancient Greece, 20 mi (32 km) NE of Athens. Here the Athenians and Plataeans under Miltiades defeated a Persian army in 490 b.c. (see Persian Wars). ...

Sífnos

(Encyclopedia)Sífnos sĭfˈnəs [key], island, c.32 sq mi (83 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea; one of the Cyclades. It is a resort area and produces olive oil. In ancient times it had gold and silver mines. ...

Hypsicles of Alexandria

(Encyclopedia)Hypsicles of Alexandria hĭpˈsĭklēz [key], astronomer of ancient Greece. Some authorities place Hypsicles in the 2d cent. b.c. and some in the 2d cent. a.d. The 14th and 15th books of Euclid's Elem...

Samothrace

(Encyclopedia)Samothrace sämōthräˈkē [key], island (1991 pop. 3,083), c.71 sq mi (184 sq km), NE Greece, in the Aegean Sea. The main town is Samothrace, or Samothráki, located on the northwest shore. The isla...

incense

(Encyclopedia)incense, perfume diffused by the burning of aromatic gums or spices. Incense was used in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome and is mentioned in the Old and the New Testaments. It is also found in the maj...

Mantinea

(Encyclopedia)Mantinea mănˌtĭnēˈə [key], city of ancient Greece, in E central Arcadia (now Arkadhía). In the Peloponnesian War a coalition led by Mantinea and Argos and urged on by Athens was defeated (418 b...

Pydna

(Encyclopedia)Pydna pĭdˈnə [key], ancient town of Pieria, S Macedonia, Greece, near the Gulf of Salonica. Nearby in 168 b.c. the Romans under Aemilius Paullus defeated the Macedonians under Perseus and thus ende...

Lysippos

(Encyclopedia)Lysippos līsĭpˈəs [key], fl. late 4th cent. b.c., Greek sculptor, head of the Sicyon school. Hellenistic sculpture was based largely on the style he introduced. In treating the human figure, he mo...

Nemea

(Encyclopedia)Nemea nēˈmēə, nĭmēˈə [key], city of ancient Greece, in N Argolis. At the temple of Zeus were held the Nemean games, which from 573 b.c. were one of the four Panhellenic festivals; the games we...