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  Democritus [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
His father was from a noble family and of great wealth, and contributed largely towards the entertainment of the army of Xerxes on his return to Asia.
After several years of traveling, Democritus returned to Abdera, with no means of subsistence.
According to the law of Abdera, whoever wasted his patrimony would be deprived of the rites of burial.
www.utm.edu /research/iep/d/democrit.htm   (748 words)

  
  Abdera
Abdera, was a town on the coast of Thrace near the mouth of the Nestos, and not far from the Greek island Thasos., today it is a village part of the municipality of Abdera in the prefecture Xanthi in Greece.
Abdera Coin with the Gryphon, 5th century BC The town seems to have declined in importance after the middle of the 4th century.
Abdera is a titular see in the province of Rhodope on the southern coast of Thrace, now called Bouloustra, Boloustra, Voloustra or Vouloustra (gr.
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Cities/Abdera.html   (468 words)

  
  Abdera, Thrace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abdera (Άβδηρα) was a town on the coast of Thrace 17 km ENE of the mouth of the Nestos, and almost opposite Thasos.
The air of Abdera was proverbial in Athens as causing stupidity; but among its citizens was the philosopher Democritus, Protagoras and Hecataeus of Abdera historian and Skeptic philosopher.
Abdera is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in the province of Rhodope on the southern coast of Thrace, now called Bouloustra.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abdera,_Thrace   (400 words)

  
 Abdera, Thrace
Its mythical foundation was attributed to Heracles, its historical to a colony from Clazomenae in the 7th century BC.
The air of Abdera was proverbial as causing stupidity; but among its citizens was the philosopher Democritus.
The ruins of the town may still be seen on Cape Balastra; they cover seven small hills, and extend from an eastern to a western harbour; on the southwestern hills are the remains of the medieval settlement of Polystylon[?].
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ab/Abdera%2C_Thrace.html   (163 words)

  
 Abdera, Thrace   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Abdera, was a town on the coast of Thrace near the mouth of theNestos, and almost opposite Thasos.
Its mythical foundation was attributed to Heracles, its historical to a colonyfrom Clazomenae in the 7th century BC.
The air of Abdera was proverbial as causingstupidity; but among its citizens was the philosopher Democritus and Protagoras.
www.therfcc.org /abdera%2C-thrace-62905.html   (184 words)

  
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Hello, I wanted to take a moment to point y'all to a new proposal I and my colleagues Sam Ruby, and Robert Yates have submitted to the Apache Incubator PMC to create a new incubation project focusing on the development of a fully-featured Atom 1.0 format and publishing protocol implementation.
Abdera is the native city of the greek philosopher Democritus, the father of Atomism:
To come back to ROME and Abdera, I propose in this post to the ROME developer community to move the project to Apache, and merge ROME with Abdera, and Dave Johnson's blog tools, in order to create a single coherent stack of Java tools to deal with syndication data.
blog.chanezon.com /articles/2006/05/31/apache-abdera-and-rome-alea-jacta-est   (1239 words)

  
 Blogging Roller: Apache Abdera 0.2.0 (incubating) released   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Abdera is an open source Atom parser, generator, client and server tool-kit for Java.
James Snell announced a new version of Apache Abdera (incubating) the other day and the feature list is impressive, especially for a "0.2.0" release.
The goal of the Apache Abdera project is to build a functionally-complete, high-performance implementation of the IETF Atom Syndication Format (RFC 4287) and Atom Publishing Protocol (in-progress) specifications.
rollerweblogger.org /roller/entry/apache_abdera_0_2_0   (539 words)

  
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Located on a coastal plain near the mouth of the River Nestos, Abdera served as a depot for Trade with local Thracian tribesmen and as an anchorage on the shipping route between mainland Greece and the Hellespont.
In these years Abdera, like other cities of the silver-mining north Aegean, was famous for the beauty of its Coinage.
The city's symbol on coins was an ear of wheat.
www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=GRE0002   (400 words)

  
 Abdera: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: )
460 B.C.), was a writer on geography...Democritus, the melancholy philosopher of Abdera with whom Burton identified, he seems...spokesmen for the foolscap map--Democritus of Abdera and Heraclitus--offer the reader the same...
The texts chosen include the writings of Hecataeus of Abdera, Aristeas, both the Hebrew and Greek versions of Ben Sira, Jubilees...first text to be considered is Josephus summary of Hecataeus of Abdera, a Greek philosopher who lived ca.
ABDERA abde r or Avdira avde ra, town, NE Greece, in Thrace, near the mouth of the Mesta River.
www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/abdera.jsp?l=A&p=1   (1009 words)

  
 Abdera, Thrace   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Abdera, was a town on the coast of Thrace near the mouth of the Nestos, and almost opposite Thasos.
The air of Abdera was proverbial as causing stupidity; but among its citizens was the philosopher Democritus and Protagoras.
Wapipedia > Index > A > Ab > Abdera, Thrace
www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Abdera%2c_Thrace   (217 words)

  
 AbderaProposal - Incubator Wiki
The fundamental goal of the project is to provide a high-quality and functionally-complete implementation of the Atom Syndication Format (RFC4287) and the Atom Publishing Protocol specifications published by the IETF Atompub working group.
(the ancient city of Abdera, Thrace was the birthplace of the Greek Philosopher Democritus, one of the
We request that the Apache Incubator PMC sponsor the Abdera Atom implementation as an incubating project.
wiki.apache.org /incubator/AbderaProposal   (596 words)

  
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While Protagoras was older, these three were active, when Socrates drank the hemlock in 339 B.C. Protagoras of Abdera (500 - 435 B.C.)
Protagoras was supposed to be born around 481 B.C. in Abdera in Thracia (where possibly Leucippus and Democritus were also a native), while Taylor and Burnett considered his birth in 500 B.C. Protagoras seemed to come to Athens around 450 B.C. Pericles enjoyed his talent and association.
It was precisely Socrates that took upon himself this mission, this search for reestablishing these universal values, laws and morality and religions.
www.csudh.edu /phenom_studies/greekphil/greek10.htm   (3614 words)

  
 Radikal-çevrimiçi / Türkiye / Abdera'nın deveyusları
İlberyus'a merakla sordum: 'Ya nasıl yıkılmış Abdera?' Gülerek cevaplandırdı: 'Deve güreşleri yüzünden...' Eski bir dostluğun verdiği laubalilikle elimde olmadan 'Yok deve!' diye bağırmışım.
506 yılının son ayında, Abdera Hava Yolların'daki kokulu berbat uçakosların elden çıkarılmasını kutlamak üzere, Ampulos iktidarının aklı evvel yöneticileri, koskoca dişi bir deveyusu kamusalus alanusta (pardon havayus alanus diyecektim) bağırta bağırta Apollo adına kurban etmişlermiş.
Dostum İlberyus, 'İşte mîrim' dedi; 'Abdera, deveyuslar yüzünden yıkılmış.
www.radikal.com.tr /haber.php?haberno=207560   (628 words)

  
 Kulturhalle Abdera - Start
Hallo und herzlich Willkommen auf abdera-bc.de, der Internetseite der Kulturhalle Abdera in Biberach
They might be stars - Das Finale 2007
Lilienthal e.V. - Kulturhalle Abdera and Café Tuvalu
www.abdera-bc.de   (69 words)

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