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		The oracle instructed Byzas to settle opposite from the "Land of the Blind".
		In Greek mythology, Byzas was a son of Poseidon by Keroessa.
		Keroessa later bore a son to Poseidon, elder brother of Zeus and lord of all waters from the Pillars of Hercules to the Hellespont.
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	Byzas
		According to a Greek legend, Byzas (Greek Î’ÏÎ¶Î±Ï, Î’ÏÎ¶Î±Î½ÏÎ±Ï) was a Greek colonist (reported by some to be a leader or even a king) from the Doric colony of Megara in Ancient Greece, son of King Nisou (Greek ÎÎ¯ÏÎ¿Ï), who consulted the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
		Byzas established a colony Bosphorium of antiquity, where the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn meet and flow into the Sea of Marmara (667 BC).
		Later, Keroessa bore the son of Poseidon, grandson of Gaea (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky), son of Cronus, elder brother of Zeus and sovereign deity of all waters from the Pillars of Hercules to the Hellespont.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2Fen%2FByzas (426 words)

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		Byzas established a colony Bosphorium of antiquity, where the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn meet and flow into the Sea of Marmara (667 BC).
		In Greek mythology, Byzas was a son of Poseidon by Keroessa.
		Later, Keroessa bore the son of Poseidon, grandson of Gaea (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky), son of Cronus, elder brother of Zeus and sovereign deity of all waters from the Pillars of Hercules to the Hellespont.
	www.alphasearch.org /Byzas.html (499 words)

	EPONYMOUS FOUNDER-HEROES Byzas, the mythical founder of Byzantion. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Byzas is linked with Poseidon, the god of the sea and consequently the unique deity capable of protecting the newly -founded colonies overseas, since the venture per se presupposed an arduous maritime adventure.
		Another important mythological motif in foundation literature, strongly expressed in the case of Byzas, is the founder's supernatural ability to interpret and successfully fulfil the divine oracle for the founding of the colony.
		This god is often acknowledged and worshiped as 'patron' of the colony in the mythical past and correlating it with the world of the gods, the fact of commencement of the life there is elevated to the level of the wondrous-heroic, and consequently the entire undertaking acquires a heroic character.
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	Byzas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		According to a Greek legend, Byzas was a Greek colonist (reported by some to be a leader or even a king) from the Doric colony of Megara in Ancient Greece, who consulted the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
		Leading a group of Megarian colonists, Byzas found a superb location opposite Chalcedon on the mouth of the Bosphorus Strait.
		Byzas founded Byzantium on the European side in 667 BC, thus completing the oracle's quest.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/by/Byzas.htm (145 words)

	Byzas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		According to a Greek legend, Byzas (Greek Βύζας, Βύζαντας) was a Greek colonist (reported by some to be a leader or even a king) from the Doric colony of Megara in Ancient Greece, son of King Nisou (Greek Νίσου), who consulted the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
		Byzas established a colony Bosphorium of antiquity, where the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn meet and flow into the Sea of Marmara (667 BC).
		In Greek mythology, Byzas was a son of Poseidon by Keroessa.
	www.1bx.com /en/Byzas.htm (400 words)

	Istanbul History
		Although it is a legend about the foundation of the city that has come down to us over the ages in various forms, it does not cast any real light on the facts surrounding the initial foundation of the city.
		According to a local legend which is comparatively much older than the others, the Thracian king Byzas, who was the son of the nymph Semestra, had married Phidaleia, daughter of Barbyzos, king of a region near to Istanbul; it was this woman who is said to have founded Byzantion, or Istanbul.
		Keroessa was brought up by the nymph Semestra and in due course she gave birth to the son of the sea god Poseidon, whom she named Byzas.
	www.istanbulhotelreservations.com /istanbul/history/history1.htm (345 words)

	T.C. Kultur Bakanligi / Ministry of Culture, Republic of Turkey
		According to a local legend which is comparatively much older than the others, the Thracian king Byzas, who was the son of the nymph Semestra had married Phidaleia, daughter of Barbyzos, king of a region near to İstanbul; it was this woman who is said to have founded Byzantion, or Istanbul.
		Byzas was brought up by the naiad Byzia, and he went on to found the city of İstanbul.
		On the other hand, the names Byzas and Keroessa are to be encountered in different forms in very old place names in Anatolia.This perhaps demonstrates that the legend originates in events that took place in the depths of Anatolia's history.
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	..:: REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM ::..
		According to a local legend which is comparatively much older than the others, the Thracian king Byzas, who was the son of the nymph Semestra had married Phidaleia, daughter of Barbyzos, king of a region near to İstanbul; it was this woman who is said to have founded Byzantion, or Istanbul.
		Byzas was brought up by the naiad Byzia, and he went on to found the city of İstanbul.
		On the other hand, the names Byzas and Keroessa are to be encountered in different forms in very old place names in Anatolia.This perhaps demonstrates that the legend originates in events that took place in the depths of Anatolia's history.
	www.kultur.gov.tr /EN/Yonlendir.aspx?17A16AE30572D313A79D6F5E6C1B43FFBAEAEDE14133EF9C (373 words)

	History of Istanbul - All About Turkey
		Eventually, in the 7th century, Greek colonists led by King Byzas established the colony of Byzantium, the Greek name for a city on the Bosphorus.
		Byzas chose the spot after consulting an oracle of Delphi who told him to settle across from the "land of the blind ones." Indeed, Byzas concluded, earlier settlers must have been deprived of their sight to have overlooked this superb location at the mouth of the Bosphorus strait.
		This proved an auspicious decision by Byzas, as history has shown Istanbul's location important far beyond what these early Greek settlers might possibly have conceived.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /istanbul.htm (513 words)

	History of Istanbul - Turkey
		Its first name comes from Megara king Byzas who took his colonists here in the 7th century BC to establish a colony named Byzantium, the Greek name for a city on the Bosphorus.
		Byzas chose this spot after consulting an oracle of Delphi who told him to settle across from the "land of the blind".
		Indeed, Byzas believed that earlier settlers must have been "blind" for overlooking this superb location at the entrance of the Bosphorus strait, only access to the Black Sea.
	www.greatistanbul.com /history.htm (471 words)

	Byzas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Greek mythology, Byzas was a son of Poseidon by Keroessa.
		Later, Keroessa bore the son of Poseidon, grandson of Gaea (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky), son of Cronus, elder brother of Zeus and sovereign deity of all waters from the Pillars of Hercules to the Hellespont.
		Keroessa 's son, Byzas the Magerian, in time became the founder of Byzantium and named the Golden Horn (Greek Î§ÏÏÏÎ¿ÎºÎµÏÎ±Ï Khrysokeras or Chrysoceras) after his mother.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Byzas (272 words)

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		According to legend, the city was founded by King Byzas the Megarian in 667 BC.
		Byzas chose the spot after consulting the oracle of Delphi who told him to settle across from the "land of the blind ones." Byzas went off to find this area and arrived at the vacant point of the Golden Horn peninsula.
		Hearing of a civilization living on the opposite Asian side, named Chalcadeon (Kadikoy), Byzas concluded that they must have been deprived of their sight to have overlooked this superb location.
	www.istanbulians.com /directory/history.htm (537 words)

	BYZAS Articles In Greek legend, Byzas (Greek ???a?
		In Greek legend, Byzas (Greek ???a?, ???a?ta?) was the eponymous founder of Byzantium (Greek ?????t??), which under the name Constantinople later became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire as Istanbul.
		According to a Greek legend, Byzas was a Greek colonist (reported by some to be a leader or even a king) from the Doric colony of Megara in Ancient Greece, son of King Nisos (Greek ??s??), who consulted the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
		He determined the Chalcedonians must have been blind not to recognize the advantages the land on the European side of the Bosphorus had over the Asiatic side, and in 667 BC founded Byzantium on the European side, thus completing the oracle's quest.
	www.amazines.com /Byzas_related.html (461 words)

	Wikipedia: Byzantium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Byzantium, present day Istanbul, was an ancient Greek city-state, which according to legend was founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas or Byzantas (Βύζας or Βύζαντας in Greek).
		The traditional legend has it that Byzantium was founded by Byzas from Megara when he sailed northeast across the Aegean Sea.
		Byzas had consulted the Oracle at Delphi to know where to make his new city.
	en.pediax.org /Byzantium (730 words)

	Re: Themistokle, wasn't Byzantium founded by the Greek adventurer "BYZAS"?
		According to legend the Oracle of Delphi instructed a 2nd expedition to found a colony opposite the "city of the blind", and these men, seeing the Chalcedonians' mistake, decided to make their home on the soil of the future city.
		BYZAS, their leader, is said to have given the name BYZANTIUM to the little town he built on the headland in about 660 B.C. I'd like to hear your opinion, or what you know about it.
		BYZAS, their leader, is said to have given the name BYZANTIUM to the little town he built on the headland in about 660 B.C. : I'd like to hear your opinion, or what you know about it.
	www.greekconnection.com /bbs/01/messages/3609.html (1393 words)

	Antik Hotel
		This first floor of the hotel carries small details of Byzantion period and is dedicated to Byzas.
		The legend is that Delphic Oracle, advised Byzas to settle across the land of the blinds.
		Byzas chose Seraglio Point (Sarayburnu) across Chalcedeon (Kadikoy) whose inhabitants he considered to be blind to have missed such a favourable location.
	www.istanbulhotels.de /byzantion.php (86 words)

	Byzantium :: Definition for Byzantium - Timothy Ministries
		Byzantium was an ancient Greek city-state, which according to legend was founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas or Byzantas (Βύζας or Βύζαντας; in Greek).
		The traditional legend has it that Byzantium was founded by Byzas from Megara when he sailed northeast across the Aegean.
		Byzas had consulted the Oracle at Delphi to know where to make his new city.
	timothyministries.org /TheologicalDictionary/references.aspx?theword=Byzantium (675 words)

	REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM
		Although the foundation of the city is a legend which has come down to us over the years in various forms, it does not cast any real light on the facts surrounding the initial foundation of the city.
		According to another legend lo, lover of Zeus, the chief of all the ancient Greek gods, turned herself into a cow to escape the wrath of Hera, Zeus's vengeful wife.
		Byzas was brought up by the naiad Byzia, and he went on to found the city of Istanbul.
	goturkey.kulturturizm.gov.tr /Yonlendir.aspx?17A16AE30572D3130239EEA0FCDF038B2D88412156A07E5B (450 words)

	Istanbul tour - City of Istanbul, pictures, maps, story
		Story tells of a group of Doric colonistsfrom Megara who landed and settled on the asian coast of the Bosporus and found a colony at Chalcedon.
		In 658 B.C. a second group of colonists led by king Byzas found a colony on the European shores opposite Chalcedon, in a peaceful sheltered port.
		Through the strait of Bosporus the Black Sea communicates with the Sea of Marmara which in turn empties into the Aegean through the strait of Dardanelles and then into the Mediterranean.
	www.city-of-istanbul.com (180 words)

	Byzantium - Phantis
		Byzantium was an ancient Greek city-state, founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas.
		Legend has it that the colonists were told by an oracle, when leaving Megara, that they should build their city across from the "city of the blind".
		When King Byzas approached the Bosphorus, he wondered why earlier colonists had built Chalkedon on the Asiatic side when the European side seemed much better suited.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Byzantium (402 words)

	Nea Roma - Another Rome: Contstantine and Istanbul
		The oldest versions of the Byzas stories have him as a Thracian king some time between 600 and 800 BC.
		Byzas marries Phidaleia, the daughter of a local king, Barbyzos, and Phidaleia founds a new city, naming it Byzantion after both her husband and her father.
		The mythical connections later grew thicker and involved the major players in the Greek pantheon: that notorious rake, Zeus, had a fling with Io, and Hera, his wife, as usual, was sorely displeased.
	www.mmdtkw.org /VConstantinople2002.html (2421 words)

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		Ceroessa (Keroessa), a daughter of Zeus by Io, and born on the spot where Byzantium was afterwards built.
		She was brought up by a nymph of the place, and afterwards became the mother of Byzas.
		Byzas (Buzas), a son of Poseidon and Ceroessa, the daughter of Zeus and Io.
	www.gtp.gr /LocInfo.asp?infoid=43&code=ETRPIS00ISTIST&PrimeCode=ETRPIS00ISTIST&Level=8&PrimeLevel=8&IncludeWide=0&LocId=56908 (172 words)

	Discover Istanbul - Sightseeing, Tours, Activities and Accommodations
		Commander Byzas, who gave his name to the empire to be later called as Byzantine, sets off to sail to build a new colony from where Greece is located today.
		When he sees this protected peninsula, he thinks that it is just the place that he was looking for; meanwhile he notices the area of residence on the opposite side (Kadiköy at present).
		Byzas decides that the people who, given the excellent area of residence right before them, do not prefer to reside there are blind.
	www.ixplore.com.au /turkey-istanbul (509 words)

	Byzas
		The name Byzas (Buzas) itself was a Thracian name, and was common among Thracians.
		Keroessa's son, Byzas the Magerian, in time became the founder of Byzantium and named the Golden Horn (Greek Χρυσοκερας Khrysokeras or Chrysoceras) after his mother.
		Some sources say that Byzas was brought up by the naiad Byzia and married Phidaleia, daughter of King Barbyzos.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/Byzas.html (454 words)

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