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	Cyrene, Libya - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Cyrene was situated 10 km (6 mi) inland from the port of Apollonia, now Sûsah, or Marsá Sûsah, Libya.
		Cyrene submitted to the rule of Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great around 331 BC, after which the city was dominated by the Ptolemaic dynasty.
		The community of Cyrene thrived from its very beginning, due to the fertility of the region.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /cyrene_libya.htm (423 words)

	Cyrene, Libya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cyrene, the ancient Greek city (in present-day Libya) was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region and gave eastern Libya the classical name 'Cyrenaica' that it has retained to modern times.
		Cyrene was the birthplace of Eratosthenes and there are a number of philosophers associated with the city including Callimachus, Carneades, Aristippus and Arete, and Synesius, bishop of Ptolemais in the 4th century CE.
		Cyrene is also mentioned in the New Testament: One Simon of Cyrene carried the cross of Christ (Mark 15:21 and parallels).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cyrene,_Libya (722 words)

	Cyrene, Libya - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
		Cyrene was founded as a colony of the Greeks of Thera, traditionally led by Aristotle (later called Battus) of Thera, about 630 BC.
		Cyrene was the birthplace of Eratosthenes and there are a number of philosophers associated with the city including Callimachus, Carneades, Aristippus and Arete.
		Cyrene is the birthplace of the philosophers Aristippus, Callimachus, Carneades, Eratosthenes and Synesius; the latter, a convert to Christianity, died Bishop of Ptolemais.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Cyrene,_Libya (725 words)

	Station Information - Cyrene, Libya
		Cyrene was founded as a colony of the Greeks of Thera, traditionally led by Aristotle (later called Battus) of Thera, about 630 BCE.
		In 74 BC Cyrene was created a Roman province; but, wheras under the Ptolemies Jews had enjoyed equal rights they now considered themselves oppressed by the autonomous Greek population.
		Cyrene's chief local export through much of its early history - the medicinal herb silphium - was pictured on most Cyrenian coins, until it was harvested to extinction.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/c/cy/cyrene__libya.html (476 words)

	Cyrene and the Cyrenaica
		Cyrene was founded in c.630 BCE as a colony of the Greek island town Thera, which had become (or was perceived to be) too crowded.
		During Battus' reign, Cyrene was a very wealthy town, which exported wheat, barley and olive oil, and monopolized the trade in sylphium, an unidentified plant with aromatic and medicinal properties.
		From Cyrene, the cult spread to the Greek mainland, and was especially propagated by the famous poet Pindar (522-445).
	www.livius.org /ct-cz/cyrenaica/cyrenaica.html (1700 words)

	Cyrene, Libya: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Cyrene, Libya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cyrene, a city in North Africa (in present-day Libya) was a colony of the Greeks of Thera, founded in approximately 630 BC[?]E.
		The Greek element, in Cyrene, started to decline after 116 AD when Jews started a genocide against Greeks which ended two years later after the Roman emperor Hadrian established peace within the empire.
		Cyrene was the birthplace of Eratosthenes and there are a nuber of philosophers associated with the city including Callimachus, Carneades[?], Aristippus and Arete.
	www.encyclopedian.com /cy/Cyrene,-Libya.html (247 words)

	Adventures of Libya: Cyrene
		In the centre of Cyrene, on the agora (the town square), the Tomb of Battus is located, giving some substance to the stories of the origin of Cyrene.
		The main attractions of Cyrene are the two stunning temples of Apollo and Zeus.
		Cyrene is added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, as one of 5 places in Libya.
	i-cias.com /libya/cyrene.htm (383 words)

	Cyrene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cyrene’s relations with Laconia and Samos were especially close, and the colony became a major source (Leptis and Carthage) of ivory, ostrich eggs, and other treasures of inner Africa.
		According to Herodotus, Cyrene was established because Aristotle of Thera had a speech defect and consulted the Delphic oracle in hope of receiving advice about curing it.
		He referred to Cyrene as “the city of noble horses at the shining breast of the sea.” The city’s prosperity continued through the Archaic period and beyond.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /WestCivI/cyrene.htm (1701 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cyrene,-Libya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Eusebius of Caesarea (~275 â€“ May 30, 339) (often called Eusebius Pamphili, Eusebius [the friend] of Pamphilus) was a bishop of Caesarea in Palestine and is often referred to as the father of church history because of his work in recording the history of the early Christian church.
		See also List of Kings of Cyrene Cyrene was a Greek colony on the North African coast, in what is now northeastern Libya, founded by settlers from Thera in the 7th Century BC.
		World Heritage Sites in Libya Roman province of Cyrenaica, 120 AD Cyrenaica was a Roman province on the northern coast of Africa between Egypt and Numidia; it had been formerly Greek.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cyrene,_Libya (1814 words)

	Cyrene, Libya
		The Cyrene Amphitheatre was erected in the Sanctuary of Apollo at the extreme western side of the Terrace of Myrtousa by the Greek settlers of Cyrene in the 6th century BC.
		The Cyrene Amphitheatre was built in six different periods, including reconstruction during the Roman Age as late as the 2nd Century A.D. Externally it had semicircular shape and held rows of seats, cuts in the cliff around the semicircular orchestra that had a diameter of over 100 feet or 30 meters.
		The Cyrene Amphitheatre will be conserved completely in a scientific manner according the Burra and Venice Charters and without the use of cement and steel which plagues the rest of Cyrene from previous restorations before the advent of modern scientific preservation techniques.
	www.globalheritagefund.org /where/cyrene.html (3334 words)

	FREE In-depth report - Maghrib Relations - Libya
		And in February 1980, Libya was accused of instigating the abortive uprising by Tunisian insurgents in the town of Gafsa in central Tunisia, a charge that Libya promptly denied.
		The second problem resulted from the expulsion from Libya in August 1985, of 40,000 Tunisian workers, partly as a result of the downturn in the Libyan economy as a result of shrinking oil revenues.
		The two countries' bilateral ties were strained by Libya's 1974 attempt to merge with Tunisia, Algeria preferring to have its borders shared by relatively weak states rather than by states that have been strengthened and enlarged through unification.
	www.exploitz.com /Libya-Maghrib-Relations-cg.php (1122 words)

	Ancient History Sourcebook: Documents of the Founding of Cyrene, c. 630 BCE
		Thus a great multitude were collected together to Cyrene, and the Libyans of the neighborhood found themselves stripped of large portions of their lands.
		The harbor of Cyrene is situated opposite to Criu-Metopon, the western cape of Crete, distant 2000 stadia.
		Cyrene is said to have been founded by Battus, whom Callimachus claims to have been his ancestor.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/630cyrene.html (914 words)

	History
		The most familiar passage relating the nation of Libya in the Bible is from the New Testament, Acts Chapter 2, where the crowd listening to the Apostles were able to hear the message in their own language.
		Cyrene had a large Jewish population and Simon was most likely in Jerusalem at that time to celebrate Passover.
		In April 1992, Libya entered a period of isolation when the United Nations imposed sanctions against Libya for her failure to turn over two Libyans accused of creating and planting a bomb aboard Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1989.
	www.springsinthedesert.org /history.htm (843 words)

	Cyrenaica Archaeological Project
		Cyrene's agriculturally based economy thrived on the export of wheat, legumes, fruit, sheep and goat-derived products, horses, and a highly sought-after herbal plant known as silphium, which grew exclusively on the Libyan gebel.
		At Cyrene, this celebration may have included a procession which began in the Demeter temple in the city's agora and ended in the extra-mural Sanctuary, a procession that perhaps inspired the Cyrenean poet Kallimachos when he composed his "Hymn to Demeter", while serving as librarian to the Ptolemaic court in Alexandria.
		The main celebration of the Thesmophoria at Cyrene seems to have been held in the Wadi bel Gadir Sanctuary, where the remains of piglet sacrifices and the broken crockery from the ritual meals have been found.
	www.cyrenaica.org (1944 words)

	Cyrenean Greeks - Variant DBA 24e
		According to Greek mythology, Cyrene (Kyrene) was the daughter of the naiad Creusa and the mortal Hypseus, king of the Lapiths.
		Cyrene was then annexed by Ptolemy I, who successfully put down the revolt (which was more in the nature of a civil war) in 322 BC.
		Cyrene's port at Apollonia was recognized as an independent city, and the region of Cyrenaica became known as the Pentapolis or the land of the five cities.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/var24e.html (1356 words)

	YouTube - Visit of Cyrene & Slonta (Libya)
		Cyrene was founded by ancient Greeks who originated from Santorini & settled in libya, after renaming this city Cyrene it became one of 5 major cities in Cyenaica barca (now known as al marj) euesperides (benghazi) appolonia (susa)cyrene (shahat) touchira (tukrah).
		Cyrene, the ancient Greek city (in present-day Libya) was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region and gave eastern Libya the classical name 'Cyrenaica' that it has retained to modern times.
		Cyrene was the birthplace of Eratosthenes and there are a number of philosophers associated with the city including Callimachus, Carneades, Aristippus and Arete, and Synesius, bishop of Ptolemais in the 4th century CE.
	www.youtube.com /?v=L7ASMduHMUE (1048 words)

	Cyrenean Greeks, 630-74 BC (I/56)
		In subsequent years, Cyrene and its port at Apollonia (Marsa Sousa) became the chief town of the Lybian region between Egypt and Carthage, and traded with all the major Greek cities, reaching the height of its prosperity in the 5th century BC.
		The region was fertile and well-watered, with hills and light woods, in sharp contrast to the balance of Libya.
		Cyrene was beseiged, and at the height of the seige, a republican coup within the city prompted the oligarchs and upper class to flee, many taking refuge with Thibron and others trekking to Egypt to plead for Ptolemaic intervention.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/I56.html (1801 words)

	Iconoclasm and Sculptures in Cyrene, Libya
		As we can see from the various statues that were discovered in the ruins of Cyrene, iconoclasm and strong earthquakes contributed in a significant way to the state in whic we found the various artifacts.
		In the case of the Sanctuary of Cyrene, the act of exorcism seems to have required the occasional further step of blotting out the physical parts that individualize the face; nose, mouth, chin, and eyes.
		The Kouros and the two Korai, which were found in the quarry along with the sphinx and the bronze reliefs, have faced the same fate as the statues of the Sanctuary of Demeter, although the quarry is located away from the Sanctuary and dates back to the 6th century.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /~stavrou/iconoclasm.html (931 words)

	Adventures of Libya
		Libya must be the best kept secret of North Africa.
		An increasing number of travellers get to see the country's stunning nature; wild mountains, fragile green spots of forests and oases, and the orange coloured desert.
		But what brings Libya to most tourists' attention are the fantastic ruins along the coast.
	lexicorient.com /libya (81 words)

	cyrene
		The most important Greek city in North Africa, Cyrene was founded in the 7th century BC by a party of immigrants who had fled the drought-inflicted island of Thera in the Aegean Sea.
		Its early history was a volatile one, characterised by murder and conflict among the ruling families.
		Built on a series of levels, the spectacular ruins of Cyrene include the Sanctuary and Temple of Apollo, the Acropolis, the Agora, the Forum, the Stoa of Hermes and Heracles, the House of Jason Magnus, the Nine Muses and the Temple of Zeus.
	www.caravanserai-tours.com /cyrene.htm (227 words)

	Simon, Cyrene/Libya, Ancient Christian Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The very first African worthy of recollection in a "Dictionary of African Christian Biography" is the relatively unknown Simon of Cyrene, who is recalled as the one compelled by the Roman authorities to assist in the crucifixion of Jesus by carrying His cross to the place of execution.
		We can interpolate, from the consistent Synoptic record of the presence of this person and by the gentilic which defines him, not merely his place of origin but also his relative age, and from his name itself that he was most probably a Hellenized Jew who had come to Jerusalem for the annual Passover festival.
		Whether identifiable or not, it is to be recalled that some like these three, along with a number of others from "those parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene" recorded among early Christians by Luke in the Acts of the Apostles (2:10), form a constituent core within the church of the first generation.
	www.dacb.org /stories/libya/simon_.html (304 words)

	Encyclopedia: Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		North Africa is a region generally considered to include: Algeria Egypt Libya Mauritania Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara The Azores, Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Madeira are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa.
		Berber peoples remain a significant minority within Morocco and Algeria, and are also present in Tunisia and Libya.
		North Africa North Africa is a region generally considered to include: Algeria Egypt Libya Mauritania Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara The Azores, Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Madeira are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Africa (10375 words)

	Greek Mythology: CYRENE / KYRENE Naiad Nymph of Cyrene in Libya
		KYRENE was the NAIAS NYMPHE of the springs or fountain of the Greek colony of Kyrene, in Libya, North Africa.
		And soon shall Libya, queen of spreading meadows, gladly welcome to her gold halls thy glorious bride; and forthwith will she freely give her, to be her own lawful domain, a portion of land yielding all manner of rich fruits, and beasts for the hunter’s chase.
		Kyrene herself was left in Libya by Apollon, who in token of his love made her a Nymphe and huntress with the gift of a long life.
	www.theoi.com /Nymphe/NympheKyrene1.html (1291 words)

	Cyrene, Libya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cyrene, a city in North Africa (in present-day Libya) was a colony of the Greeks of Thera, founded in approximately 630 BC[?]E. Cyrene, a city in North Africa (in present-day Libya) was a colony of the Greeks of Thera, founded in approximately 630 BC[?]E.
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		This compliment made that man Blaine's devoted friend when he ran for president in 1884.
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	Iconoclasm and Sculptures in Cyrene, Libya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Excavations in Cyrene at the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
		It was laid out about a generation after the foundation of Cyrene and stayed in use until badly damaged by an earthquake in A.D. 262 and was eventually destroyed by an even more sever earthquake in A.D. It reached a peak in its fame during the reigns of Trajan through Antoninus Pius(A.D. 98 through 161).
		It is not surpisrising that the people of Cyrene got attached to the cult of Demeter, goddess of vegetation and fertility.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /~stavrou/excavation.html (544 words)

	Libya
		Calmly, these days, Libya is undergoing major transformations, which reflect what the country seeks to achieve with a particular focus on economic development.
		Libya willingly took the decision to open up on many different levels and have chosen this path after it decided to abandon its WMD program.
		Libya 's strong political presence is embodied, especially in its focus on the African depth and the push towards the unification of the continent that possesses all elements of a political and economic pole, in terms of its huge potential of natural oil, mineral water and land resources.
	www.libyaninvestment.com (1892 words)

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