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  Papilio eurymedon in Utah
eurymedon flies roughly between the elevations of 6000' to 9500' in mountainous regions of the state that harbor colonies of its hostplant.
This is the case because of the sheer biomass of hostplant as compared to the numbers of immatures in a typical colony coupled with the fact that, unlike P.
eurymedon, let alone immatures, is the fact that this butterfly usually is the least common of the three Utah glaucus-group swallowtails.
www.utahlepsociety.org /peurymedon.html   (547 words)

  
  Eurymedon - LoveToKnow 1911
In the following summer, in joint command of the land forces, he ravaged the district of Tanagra; and in 425 he was appointed, with Sophocles, the son of Sostratides, to the command of an expedition destined for Sicily.
The terms of the pacification did not, however, satisfy the Athenians, who attributed its conclusion to bribery; two of the chief agents in the negotiations were banished, while Eurymedon was sentenced to pay a heavy fine.
In 414 Eurymedon, who had been sent with Demosthenes to reinforce the Athenians at the siege of Syracuse, was defeated and slain before reaching land (Thucydides iii., iv., vii.; Diod.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Eurymedon   (239 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 111 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Eury­medon, however, took the chief command; and the seven days of his stay at Corcyra were marked by the wildest cruelties inflicted by the commons on their political opponents.
To Sicily they now proceeded; but their movements were presently put an end to by the general pacification effected under the influence of Hermocrates, to which the Athenian commanders themselves, with their allies, were induced to accede.
Eurymedon is not known to have held any other command till his appointment at the end of b.
www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1219.html   (972 words)

  
 BRIDGES
The first, near the source of River Aksu (ancient Eurymedon), displays a handsome bearded male head on its keystone, probably personification of the local river god.
This location may indeed been the site of a sanctuary sacred to Eurymedon and other chthonic deities; a deep cave (Zindan magarasi) is located across from the Aksu bridge and contains traces of ancient occupation.
Some 50-miles downstream on the Eurymedon is the second bridge crossing a deep gorge (A50).
id-archserve.ucsb.edu /arthistory/152k/bridges.html   (744 words)

  
 EURYMEDON - Online Information article about EURYMEDON
EURYMEDON, one of the Athenian generals during the Peloponnesian See also:
massacre of the latter, Eurymedon proceeded to Sicily.
Immediately after his arrival a pacification was concluded by Hermocrates, to which Eurymedon and Sophocles were induced to agree.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /EUD_FAT/EURYMEDON.html   (398 words)

  
 The Battle of the Eurymedon
The Battle of the Eurymedon took place between the Athenian-led Delian League and Persia on the Eurymedon River in Pamphylia in Asia Minor.
Plutarch says Ariomandes with the bulk of the Persian naval force lay anchored near the Eurymedon River, waiting to be reinforced by another 80 Phoenician ships from Cyprus with the Persian infantry camped nearby.
He agrees on the fact that it was Cimon who first attacked the Persian navy, but locates the battle near Cyprus instead of by the Eurymedon river.
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/History/Battles/Eurymedon.html   (822 words)

  
 PAREIA : Naiad nymph of Paros in the Aegean ; Greek mythology
She was loved by King Minos of Krete and bore him four sons.
Pareia is the name of a nymph by whom Minos became the father of Eurymedon, Nephalion, Chryses and Philolaus.
Now it happened that two men from the ship went ashore, where they were murdered by the sons of Minos.
www.theoi.com /Nymphe/NymphePareia.html   (174 words)

  
 Livius Picture Archive: Eurymedon (Köprü Çayi)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The river Eurymedon, where the Athenian admiral Cimon defeated the Persians in 465 in a double battle.
During the day, he defeated the Persian navy at the estuary of the the Eurymedon, and during the night, he unexpectedly attacked the camp of his enemies.
At the Persian court, the news of the defeat created great unrest, and king Xerxes was murdered.
www.livius.org /a/turkey/eurymedon/eurymedon.html   (186 words)

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