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  Pyrrhus of Epirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
297, the king of Epirus from 306 - 301 BC and in 297 BC - 272 BC and of Macedon in 288 - 284 and in 273 - 272 BC, one of the strongest opponents of Rome.
He was only two years old when his father was dethroned and the family had to repair with Glaukias, king of the Taulanti, one of the biggest of the Illyrian tribes.
While he was a mercurial and often restless leader, and not always a wise king, he was considered one of the greatest military commanders of his time, ranked by Hannibal himself to be the second greatest commander the world had seen after Alexander the Great.
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 rulers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Glaukias gave Kleitus sanctuary when their effort for independence had been defeated and pursued by Alexander to the mountains of the Taulanti.
In 314 BC, Glaukias was defeated by Cassander, successor of Alexander the Great, who reclaimed possession of Dyrrachium and Apollonia and bound the Illyrian king by treaty not to attack the allies of Macedon.
In the aftermath and death of the Macedonian king, a coin of Macedonian type with the legend "MONOYNIOY" should be attributed to this Illyrian king and possibly the Macedonian throne.
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This required the establishment of a chief-priestess of the queen in all the satrapies, and indeed the king's letter was sent, with the insertion of the names, to all the governors.
Enclosed is the copy of the decree written by the king concerning the appointment of Berenike, the daughter of Ptolemy son of Lysimachus,"' as chief-priestess of the queen in the satrapy.
[King Ptolemy and] Queen Cleopatra the sister and Queen [Cleopatra the wife to the] strategoi and the garrison commanders and the [superintendents of police] and chiefs of police and epimeletai [and oikonomoi and basilikoi] grammateis and the other [royal functionaries], greeting.
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Equally striking is that the lengths of the reigns (and life spans) of these kings drastically decreased after the flood, as did life spans of people recorded in the Bible.
The first recorded Illyrian king was Hyllus (The Star) whose death was recorded in 1225 B.C. The deification of the first Illyrian king corresponds to the rein of the last Hittite king.
The elevation of kings to the status of a god is the tip of the iceberg since Illyrians (Albanians) and Hittites share their basic Indo European inherited root words.
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 Rxpress - Illyria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 359 BC, King Perdiccas III of Macedonia was killed by attacking Illyrians.
In 312 BC, King Glaukias expelled the Greeks from Epidamnus.
The Romans defeated Gentius, the last king of Illyria, at Scodra in 168 BC and captured him, bringing him to Rome in 165 BC.
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 Illyrians!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
According to the line of Hittite Kings a king's name was added the suffix –ili to identify him with the sun god.
All told, twenty-three kings ruled a total of 24,510 years, 3 months and 3½ days before Kish was defeated in battle and its kingship carried off to Eanna.
All told, twelve kings ruled a total of 2,310 years in Eanna before Uruk was defeated in battle and its kingship carried off to Ur.
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I pray to all the gods and to the guardian divinity of the king that you remain well and come to us soon so that you may yourself see that I am blameless.
To Dionysios one of the friends and strategos, from Ptolemaios son of Glaukias, Macedonian, one of those in katoche in the great Serapeum in Memphis in my 12th year.
To King Ptolemy, greeting from Philista daughter of Lysias, resident in Trikomia.
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 I/47 Illyrians (700 BC - 10 AD)
The first recorded Illyrian king was Hyllus (The Star) whose death was recorded in 1225 B.C. The DBA Illyrian list starts in 700 BC, a period during which the Greeks were establishing colonies (e.g.
Glaukias of the Taulanti was recognized King of Illyria in 317 BC, but was defeated by Cassander of Macedon in 314 BC and forced to surrender Dyrrachium and Apollonia.
The Illyrian kings and tribal chieftains were also known for building significant stone citadels on rocky mountain outcrops and ridges, many of which are just now being studied by archaeologists.
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 A Thorny Path by Georg Ebers : Arthur's Classic Novels
The rent paid by Glaukias, for the work- room and garden you inherited from your father, pays for half at least of what we and the birds and the slaves eat.
It was Glaukias the sculptor, her father's tenant; for his work-room stood on the plot of ground by the garden of Hermes, which the gem-cutter had inherited from his father-in- law.
Glaukias, a man of scarcely middle height, was sure of not being recognized, and he and his comrades looked forward to whatever might happen as merely an amusing jest.
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The ready zeal of the old man, free for the first time to act on his own responsibility in matters which would have been too much for many a free-born man, but to which he felt quite equal, had an encouraging effect even on the oppressed hearts of the other two.
Glaukias, the sculptor, who had already fled, was Heron's tenant.
His work-room, a barn-like structure, stood in the little vegetable-garden which the gem-cutter had inherited from his father-in-law, and none but Heron and the slave knew that, under the flooring, instead of a cellar, there was a vast reservoir connected with the ancient aqueducts constructed by Vespasian.
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 Jewish Law an Hallenistic Practice
We can draw a parallel between this document and the complaint of the Macedonian Ptolemaios, son of Glaukias, concerning an outrage which has been committed on him 'although he was a Hellene' (παρὰ τὸ ˝Ελληνά με ειναι).
The mere fact that the Jewish subjects of King Ptolemy no longer understood the language in which their national Law was couched probably was the least of the King's worries.
If these latter were of common origin ‑ citizens of the same city or their descendants or, as in the present case, rnembers of the same ethnic group ‑ Wolff believed that the king, in the absence of the appropriate royal legislation, had authorized the judges to apply the laws of the litigants' homeland.
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 Illyria articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 359 BC, King Perdiccas III of MacedonPerdiccas III of Macedonia was killed by attacking Illyrians.
In 358 BC, however, Macedonia's Philip II of MacedonPhilip II, the father of Alexander the Great, defeated the Illyrians and assumed control of their territory as far as Lake Ohrid.
In 180 BC the Dalmatians declared themselves independent of the Illyrian king Gentius, who kept his capital at ShkoderSkodra.
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Women and girls could once more venture into the highways, the market was filled with dealers, and many an one who was conscious of a heedless speech or suspected of whistling in the circus, or of some other crime, now came out of his well-watched hiding-place.
Glaukias, the sculptor, among others, reopened his work-rooms in Heron's garden-plot.
In the cellar beneath the floor the gem-cutter had remained hidden with Polybius and his sister Praxilla, for the easy-going old man could not be induced to embark in the vessel which Argutis had hired for them.
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 BMCR-L: BMCR 2005.07.27, Dunand/Zivie-Coche, Gods and Men in Egypt.
Practically speaking, the priests were officiants, who performed the religious duties in place of the king.
The concept of kingship also underwent a change, now representing two complementing ideologies: the pharaoh "as guarantor of the equilibrium of the world and the indispensable linchpin of society, and the Greek ideal of the king as incarnation of all virtues" (p.
A famous example known from papyri is Ptolemaios, son of Glaukias, in the reign of Ptolemy VI.
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For instance, dating from the age of the Buddhist Indian king Ashoka (3rd century BC), clay statuettes of Indian women have been found in the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city Memphis, and there are clear signs that an Indian colony existed there around 200 BC.
His father was a minor king, as at the time India was split up into many fiefdoms, not unlike Medieval Europe.
It took over 200 years for Buddhism to win the struggle with the territorial fl Bon shamans, and at one point the 10th century AD the Tibetan king Langdarma -- the only king since the 8th century who was Bonpo -- had all Buddhist monasteries razed and killed thousands of monks.
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Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, the second Macedonian King of Egypt, had built it as an appendage to the Temple of Artemis, after the recovery from sickness of his wife Arsinoe.
I met Glaukias the sculptor, and he begged me not to forget it; for he knows where the lad is hidden, and was on the point of going over to see him.
I believe he is envious of Diodoros." Melissa shook a finger at him; but she turned pale, and curiously inquired whether her brother had remembered to warn Glaukias on no account to tell Alexander that it was in his power to release his father.
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 Greek Propaganda on Epirus and the origin of Albanians - www.ezboard.com
Glaukias of the Taulanti was recognized King of Illyria in 317 BC The same Glaulkias is famous as the adoptive father of Pyrrhus of Epirius, then a young prince of the Molossians.
Pyrrho might be stated as the last defender of Greece by certain greeks by in history he is known to be the adopted son of Glaulkias king of the Taulanti tribe which is one of the oldest Illyrian tribes.
In many old Roman writtings Epirus is referred to as a "Dangerous Illyrian province that needs to be subdued immediately" however Greece now holds most of the ancient Epirus territories.
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 The Myth of the Early Church
Valentinus, for example, claimed to have received the teaching of Paul at the hands of the latter's disciple Theodas, while Basilides credited his teaching to Glaukias, the disciple of Simon Peter.
Marcion went so far as to grant that the Old Testament was an accurate account of the dealings of the Hebrew God with his people.
The prophecies of that scripture were reliable and true, even those predicting the Jewish Messiah, a Davidic king.
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We do not bet on quail-fights; we do not run races; I always had a loathing for purchased love; we do not want to wear a heap of garments bought merely because they take our fancy--indeed, I am too hot as it is under this scorching sun.
As for Philip, he lives on air and philosophy; and, besides, he is fed out of the great breadbasket of the Museum." At this point the starling interrupted the youth's vehement speech with the appropriate cry, "My strength!
Hear what new titles to fame Heron's son can find for the imperial guest who is to arrive to-morrow." "Pray hush!" Melissa besought him, looking up at the bearded man who had laid his arm on Alexander's shoulder.
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 The Persian Boy
Ochos - Artaxerxes III, King of Persia, murdered by Bagoas, succeded by Arses
Olympias (2) - Alexander's mother, orphaned daughter of Epiros king
Philip (3) - Alexander's father, King of Macedon 359-336,
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But now the dwarf upon the throne, By murder of his mother's son, As Misadelphos must be known." "Indeed!" murmured Caesar, with a pale face, and then he went on in a low, sullen tone: "Always the same story--my brother, and my small stature.
In this town they follow the example of the barbarians, it would seem, who choose the tallest and broadest of their race to be king.
No, no! Alexander's artistic eye knew the difference well between the beautiful and the ugly--and the exhausted man lying on the divan, was no hideous dwarf.
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 King Glaukias articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
King Glaukias articles and news from Start Learning Now
King Glaukias, an Illyrian of the Taulanti tribe, reigned over Illyria from 317317 BC to 303 BC.
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 Greek Mythology: CULT OF HERMES
He found the Phaiakian lords and rulers pouring libations from their cups to the Euskopos (Keen-sighted) Argeiphontes (Radiant One) [Hermes] to whom by custom they poured libation last when they turned their thoughts to the nightís rest [at the end of the feast].î -Odyssey 7.137
An inscription on it says that Glaukias, a Rhegian by descent, dedicated it, and Gallon of Elis made it." -Pausanias 5.27.8
Lycaon [the mythical first king of Arkadia], son of Pelasgus, built a temple [the first] to Mercurius [Hermes] of Cyllene in Arcadia." -Hyginus Fabulae 225
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 Handbook of Patrology: First Period, Section III: The Heretical and Apocryphal Literature of the Second Century
Alexandrine Gnosis.— This Gnosis is represented first by three great leaders — Basilides, Valentine and Carpocrates—and secondly by a multitude of more or less definite sects without leaders, who have received the generic name of Ophites.
two disciples, were known to Eusebius, who analysed them partly and copied out a few extracts, notably those referring to the famous correspondence between King Abgar of Edessa and Jesus.
These Acts, called the Acta Edessena, were written first in Syriac and may date back to the first half of the third century.
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 List of Albania-related articles -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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