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		The name "Monaco", "Monoikos" in Greek, is nearly always associated with that of Hercules by the ancient writers.
		In Greek, Heracles Monoikos may mean "Heracles alone" or "Heracles who has only one temple".
		The name "Monoikos" is certainly a native one and must have its origin in the Ligurian language.
	www.monaco-consulate.com /about_history.htm (5111 words)

	History of Monaco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, the ancient Ligurian language, which was apparently not Indo-European, is not connected to the Italian dialect spoken by the modern inhabitants of Liguria, nor to the modern Monegasque language.
		The Phocaeans of Massalia founded the colony of Monoikos, named for its Ligurian inhabitants, in the 6th century B.C. in the area now known as Monaco.
		Monoikos was associated with Hercules, venerated in this location alone as Hercules Monoecus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monoikos (1020 words)

	Monaco: Quaternary Era to 1215 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The name "Monaco", "Monoikos" in Greek, is nearly always associated with that of Hercules by the ancient writers.
		In Greek, Heracles Monoikos may mean "Heracles alone" or "Heracles who has only one temple".
		The name "Monoikos" is certainly a native one and must have its origin in the Ligurian language.
	www.monaco.mc /monaco/info/history2.html (368 words)

	Encyclopedia: Monoikos
		Monegasque (or Monégasque) is a Romance language based on Ligurian; it is spoken in Monaco and taught in schools there.
		This article or section should include material from Greeks According to Thucydides, Hellenes were the people of Hellas.
		The Phocaeans of Massilia founded the colony of Monoikos, named for its Ligurian inhabitants, in the 6th century B.C. in the area now known as Monaco.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Monoikos (2523 words)

	Geschichte Monacos - Wikipedia
		Der Name des Fürstentums leitet sich vielleicht von dem ligurischen Stamm der „Monoikos“ ab, die im 6.
		Einer anderen Erklärungsvariante nach, kommt der Name vom vorchristlichen Herakles-Kult, der besonders in Monaco verbreitet war.
		Herakles wurde in der Antike oft mit dem Beinahmen „Monoikos“, der Einsame, versehen.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geschichte_Monacos (3762 words)

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		The local Hellenes referred to the Ligurians as Monoikos, from the Greek the Greek Μόνοικος - μόνος + οίκος, "single house", which bears the sense of a people either settled in a "single habitation" or of "living apart" from others.
		The early history is primarily concerned with the protective and strategic value of the Rock of Monaco, the area's chief geological landmark, which served first as a shelter for ancient peoples and later as a fortress.
		Phocaeans of Massalia founded the colony of Monoikos, named for its Ligurian inhabitants, in the 6th century b.C. Monoikos was associated with Hercules, venerated in this location alone as Hercules Monoecus.
	www.lesfrancs.com /monaco_coins.html (632 words)

	HISTORY OF MONACO FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		However, the ancient Ligurian_language, which was apparently not Indo-European, is not connected to the Italian dialect spoken by the modern inhabitants of Liguria, nor to the modern Monegasque_language.
		Monoikos was associated with Hercules, venerated in this location alone as ''Hercules Monoecus.'' According to the "travels of Hercules" theme, also documented by Diodorus_Siculus and Strabo, both Greeks and native Ligurian people asserted that Hercules passed through the area.
		The modern port is still sometimes called the "Port of Hercules".
	www.enablepay.com /History_of_Monaco (948 words)

	MONOIKOS Articles The early history of Monaco is prim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		However, the ancient Ligurian language, which was apparently not Indo-European, is not connected to the Italian dialect spoken by the modern inhabitants of Liguria, nor to the modern Monegasque language.
		The Phocaeans of Massalia founded the colony of Monoikos, named for its Ligurian inhabitants, in the 6th century B.C. in the area now known as Monaco.
		Monoikos was associated with Hercules, venerated in this location alone as Hercules Monoecus.
	www.amazines.com /Monoikos_related.html (571 words)

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		In der Zeit der Griechen wurde die Siedlung "Monoikos" genannt, was "einzelnes Haus" bedeutet.
		In the times of the Greek the estate was named "Monoikos", what means "lone house".
		The Romans the estate then named "Monoeci Portus", from where developed in the middle ages the today's name "Monaco".
	www.flaggenlexikon.de /fmonac.htm (557 words)

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		He mentions a fortified village and a small tribe of Ligurians called Monoikos.
		Before the arrival of the Romans very little is known of the history of the Monoikos.
		In the year 189 B.C. a Roman praetor, Lucius Baebius, was mortally wounded in an ambush set by Ligurian tribes near Monaco.
	website.lineone.net /~thesturrocks/monaco1.htm (1419 words)

	Philagroup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Several hypotheses have been raised about the origin of Monaco.
		For some, it starts from the "Monoikos", who dwelled on the rock in the 6th century BC and, for others, it is associated with the cult of the hero Heracles (Hercules).
		Even today, its main harbour, where a temple had been built, bears that name.
	www.philagroup.es /novedades/dec04/Monaco.htm (1351 words)

	Worldroots.com
		The place was known to early navigators from Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon.
		These Phoenicians brought silk and oils and precious spices to trade with the local inhabitants: they also brought their god, a strange legendary figure called Melkart, known to the Romans as Hercules Monoikos - Hercules who dwells alone.
		So the Romans called the bay Portus Hercules Moneici, and in 122 AD the Roman domination of Provence began.
	www.geocities.com /sense_of_joy/grimald.htm (3626 words)

	Monoikos
		Monoikos is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Main article: History of Monaco Monaco derives its name from the nearby Greek colony, Monoikos, founded in the 6th century BCE by the Phoceans.
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	www.experiencefestival.com /monoikos (740 words)

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		Phoenician and Carthaginian sailors contributed to develop the port.
		The name of Monaco, (Monoikos in Greek) is therefore associated with that of Hercules by ancient classical authors who referred to Heracles monoikos, meaning the one and only Heracles, or Heracles with only one temple.
		The Principality saw the day on 10th June 1215 when the Genoese, aware of the Rock's strategic importance and of the advantages the port had to offer, founded a fortress which has since become the Prince's Palace.
	www.cotedazur-realestate.mc /system/texts/monaco/monaco_about_index.phtml?viewMe=p2 (241 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Goner's Monaco Travel Tips
		After the expulsion of the Saracens in 975, people began, little by little, to return to live on the Ligurian coast which is now Monaco.
		The name "Monaco", "Monoikos" in Greek, is usually associated with Hercules.
		A temple was consecrated to him in this Ligurian port, throughout antiquity, this place was known as Port Hercules.
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	Culture of Monaco - History and ethnic relations, Urbanism, architecture, and the use of space
		The name Monaco is believed to derive from the word "monoikos" associated both with the ancient Greeks and the Ligurians.
		The coastal road used by the Ligurians later came to be known as "The Road of Hercules."; In Greek, Hercules was often called "Heracles Monoikos," or "Hercules Along" but it is possible that "monoikos" derives from an older Ligurian word.
		The Monegasque have managed to maintain their traditions, institutions, and dialect through the centuries despite the influence of their much-larger neighbors.
	www.everyculture.com /Ma-Ni/Monaco.html (4534 words)

	Grupo Monoikos
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	grupomonoikos.com (80 words)

	Studying Monet in school? Thank the lottery : Reflections : Oswego Ledger-Sentinel : Hometown Newspaper for Oswego and ...
		Turns out Monaco is named after the legendary hero Hercules.
		The country’s name comes from “Monoikos,” which was Hercules’ Greek surname.
		The Phoenicians and later the Greeks had a temple honoring the legendary strongman, which was located on the Monacan headland.
	www.ledgersentinel.com /article.asp?num=3947 (843 words)

	Star: I took the Grand Prix at the concrete mall
		The only Formula 1 Grand Prix on the circuit in which the entire race takes place in a built-up area is the picturesque Principality of Monaco, where the track is, to quote one contestant, "tight and twisty".
		Originally a Ligurian settlement named Monoikos by the ancient Greeks, in more modern times, 1215, it became a colony of Genoa, ruled by the House of Grimaldi, as it has been, more than less, ever since.
		Present ruler Prince Albert took over when his father, Prince Rainier III, died last year.
	www.thestar.co.za /index.php?fArticleId=3267852 (685 words)

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