Locrian Greek

•  Ajax the Lesser

  Ajax was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the "lesser" or "Locrian" Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War. He is a significant figure in Homer's Iliad and is also mentioned in the Odyssey. In Etruscan legend, he was known as Aivas Vilates.

  

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•  Koine Greek

  Koine Greek (common Greek; or ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, the common dialect) is the popular form of Greek which emerged in post-Classical antiquity. Other names are Alexandrian, Hellenistic, Patristic, Common, Biblical or New Testament Greek. Original names were koine, Hellenic, Alexandrian and Macedonian (Macedonic); all on the contrast to Attic dialect.

  

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•  Patroclus

  In Greek mythology, as recorded in the Iliad by Homer, Patroclus, or Patroklos (Gr. Πάτροκλος “glory of the father”), was the son of Menoetius, grandson of Actor, King of Opus, and was Achilles’ beloved comrade.

  

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•  Oileus

  In Greek mythology, Oileus (or Oïleus) was the king of Locris. His father was given as Odoedocus (whom Oileus succeeded as King of Locris) and his mother as Agrianome (otherwise unknown). Oileus's wife was Eriopis, who bore him a son named Ajax. Oileus was also the father of Medon, who is usually regarded as illegitimate; Medon's mother was said to be a nymph named Rhene, not Eriopis. Oileus was also an Argonaut.

  

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•  Locrus

  Locrus son of Physcius and grandson of Amphictyon son of Deucalion, became by Cabya the father of Locrus, the mythical ancestor of the Ozolian Locrians (Plut. Quaest. Graec. 15). According to some the wife of the former Locrus was called Cambyse or Protogeneia (Pind. Ol. ix. 86; Eustath. ad Horn. p. 277). 2. Locrus was a son of Zeus and Maera, the daughter of the Argive king Proetus and Antaea. He is said to have assisted Zethus and Amphion in the building of Thebes (Eustath. ad Horn. p. 1688).

  

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•  Attic Greek

  Attic Greek is the prestige dialect of Ancient Greek that was spoken in Attica, which includes Athens. Of the ancient dialects, it is the most similar to later Greek, and is the standard form of the language studied in courses of "Ancient Greek". It is sometimes included in Ionic.

  

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•  Doric Greek

  For the modern Doric dialect of Scotland, see Doric dialect (Scotland) Doric or Dorian was a dialect of ancient Greek. Its variants were spoken in the southern and eastern Peloponnese, Crete, Rhodes, some islands in the southern Aegean Sea, some cities on the coasts of Asia Minor, Southern Italy, Sicily, Epirus and Macedon. Together with Northwest Greek, it forms the "Western group" of classical Greek dialects.

  

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•  Ionic Greek

  Ionic Greek was a sub-dialect of the Attic-Ionic dialectal group of Ancient Greek.

  

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•  Timaeus of Locri

  Timaeus of Locri was a Greek Pythagorean philosopher living in the 5th century BC. He features in Plato's Timaeus, where he is said to come from Locri in Italy, thus of Locrian origin. He also appears as one of the speakers in Plato's Critias.

  

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•  Acrion

  Acrion was a Locrian and a Pythagorean philosopher. He is mentioned by Valerius Maximus under the name of Arion. According to William Smith, Arion is a false reading, instead of Acrion.

  

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•  Tabriz

  Tabriz is the fourth largest city in Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former capitals and residence of the crown prince under the Qajar dynasty. The city has proven extremely influential in the country’s recent history.

  

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•  Polish Army Stadium

  Marshal Józef Piłsudski Polish Army Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Warsaw, Poland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Legia Warszawa. The stadium holds 13,628 people and was inaugurated on August 9, 1930. A renovation was approved for 180 million złotys, and is to hold 31,800 spectators. Three stands will be opened by the end of May 2010, with the rest of the stadium to be completed by January 2011.

  

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•  Northern Counties Palatine

  The Northern Counties Palatine is a step-entrance double-decker bus body built by Northern Counties of Wigan, UK. It was built mainly on Leyland Olympian and Volvo Olympian chassis, although some were also built on DAF, Volvo B10M Citybus and Scania chassis. Two variants existed, the Palatine I (known as "Palatine" before 1992) which had a flatter windscreen, and the Palatine II (launched in 1993) which had a curved windscreen resembling that of the single-decker Northern Counties Paladin.

  

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•  Mammitu

  

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•  Heterosphaeriopsis fulvodisca

  

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