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Thiseio

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Thiseio or Thissio (Θησείο) is the name of a traditional neighbourhood in downtown Athens, Greece, northwest of the Acropolis, 1.5 km southwest of downtown. [1]

54 relations: Acamas (son of Theseus), Acropolis, Acropolis of Athens, Actaeon, Administrative regions of Greece, Aethalides, Aethra (Greek mythology), Agora, Amphictyon, Ancient Agora of Athens, Areopagus, Athens, Attica, Avanton, Camille Flammarion, Chloris, Democracy, Demophon of Athens, Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, Erysichthon of Attica, Galatea (mythology), Ghazi (warrior), Glyfada, Greece, Hegias, Hephaestion, Heptarchy, Heracleidae, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Kerameikos, Kerameikos Archaeological Museum, Line 1 (Athens Metro), Lycomedes, Margaret the Virgin, Melina Mercouri, Mount Lichada, Myrmidons, National Observatory of Athens, Neleus, Ottringham, Parthenon, Paul the Apostle, Petralona, Phaedra (mythology), Philopappos Monument, Pnyx, Pygmalion (mythology), Rouf, Athens, Stoa of Attalos, Temple of Hephaestus, ..., Theseus, Thiseio metro station, Thoricus, Vasilis Avlonitis. Expand index (4 more) »

Acamas (son of Theseus)

In Greek mythology, Acamas or Akamas (Ancient Greek: Ἀκάμας, folk etymology: "unwearying") the son of Phaedra and Theseus, and brother or half brother to Demophon, was a character in the Trojan War.

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Acropolis

An acropolis (Ancient Greek: ἀκρόπολις, tr. Akrópolis; from ákros (άκρος) or ákron (άκρον) "highest, topmost, outermost" and pólis "city"; plural in English: acropoles, acropoleis or acropolises) is a settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground—frequently a hill with precipitous sides, chosen for purposes of defense.

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Acropolis of Athens

The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

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Actaeon

Actaeon (Ἀκταίων Aktaion), in Greek mythology, son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, was a famous Theban hero.

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Administrative regions of Greece

The administrative regions of Greece (περιφέρειες, peripheries) are the country's thirteen first-level administrative entities, each comprising several second-level units, originally prefectures and, since 2011, regional units.

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Aethalides

Aethalides (Αἰθαλίδης) was a son of Hermes and Eupolemeia, a daughter of Myrmidon.

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Aethra (Greek mythology)

In Greek mythology, Aethra or Aithra (Αἴθρα, Aἴthra,,, the "bright sky") was a name applied to four different individuals.

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Agora

The agora (ἀγορά agorá) was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states.

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Amphictyon

Amphictyon or Amphiktyon (Ἀμφικτυών), in Greek mythology, was a king of Thermopylae and later Athens.

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Ancient Agora of Athens

The Ancient Agora of Classical Athens is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill.

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Areopagus

The Areopagus is a prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

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Athens

Athens (Αθήνα, Athína; Ἀθῆναι, Athênai) is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Attica

Attica (Αττική, Ancient Greek Attikḗ or; or), or the Attic peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of present-day Greece.

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Avanton

Avanton is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

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Camille Flammarion

Nicolas Camille Flammarion FRAS (26 February 1842 – 3 June 1925) was a French astronomer and author.

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Chloris

In Greek mythology, the name Chloris (Greek Χλωρίς Khlōris, from χλωρός khlōros, meaning "greenish-yellow", "pale green", "pale", "pallid", or "fresh") appears in a variety of contexts.

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Democracy

Democracy (δημοκρατία dēmokraa thetía, literally "rule by people"), in modern usage, has three senses all for a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting.

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Demophon of Athens

In Greek mythology, Demophon (Ancient Greek: Δημοφῶν or Δημοφόων) was a king of Athens.

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Dionysiou Areopagitou Street

Dionysiou Areopagitou Street (Greek: Οδός Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου) is a pedestrianized street, adjacent to the south slope of the Acropolis in the Makrygianni district of Athens.

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Erysichthon of Attica

In Greek mythology, Erysichthon (also spelled Erisichthon) (lit. 'Earth-tearer') was the son of King Cecrops I of Athens and Agraulus.

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Galatea (mythology)

Galatea (Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") is a name popularly applied to the statue carved of ivory by Pygmalion of Cyprus, which then came to life, in Greek mythology; in modern English the name usually alludes to that story.

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Ghazi (warrior)

Ghazi (غازي) is an Arabic term originally referring to an individual who participates in ghazw (غزو), meaning military expeditions or raiding; after the emergence of Islam, it took on new connotations of religious warfare.

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Glyfada

Glyfada (Γλυφάδα) is a suburb in Athens.

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Greece

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Hegias

Hegias (Ἡγίας) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who lived in the 5th and 6th centuries.

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Hephaestion

Hephaestion (Ἡφαιστίων Hephaistíon; c. 356 BC – 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman and a general in the army of Alexander the Great.

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Heptarchy

The Heptarchy is a collective name applied to the seven petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in 5th century until their unification into the Kingdom of England in the early 10th century.

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Heracleidae

In Greek mythology, the Heracleidae (Ἡρακλεῖδαι) or Heraclids were the numerous descendants of Heracles (Hercules), especially applied in a narrower sense to the descendants of Hyllus, the eldest of his four sons by Deianira (Hyllus was also sometimes thought of as Heracles' son by Melite).

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Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt

Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (25 October 1825 in Eutin, Germany – 7 February 1884 in Athens, Greece) was a German astronomer and geophysicist.

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Kerameikos

Kerameikos also known by its Latinized form Ceramicus, is an area of Athens, Greece, located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon (Δίπυλον) Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River.

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Kerameikos Archaeological Museum

The Kerameikos Archaeological Museum is located in Kerameikos, Athens, Greece and was built in 1937.

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Line 1 (Athens Metro)

Line 1 is the oldest of the three Athens Metro lines, running from to, via and.

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Lycomedes

The name Lycomedes (Λυκομήδης) may refer to several characters in Greek mythology, of whom the most prominent was the king of Scyros during the Trojan War.

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Margaret the Virgin

Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as (Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint on July 20 in the Western Rite Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, on July 17 (Julian calendar) by the Eastern-Rite Orthodox Church and on Epip 23 and Hathor 23 in the Coptic Churchs.

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Melina Mercouri

Maria Amalia Mercouri (Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη; 31 October 1920 – 6 March 1994), known professionally as Melina Mercouri (Μελίνα Μερκούρη), was a Greek actress, singer and politician.

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Mount Lichada

Mount Lichada and Cape Lichada (Λιχάδα) is a mountain and cape forming the northwest tip of the island of Euboea, Greece.

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Myrmidons

The Myrmidons (Μυρμιδόνες Myrmidones) were a legendary people of Greek mythology, native to the region of Thessaly.

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National Observatory of Athens

The National Observatory of Athens (NOA; Εθνικό Αστεροσκοπείο Αθηνών) is a research institute in Athens, Greece.

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Neleus

Neleus (Νηλεύς) was a king of Pylos.

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Ottringham

Ottringham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness.

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Parthenon

The Parthenon (Παρθενών; Παρθενώνας, Parthenónas) is a former temple, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron.

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Paul the Apostle

Paul the Apostle (Paulus; translit, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; c. 5 – c. 64 or 67), commonly known as Saint Paul and also known by his Jewish name Saul of Tarsus (translit; Saũlos Tarseús), was an apostle (though not one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of the Christ to the first century world.

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Petralona

Petralona (Πετράλωνα) is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece.

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Phaedra (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Phaedra (Φαίδρα, Phaidra) (or Fedra) is the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, wife of Theseus, sister of Ariadne, and the mother of Demophon of Athens and Acamas.

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Philopappos Monument

The Philopappu Monument (Μνημείο Φιλοπάππου) is an ancient Greek mausoleum and monument dedicated to Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos or Philopappus, (Γάιος Ιούλιος Αντίοχος Επιφανής Φιλόπαππος, 65–116 AD), a prince from the Kingdom of Commagene.

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Pnyx

The Pnyx (Πνύξ; Πνύκα, Pnyka) is a hill in central Athens, the capital of Greece.

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Pygmalion (mythology)

Pygmalion (Πυγμαλίων, Pugmalíōn, gen.: Πυγμαλίωνος) is a legendary figure of Cyprus.

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Rouf, Athens

Rouf (Ρουφ) is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece.

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Stoa of Attalos

The Stoa of Attalos (also spelled Attalus) was a stoa (covered walkway or portico) in the Agora of Athens, Greece.

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Temple of Hephaestus

The Temple of Hephaestus or Hephaisteion (also "Hephesteum"; Ἡφαιστεῖον, Ναός Ηφαίστου) or earlier as the Theseion (also "Theseum"; Θησεῖον, Θησείο), is a well-preserved Greek temple; it remains standing largely as built.

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Theseus

Theseus (Θησεύς) was the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens.

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Thiseio metro station

Thiseio (Greek: Σταθμός Θησείου Stathmos Thiseiou) is an Athens Metro Line 1 station, located in Thiseio at from Piraeus.

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Thoricus

Thoricus (or Thorikos) was an ancient Greek city in southern Attica, one of the twelve original settlements that were united in the synoikismos attributed to Theseus to form Archaic Athens.

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Vasilis Avlonitis

Vasilis Avlonitis (Βασίλης Αυλωνίτης; 1 January 1904 – 10 March 1970) was one of the most famous old-school Greek comedians.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiseio

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