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Byzas (Ancient Greek: Βύζας, Býzas) was the legendary founder of Byzantium (Ancient Greek: Βυζάντιον, Byzántion), the city later known as Constantinople...

derived from the Thracian personal name Byzas which means "he-goat". Ancient Greek legend refers to the Greek king Byzas, the leader of the Megarian colonists...

two states. Arguably the most famous citizen of Megara in antiquity was Byzas, the legendary founder of Byzantium in the 7th century BC. The 6th century...

Megarian colonists claimed a direct line back to the founders of the city, Byzas, the son of the god Poseidon and the nymph Ceroëssa. Modern excavations...

was the daughter of Io and Zeus; elder sister of Epaphus; and mother of Byzas, founder of Byzantium, with her uncle, Poseidon. According to the historian...

(Greek: Βυζάντιον, Latin: Byzantium), named after its mythical founder, Byzas. The name Madras, now Chennai, may be a special case. When the city was...

Megarian colonists, Byzas. The later Byzantines of Constantinople themselves would maintain that the city was named in honor of two men, Byzas and Antes, though...

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Gregoras (c. 1295-1360), the column was once surmounted by a statue to Byzas the Megarian, the semi-legendary founder of Byzantium. A notice on location...

from Thebes in Egypt. 667 BC: Byzantium founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas. (traditional date) 664 BC: First naval battle in Greek recorded history...

BC), recapturing Memphis and beginning an offensive into Upper Egypt. Byzantium (modern Istanbul) is founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas. v t e...

Hecate. Hecate had a cult in Byzantium from the time of its founding. Like Byzas in one legend, she had her origins in Thrace. Since Hecate was the guardian...

from a Thracian or Illyrian personal name, Byzas.: 352ff  Ancient Greek legend refers to a legendary king Byzas as the leader of the Megarian colonists and...

word with a strange structure and an obscure origin, related to the word byza, a possible borrowing from the Greek βῦζα, 'owl'. Genus Sarda (Cuvier, 1832)...

Traditional date of the founding of Byzantium by Megaran colonists under Byzas. 666 BC: Ashurbanipal sends a small Assyrian army corps to Egypt which recovers...

Bachmann, Martin (ed.), Bautechnik im antiken und vorantiken Kleinasien (PDF), Byzas, vol. 9, Istanbul: Ege Yayınları/Zero Prod. Ltd., pp. 429–454, ISBN 978-975-8072-23-1...

Vyzas may refer to: Vyzas F.C., Greek football team Byzas or Vyzas (Ancient Greek: Βύζας, Býzas, modern pronunciation Výzas), was the eponymous founder...

Bachmann, Martin (ed.): Bautechnik im antiken und vorantiken Kleinasien, Byzas, Vol. 9, Ege Yayınları/Zero Prod. Ltd., Istanbul, ISBN 978-975-8072-23-1...

founded as Byzantium by Greek colonists from Megara, led by the eponymous Byzas, around 658 BC. The city then consisted of a small region around an acropolis...

Bachmann, Martin (ed.). Bautechnik im antiken und vorantiken Kleinasien (PDF). Byzas (in German). Vol. 9. Istanbul: Ege Yayınları/Zero Prod. Ltd. pp. 429–454...

Hecate. Hecate had a cult in Byzantium from the time of its founding. Like Byzas in one legend, she had her origins in Thrace. Hecate was considered the...

Constantinople" (PDF). In F. A. Bauer (ed.). Visualisierungen von Herrschaft. BYZAS. Vol. 5. pp. 79–99. ISBN 9789758071265. OCLC 71787023. The Shroud of Turin...

another account Nisos killed himself when he lost his vital lock of hair. Byzas Apollodorus, 3.15.5 Pausanias, 1.39.6 Homer, Odyssey 16.393 & 16.9; Hyginus...

ancient Greek settlers from Megara (near Athens) under the command of King Byzas established Byzantium at the Sarayburnu. Previously, in 685 BC, the Megarans...

includes Philipp Westermeyer, Tobias Schlottke, Christian Müller and Christian Byza. The OMR Festival is organized into two parallel events: the Expo and Conference...

Bachmann, Martin (ed.). Bautechnik im antiken und vorantiken Kleinasien (PDF). Byzas. Vol. 9. Istanbul: Ege Yayınları/Zero Prod. Ltd. pp. 429–454. ISBN 978-975-8072-23-1...

settlement. It may be derived from a Thracian or Illyrian personal name, Byzas.: 352ff  Ancient Greek legend refers to a legendary king of that name as...

Bachmann, Martin (ed.), Bautechnik im antiken und vorantiken Kleinasien (PDF), Byzas (in German), vol. 9, Istanbul: Ege Yayınları/Zero Prod. Ltd., pp. 429–454...

Erreichtes. Internationales Symposion 6./7. August 2004 in Bergama (Türkei), Byzas 3, Istanbul: Ege Yayınları, 2006, ISBN 975-8071-24-6, p. 168 (in German)...