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Definition of Pylae

Pylae
Pyla Py"la n.; pl. L. Pyl[ae], E. Pylas. [NL., fr. Gr. ? an entrance.] (Anat.) The passage between the iter and optoc[oe]le in the brain. --B. G. Wilder.

Meaning of Pylae from wikipedia

- Empire. In Antiquity and for most of the Middle Ages, the town was known as Pylae or Pylai (Gr****: Πύλαι), which is Gr**** for "gates" since it was positioned...
- Pylae or Pylai (Ancient Gr****: Πύλαι) was a town of ancient Arcadia mentioned by Steph**** of Byzantium. Its site is unlocated. Steph**** of Byzantium...
- at the Battle of Salamis. He then fled to Thessaly; the Amphictyons at Pylae had offered a reward for his death. According to Herodotus, he was killed...
- The Cilician Gates or Gülek P**** is a p**** through the Taurus Mountains connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau, by way of the narrow...
- in Anatolia and Syria, his first move was to sail from Constantinople to Pylae in Bithynia (not in Cilicia). He spent the summer training so as to improve...
- Gindarus, "a natural stronghold" leading to the Amanian Gate or Amanides Pylae over the Am**** Mountains. According to the Arab historian Al-Baladhuri...
- Panhormus, also known as Pylae or Pylai, was a settlement and station (mutatio) of ancient Cilicia, near the Cilician Gates (Gr****: Kilikia Pylai) on...
- York: Routledge, 1996. Mango, Cyril. "The Empress Helena, Helenopolis, Pylae." Travaux et Mémoires 12 (1994): 143–58. Odahl, Charles Matson. Constantine...
- Kios, possibly Katerlı Dağı according to W. M. Ramsay), Mt. Mokilos above Pylae on the southern s**** of the Gulf of Nicomedia (identified by Ramsay with...
- P**** (Turkish: Bahçe Geçidi), also known as the Am**** P**** or Amanides Pylae (Ἀμανίδες or Ἀμανικαί Πύλαι 'Am**** Gates'), is a mountain p**** located...