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Akrai (Ancient Gr****: Ἄκραι; Latin: Acrenses) was a Gr****
colony of
Magna Graecia founded in
Sicily by the
Syracusans in 663 BC. It was
located near the...
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powerful Gr**** city
anywhere in the Mediterranean.
Colonies were
founded at
Akrai (664 BC),
Kasmenai (643 BC),
Akrillai (7th century BC),
Helorus (7th century BC)...
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Catania Theatre of
Segesta Theatre of
Syracuse Theatre of
Taormina Theatre of
Akrai Theatre of
Aigai (Aeolis),
Manisa Province Theatre of
Alexandria Troas,...
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Siris Sybaris Sybaris on the
Traeis Taras Terina Thurii Sicily Akragas Akrai Akrillai Apollonia Calacte Casmenae Catana Gela
Helorus Henna Heraclea Minoa...
- of Tindari [it], the Gr****
Theatre of Hippana [it], the Gr****
Theatre of
Akrai [it], the Gr****
Theatre of
Monte Jato [it], the Gr****
Theatre of Morgantina [it]...
- road-station on the
route from
Syracuse to Gela and Akragas. By p****ing via
Akrai and Kasmenai, the road
avoided the low
Hyblaean Mountains and
Hybla Heraea...
- Kerényi
draws attention especially to the rock
carvings in the town of
Akrai, Sicily.
Bloomsbury (1996), "Dioscuri",
Dictionary of Myth, London: Bloomsbury...
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lived here in
small villages. The town
occupies the site of the
ancient Akrai (Latin Acrae),
founded by
Syracuse around 664 BC. The city was important...
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earlier geography now
missing except for fragments. Asia is
defined by two
akrai, "bluffs" or "s****s." One runs from
Phasis in
Colchis (Georgia) at the...
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statues carved into a rock face near
Palazzolo Acreide, the
ancient Akrai, in Sicily. The
statues are the
remains of a
sanctuary for one of the most...
