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Byzas (Ancient Gr****: Βύζας,
Býzas) was the
legendary founder of
Byzantium (Ancient Gr****: Βυζάντιον, Byzántion), the city
later known as Constantinople...
- 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...
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derived from the
Thracian personal name
Byzas which means "he-goat".
Ancient Gr****
legend refers to the Gr**** king
Byzas, the
leader of the
Megarian colonists...
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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...
- (Gr****: Βυζάντιον, Latin: Byzantium),
named after its
mythical founder,
Byzas. The name Madras, now Chennai, may be a
special case. When the city was...
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Nireus Aloeus Epopeus Triopas Celaenus Celaeno Dictys Cerebia Polydectes Byzas Ceroessa Chryses Chrysogeneia Minyas Phaunos Circe Atlas Cleito Eumelus...
- from
Thebes in Egypt. 667 BC:
Byzantium founded by
Megaran colonists under Byzas. (traditional date) 664 BC:
First naval battle in Gr****
recorded history...
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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...
- Bachmann,
Martin (ed.).
Bautechnik im
antiken und
vorantiken Kleinasien (PDF).
Byzas (in German). Vol. 9. Istanbul: Ege Yayınları/Zero Prod. Ltd. pp. 429–454...
