Antigonia
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Antigonia may refer to:
- Any of several Hellenistic cities , including:
- Antigonia (Chaonia)Antigonia (Chaonia)Antigonea , also transliterated as Antigonia and Antigoneia, was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and the chief inland city of the ancient Chaonians...
and related Archaeological National park of Antigonea, near Saraqinisht, southern Albania, known in antiquity as a place in Chaonia, Epirus - Antigonia (Paeonia)Antigonia (Paeonia)Antigonia also transliterated as Antigonea and Antigoneia was a Hellenistic city in Paeonia, North Macedonia, placed in the Peutinger Table between Stena and Stobi, now called Negotino....
, in Paeonia, Macedon - Antigonia PsapharaAntigonia PsapharaAntigonia Psaphara or Antigonia also transliterated as Antigonea and Antigoneia was a Hellenistic city in Macedon in the district Crusis in Chalcidice, placed by Livy between Aeneia and Pallene. It is called by Ptolemy Psaphara probably in order to distinguish it from Antigonia in...
, in Crucis, Chalcidice, Greece - Antigonia (Syria)Antigonia (Syria)Antigonia also transliterated as Antigonea and Antigoneia was a Hellenistic city in Seleucis, Syria , on the Orontes, founded by Antigonus I in 307 BC, and intended to be the capital of his empire; the site is approximately 7 km northeast of Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey...
, in Seleucis, Syria, now near Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey - A prior name of Alexandria TroasAlexandria TroasAlexandria Troas is an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean Sea near the northern tip of Turkey's western coast, a little south of Tenedos . It is located in the modern Turkish province of Çanakkale...
, in Troas, Asia Minor, now Eski Stambul, Çanakkale Province, Turkey - A prior name of IznikIznikİznik is a city in Turkey which is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea, the first and seventh Ecumenical councils in the early history of the Church, the Nicene Creed, and as the capital city of the Empire of Nicaea...
, a prior name of Nicaea, Bithynia, now Iznik, Bursa Province, Turkey - A temporary name of Mantinea, Arcadia, Greece
- Antigonia (Chaonia)
- Other uses:
- Antigonia (fish genus)Antigonia (fish genus)Antigonia is a genus of zeiform marine fish belonging to the family Caproidae, of which it composes eleven of the family's twelve species. Antigonia carry the common name boarfish. These are deep-water species, generally found at depths below ....
is the name of a genus of fish. - Hoogstudentengilde Antigonia is one of the oldest Antwerp student fraternities, named after the legendary Druon AntigoonDruon AntigoonDruon Antigoon was a mythical giant who lived in Antwerp.Guarding a bridge on the river Scheldt, he exacted a toll from those crossing the river. For those who refused, he severed one of their hands and threw it into the river...
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- Antigonia (fish genus)