Criton of Pieria
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Criton of Pieria (Latin
Crito Pieriota, (-iotes), Pierius, Pierensis) was a 2nd century Greek historian.
Latin
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Crito Pieriota, (-iotes), Pierius, Pierensis) was a 2nd century Greek historian.
Titles of works
- Παλληνικά Pallenica, On Pallene, ChalcidicePallene, ChalcidicePallene is the ancient name of the westernmost of the three headlands of Chalcidice, which run out into the Aegean Sea. Its modern name is Kassandra Peninsula . It is said to have anciently borne the name of Phlegra and to have witnessed the conflict between the gods and the earthborn Gigantes...
- Συρακουσῶν κτίσις The foundation of Syracuse
- Περσικά Persica, On Persia
- Σικελικά Siculica, On SicilySicilySicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
- Συρακουσῶν περιήγησις Description of Syracuse
- Περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆςArchonArchon is a Greek word that means "ruler" or "lord", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem ἀρχ-, meaning "to rule", derived from the same root as monarch, hierarchy, and anarchy.- Ancient Greece :In ancient Greece the...
τῶν ΜακεδόνωνMacedonMacedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south....
On the empire of the Macedonians