HIMERA

hĭmˈərə, ancient city on the north coast of Sicily, founded by Greeks in the 7th cent. b.c. Here in 480 b.c. (a traditional date) forces led by Gelon routed the Carthaginians led by Hamilcar. Years later the Carthaginians destroyed (409 b.c.) the city. The citizens moved to nearby Thermae (modern Termini). The poet Stesichorus was born in Himera.

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The Etruscan
Book by Mika Waltari, Lily Leino; Putnam, 1956
Subjects: Finnish Fiction--20th Century--Translations Into English
...BOOK THREE Himera 53...in the pitching ship. BOOK THREE Himera I. GREATER even than Dionysius...us that the name of their city was Himera and that it had been founded by the people...
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The Western Greeks: The History of Sicily and South Italy from the Foundation of the Greek Colonies to 480 B.C
Book by T. J. Dunbabin; Clarendon Press, 1948
Subjects: Greece--Colonies--Italy
...259 X. HIMERA, SELINUS, AKRAGAS 300...III. GELA, MEGARA, HIMERA, KAMARINA, KAULONIA 65...Classical Atlas. The plans of Gela and Himera are based on Pareti, Studi Siciliani...
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The Archaeology of Ancient Sicily
Book by R. Ross Holloway; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Antiquities, Prehistoric--Italy--Sicily, Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Sicily, Sicily (Italy)--Antiquities, Sicily (Italy)--Civilization--Greek Influences
...68 88 Himera Museum, terracotta revetment from Temple A...84 111 Himera Museum, bronze figurine of Athene from Himera, photograph courtesy of N. Bonacasa 85...
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Greek Lyric, Tragedy, and Textual Criticism: Collected Papers
Book by W. S. Barrett, M. L. West; Oxford University Press, 2007
Subjects: Greek Literature--History And Criticism
...to have been born in the Lokrian colony of Matauros, and his life connected by tradition both with Lokroi itself and with Himera in Sicily. He was doubtless influenced by the traditions of poetry which we know to have existed at Lokroi; but we know...
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A History of Greece: From the Time of Solon to 403 B.C
Book by George Grote, J. M. Mitchell, M. O. B. Caspari; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Greece--History--To 146 B.C
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Vision, Metamorphosis, and the Poetics of Allegory in the Mutabilitie Cantos
Journal article by Louise Gilbert Freeman; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 45, 2005
Subjects: English poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Mutabilitie Cantos (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Spenser, Edmund--Criticism and interpretation
...ne Semelem vxorem ducaret, cuius sententiae fuit Stesichorus Himeraeus vel (voluit Acusilaus) qua illam compressit." Natale Conti...was clothed in a deer outfit to Stesichorus: "Stesichorus of Himera says that the goddess threw a deer-skin round Actaeon to ensure...
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Persona, Personae! Placing Kierkegaard in Conversation with Bergman
Journal article by Michael J. Stern; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 77, 2005
...calcified state. (10) Plato puts these words in the mouth of Socrates as the latter was re-presenting a speech by Stesichorus of Himera. The citation comes from a moment when the discourse, ostensibly about love, takes a digression discussing reincarnation and...


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Carthage: The God in the Stone
Magazine article by Michael Brett; History Today, Vol. 47, February 1997
Subjects: Carthage (Ancient city)--Religion, Phoenicians--Conduct of life
...BC, following defeat by the Greeks at Himera in Sicily in 480, the Carthaginians built...Hamilcar, did the same at the battle of Himera, sacrificing himself in a desperate attempt...Carthaginian isolation after the battle of Himera, when imports from the Grecian world declined...


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Travel: Soak Up the Sicilian Sun
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), April 11, 2007
...see an outstanding Norman Castle, though a litle further away we could not for the life of us find the ruined Greek temple at Himera, built after the defeat of the Carthiginians. Had we wanted to travel more extensively, the active volcano Etna was spewing...


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encyclopedia articles on: Himera  - 7 results

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Himera
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HIMERA him r , ancient city on the north coast of Sicily, founded by Greeks in the 7th cent. b.c. Here in 480 b.c. (a traditional...Carthaginians destroyed (409 b.c.) the city. The citizens moved to nearby Thermae (modern Termini). The poet Stesichorus was born in Himera. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press...
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Stesichorus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STESICHORUS stesik r s, fl. c.600 b.c., Greek lyric poet. He lived at Himera and seems to have been originally named Tisias or Teisias. Legend says he invented the choral "heroic hymn" and added the epode...
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Hamilcar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...powerful Barca family. He commanded an army against Gelon and the Greeks in Sicily, who severely defeated him (480 b.c.) at Himera. Hamilcar was killed in the battle. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Gelon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Carthaginians attacked Sicily in great force, landing at Panormus and advancing to besiege Gelons father-in-law, Theron of Acragas, in Himera. Gelon came to his aid and crushed the Carthaginian army, which was the first great blow to Punic prestige. It is celebrated...
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Carthage , Ancient City, N Africa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...480 b.c.) by Gelon , tyrant of Syracuse, in the battle of Himera. The Greek city-states of Sicily were thus preserved, but the...Hannibal (another name much used in the family), destroyed Himera (409 b.c.), and his colleague Himilco sacked Acragas (modern...
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