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The Founding Histories and Myths of the Argead Dynasty The Argeads claim to be the descendants of Temenus, a great-great-grandson of  Heracles, and King of Argos. The ancient historian Herodotus provides an account of how the Argeads came to rule over  Macedon. According to Herodotus, three Temenid brothers, Gauanes, Aeropus, and Perdiccas, were banished from  Argos to Illyria. They wandered in the highlands of Macedon, and finally settled down in a town called Lebaea. There, they worked ...

Greece offers divers access to 91 ship and aircraft wrecks Search for: Greece’s Culture Ministry under the guidance of the Central Council for Modern Monuments is allowing access to 91 ship and aircraft wrecks to recreational divers. Selected by the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, which oversees underwater archaeological activities in Greece, the wrecks date back to the 1868-1970 period, predominantly the WW2-era. They are located across Attica, the South and North Aegean regions, Crete, ...

X 11 Mar 08:57: Now using data updates from NOA ... [show all] ... 11 Mar 09:05: Magnitude recalculated from 4.2 to 4.4. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 15.1 km (from 6.2 to 9.4 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 9.4 km (5.8 mi) towards NW. 11 Mar 10:36: Epicenter location corrected by 1.5 km (0.9 mi) towards WNW. 11 Mar 11:19: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 15.1 to 11.9 km (from 9.4 to 7.4 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 3.8 km (2.4 mi) towards ESE. Update Thu, 11 Mar 202...

Earthquake news: reports and updates on earthquake activity world-wide

Earthquake news: reports and updates on earthquake activity world-wide

Thu, 11 Mar 2021, 13:47 13:47 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR 4.8 quake 11 Mar 9:27 pm (GMT +8) An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred only 15 minutes ago 55 km west of Masinloc, Philippines, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported. The quake hit at an intermediate depth of 109 km beneath the epicenter near Masinloc, Zambales, Central Luzon, Philippines, in the evening on Thursday 11 March 2021 at 9:27 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be ...

The Path to Becoming King Cassander of Macedon Cassander was born around 358 BC, and was the son of Antipater, a Macedonian general who had served under Perdiccas III and Philip II, Alexander the Great ’s predecessors. At the time of Philip’s assassination in 336 BC, Antipater had become one of the most important generals in Macedon. Along with Parmenion, another of Philip’s trusted generals, Antipater ensured that Alexander would succeed his father as King of Macedon. Two years later, A...

1. Artimisia (source for entire post) Basic Artemisia Facts: Dates: 5th century B.C.E. Also known as: Artemesia biography: Artemisia would have been ruler of Halicarnassus at the time of Herodotus’ birth in that city. Her story comes to us from Herodotus. Artemisia was the ruler of Halicarnassus (near today’s Bodrum, Turkey) and its neighboring islands, part of the Persian empire then ruled by Xerxes. She assumed the throne after the death of her husband. When Xerxes went to war against Gre...

The Awe-Inspiring Natural Landscape of Greece’s Zagori The famous arched stone bridge in Vikos-Aoos National Park. Credit: Erik1980/CC BY-SA 3.0 Zagori is a region and a municipality in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, in northwestern Greece just northeast of Ioannina. It is an awe-inspiring natural landscape with an incredibly well-preserved network of 46 villages and features national parks, a monastery, rivers and waterfalls. Looking for a splendid all-year-round getaway to a place that is ...

Unsung Heroes of the Greek War of Independence “Karaouli” (guard), Theodoros Vryzakis. Public Domain When one thinks of the Greek War of Independence, the first things that comes to mind are the names: Kolokotronis, Karaiskakis, Papaflessas, Bouboulina, Diakos, and Kanaris. The next thing that springs to mind are the heroic battles at Gravia Inn, Alamana, Valtetsi, Dervenakia, Navarino. Yet the 1821 Greek Revolution had many unknown heroes who fought alongside the legendary ones, or fought ...