Cyrene promptly became the chief town of Libya and established commercial relations with all the Greek cities, reaching the height of its prosperity under its own kings in the 5th century BC. Soon after 460 BC it became a republic. In 413 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, Cyrene supplied Spartan forces with two triremes and pilots.
- 631 BC
- Shahhat, Jabal al Akhdar, Cyrenaica, Libya
- 1982 (6th session)
- Jebel Akhdar
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya is located on a coastal plateau of Libya, beyond the boundaries of the city (extramural). In approximately 630 BC Greeks from the island of Thera colonized Cyrene.
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Cyrene (mythology), an ancient Greek mythological figure Cyrene, Libya, an ancient Greek colony in North Africa (modern Libya) Crete and Cyrenaica, a province of the Roman Empire Cyrenaica, the region around the city
"Cyrene, the ancient Greek city (in present-day Libya) was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region and gave eastern Libya the classical name 'Cyrenaica' that it has retained to modern times."
Cyrene (/saɪˈriːniː/; Ancient Greek: Κυρήνη, romanized: Kyrēnē) was an ancient Greek and later Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times. Located nearby is the ancient Necropolis of Cyrene.
Necropolis of Cyrene From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Necropolis of Cyrene is a necropolis located between Cyrene, Libya and the ancient port of Apollonia, at the western slope of the Wadi Haleg Shaloof hill. It is around 10 square kilometres in size.
Cyrene, Libya Bách khoa toàn thư mở Wikipedia Cyrene (/ saɪˈriːniː /; tiếng Hy Lạp cổ: Κυρήνη, chuyển tự Kyrēnē) là một thành phố Hy Lạp cổ đại và sau đó là La Mã ngày nay nằm gần thị trấn Shahhat của Libya.
Aretaphila of Cyrene (c. 50 BC, Cyrene, an ancient Greek colony in North Africa) was a Cyrenean noblewoman. According to Plutarch in his work De mulierum virtutes (On the Virtues of Women), she deposed the tyrant Nicocrates.
Cyrene promptly became the chief town of Libya and established commercial relations with all the Greek cities, reaching the height of its prosperity under its own kings in the 5th century BC. Soon after 460 BC it became a republic. In 413 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, Cyrene supplied Spartan forces with two triremes and pilots.