Phaestus — /fee steuhs, fes teuhs/, n. Phaistos … Useful english dictionary
Crete — /kreet/, n. Also called Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 456,642; 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Cap.: Canea. * * * Greek Kríti ancient Creta Island (pop., 2001: 601,159) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and an… … Universalium
Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… … Universalium
Phaistos (Begriffsklärung) — Phaistos (altgr. Φαιστός, lat. Phaestus) bezeichnet: eine bronzezeitliche Siedlung auf Kreta, siehe Phaistos Phaistos (altgr. Φαίστος, lat. Phaestus) bezeichnet: einen Sohn des Herakles und König von Sikyon, siehe Phaistos (König von Sikyon)… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Aegean civilizations — The Bronze Age civilizations that arose and flourished с 3000–1000 BC in the region bordering the Aegean Sea. They included Crete, the Cyclades, the Greek mainland south from Thessaly, including the Peloponnese, and Macedonia, Thrace, and western … Universalium
Gortyn — Ancient city, south central Crete, Greece. Although unimportant in Minoan times, it later displaced Phaestus as the dominant city. It shared or disputed control of Crete with Knossos until the Roman annexation in the 1st century BC, when it… … Universalium
Aegean civilization — is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece and the Aegean. There are in fact three distinct but communicating and interacting geographic regions covered by this term: Crete, the Cyclades and the Greek mainland. Crete is… … Wikipedia
Phaistos — ( el. Φαιστός), also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Phaestus is an ancient city on the island of Crete. Phaistos was located in the south central portion of the island, about 5.6 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea. It was inhabited… … Wikipedia
Ozolian Locris — in Central Greece, west of Attica, under the name Locride Ozolian Locris or Esperian Locris (Greek: Οζολία Λοκρίς ή Εσπερία Λοκρίς) was a district inhabited by the Ozolian Locrians a tribe of the Locrians, upon the Corinthian gulf, bounded on the … Wikipedia
Aetna (nymph) — Aetna (Greek: polytonic|Αἴτνη) was in Greek and Roman mythology a Sicilian nymph, [Citation last = Schmitz first = Leonhard author link = contribution = Aetna editor last = Smith editor first = William title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman… … Wikipedia
