Epirus : ancient province of Greece, on the Ionian Sea; derivative: Epirote
... II Philadelphus), that of Magas, King of Cyrene, brother of Ptolemy, that of Antigonus (Gonatas) of Macedonia, lastly, that of Alexander (either Alexander of Epirus or Alexander of Corinth). To reach Antioch, Alexandria, Cyrene, Macedonia, Epirus or Corinth from India, it would be necessary to pass by Palmyra, and the mention of this celebrated oasis of the Syrian desert in the new Aramaic inscription... others push back the date by at least 8 years.... As regards Alexander, there were two contemporary rulers of that name, one in Epirus (272-c. 255 B.C.) and the other in Corinth (252-247 B.C.). But if we accept the earlier date of Magas, Alexander can only refer to the king of Epirus. Thus all these kings were jointly alive up to 258 B.C. in or before which one of them died. If the news of his death reached... after Alexander's immediate successors. They were Anti-ochus II Theos of Syria and Western Asia, Ptolemy II Phi-ladelphus of Egypt, Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia, Magas of Cyrene and Alexander of Epirus or else his namesake of Corinth. The reign-period of these kings were 261-246 B.C., 285-247 B.C., 278-239 B.C., 300-258 (or 250) B.C. and 275-255 B.C. or, if Alexander of Corinth is preferred ...
... labelled as "Yona": Turamāya, Arhtekini, Magā (or Makā), Alikasudara. These too have been equated with the post-Alexandrine Ptolemy of Egypt, Antigonus of Macedon, Magas of Cyrene and Alexander of Epirus or Alexander of Corinth. But it is forgotten that the 5 Greek kings concerned were not the only ones in the post-Alexandrine age. There were some others of equal if not greater importance whose omission... agation is inexplicable e.g. Eumenes of Pergamon (262-240 B.C.) and, nearer home, Diodatus of Bactria (256-245 B.C.). One may also ask why one of the two neighbouring Alexanders - either that of Epirus or that of Corinth - was dropped. All the names can be regarded as unusual Indian or Indo-Irānian ones. The alleged Greek equivalents can be criticized and the components of the names shown ...
... yet with implacable passion Felt Odysseus' strength and rose up clay to his counsels. King Agamemnon rose at his word, the wide-ruling monarch, Rose at his word the Cretan and Locrian, Thebes and Epirus, Nestor rose, the time-tired hoary chief of the Pylians. Round Agamemnon the Atreid Europe surged in her chieftains Forth from their tent on the shores of the Troad, splendid in armour, Into the... Argive front Acirrous loosed by Tydides Parted as hastens a shaft from the string and he sped on intently Swift where the beaches were bare or threading the gaps of the nations; Crossing Thebes and Epirus he passed through the Lemnian archers, Ancient Gnossus' hosts and Meriones' leaderless legions. Heedless of cry and of laughter calling over the sea-sands Swiftly he laboured, wind in his hair and ...
... from Europe to Asia, and who Page 24 cannot even cross from one table to another without losing his balance." After this drunken brawl Alexander took Olympias away and settled her in Epirus, while he himself went to live in Illyria. (...) Not long afterwards a Macedonian named Pausanias1 assassinated the king.... Alexander was only twenty years old when he inherited his kingdom... instability prevailed everywhere. Even at home his mother Olympias and his sister Cleopatra had been intriguing against the regent, Antipater and had divided the kingdom between them, Olympias taking Epirus and Cleopatra Macedonia. When Alexander heard of this, he remarked that his mother had made the wiser choice, since the Macedonians would never tolerate being governed by a woman. For these reasons ...
... Albērūnī, 18-27, 41, 131, 217, 227-8, 231, 366-7, 486, 490, 515-6, 517, 518, 604 Albright, W. F., v Alemukham/Alikamukham, 278 Alexander, 278; of Corinth, Epirus, i, 235, 267 Alexander the Great, ii, vii, viii, 1, 15, 61, 64, 65, 99-102, 153-4, 155-6, 157, 159, 161, 225, 250, 261, 262, 272, 434, 436, 455-6, 484, 498, 523, 526, 527, 531-2 ...
... * * * Page 122 The Death of Socrates by David (detail) Page 123 Page 124 Top: The theatre at Dodona and the mountains of Epirus in the back-ground. In Dodona, Zeus' oracle spoke through the rustling leaves of an age-old sacred oak tree. Right: at Delos, the sacred island of Apollo, a processional way, 7th century BC ...
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