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Aeolus , regained his father's lost throne and renamed the territory for himself .
Achaeans . The inhabitants of either of the two Greek regions known as Achaea .
Homer , however , regularly applied the name Achaeans ( Achaioi ) to all the ...
Aeolus , regained his father's lost throne and renamed the territory for himself .
Achaeans . The inhabitants of either of the two Greek regions known as Achaea .
Homer , however , regularly applied the name Achaeans ( Achaioi ) to all the ...
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Of all these children hardly anything is known but their names and their position
in the royal genealogy of Argos , which is disputed . Epidaurus and Tiryns
founded the cities that bear their names . ( Apollodorus 2.1.1-2 ; Pausanias 2.16.
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Of all these children hardly anything is known but their names and their position
in the royal genealogy of Argos , which is disputed . Epidaurus and Tiryns
founded the cities that bear their names . ( Apollodorus 2.1.1-2 ; Pausanias 2.16.
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SYRINX T was , however , only vaguely known to the Greeks of early times .
Certain myths laid in Egypt or Ethiopia seem properly to belong to Syria . Syria
also served as a convenient name for all little - known eastern lands ( as did
Ethiopia ) ...
SYRINX T was , however , only vaguely known to the Greeks of early times .
Certain myths laid in Egypt or Ethiopia seem properly to belong to Syria . Syria
also served as a convenient name for all little - known eastern lands ( as did
Ethiopia ) ...
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