Eordaea
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Eordaea (also spelled Eordaia or Eordia,
Eordaea stretched in the basin of Eordaia, the current homonymous municipality in Greece, which is named after the ancient region, and also in the southern part of the municipality of Amyntaio and the western part of the municipality of Edessa.
The capital of Eordaea was the city of Eordaea (el) (Greek: Εορδαία, κείμενη της λίμνης), which was mentioned by many historians and geographers of antiquity.
Name
The name Eordaea is of proto-Greek origin and related to the Mycenaean word "Ϝορδία" meaning "rich land".[2] The name refers to the fact that Eordaea was a region rich in roses, as noted by Herodotus (8.138).[2]
History
The history of Eordaea stretches long before 2000 BCE when the first
Recent discoveries
Within a 50-year period, paleontologists and archaeologists have made many discoveries due to the industrial development of the Eordean countryside. In particular, the skeletal
Towns
Many ancient towns of Eordaea are mentioned and many archaeological sites have been examined on the past decades, certainly around the Vegoritida lake, but it is difficult to distinguish their names.
The most significant towns, according to
- Eordaea (city) (Greek: Ἐορδαία)
- Arnissa (Greek: Άρνισσα)
- Vegora (el) (Greek: Βεγόρα)
- Kella (Greek: Κέλλα)
Notable people
- Ptolemy I Soter. He is the most known notable person of ancient Eordaea. He was a distinguished General of Alexander the Great. After the death of Alexander the Great, Ptolemy became Pharaoh of Egypt and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty which ruled Egypt until 30BC.[4][5][6][7]
- Lagus. Father of Ptolemy I Soter
- Peithon. Satrap of Alexander the Great
- Aristonous. Bodyguard of Alexander the Great
References
- ^ a b Dimitrios C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of the Roman province of Macedonia (The Departmement of Western Macedonia today) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1989
- ^ ISSN 2241-7524.
- ^ a b Karamitrou, Georgios (2002). "Explanatory Guide – Archaeological Museum of Aiani". via Greek Travel Pages (in Greek).
- ISBN 9780806137414.
They were members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Macedonians, who ruled Egypt after the death of its conqueror, Alexander the Great.
- ^ Pomeroy, Sarah B. (1990). Women in Hellenistic Egypt. Wayne State University Press. p. 16.
while Ptolemaic Egypt was a monarchy with a Greek ruling class.
- ^ Redford, Donald B., ed. (2000). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press.
Cleopatra VII was born to Ptolemy XII Auletes (80–57 BCE, ruled 55–51 BCE) and Cleopatra, both parents being Macedonian Greeks.
- ISBN 9780415185899.
During the Ptolemaic period, when Egypt was governed by rulers of Greek descent...
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