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• Ptolemy III Euergetes
  ...bearing the [[Decree of Memphis]], about 218 B.C.E. The famous [[Rosetta Stone]] is the third, erected by [[Ptolemy V]], in 196 BC. Ptolemy III's stone contains decrees about priestly orders, and is a memorial for his daughter
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• Pontikonisi
  ...ι του Παντοκράτορος) dating from the 13th century. Some say that the white stone staircase of the monastery that when viewed from afar gives the impression ...ysseus]] to [[Ithaca]]. On its return, the god [[Poseidon]] turned it into stone.
  828 bytes (121 words) - 12:56, December 2, 2008
• Architecture
  ...ooden walls around them for protection. Later there are bigger houses, and stone walls around the villages. ...we find one bigger house in the middle of the village, and fancier, bigger stone walls.
  3 KB (453 words) - 15:50, December 12, 2005
• Weightlifting
  ...e hand over his head”! Not only the inscription but also the fact that the stone was carved so that the athlete could grab it, suggest that Vyvon won a weig ...en the fact that no athlete in our days is strong enough to lift a 143,5kg stone with one hand.
  3 KB (472 words) - 15:32, April 21, 2008
• Nikolaos Georgantas
  |bgcolor="gold"| Gold|| [[1906 Summer Olympics|1906]]|| Stone Throw ...[[Athens]] in his home country of [[Greece]] he won the gold medal in the stone throw competition in the [[1906 Summer Olympics]]. He added two silvers to
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• Medusa
  was a monstrous female character whose gaze could turn people to stone. ...hair turned into snakes and her glance would turn all living creatures to stone. She was banished beyond the [[Hyperborea]]n lands.
  1 KB (231 words) - 15:36, December 29, 2005
• Polykastano
  ...the old craftsmen of the village is shown in the two floor houses made of stone in the central square. Following a dirt road you may visit the monastery of
  742 bytes (114 words) - 12:23, April 15, 2009
• Sculpture
  *Stone Age
  733 bytes (123 words) - 14:20, November 6, 2008
• Rhea
  ...d his own children. Rhea gave birth to Zeus in [[Crete]], handing Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes which he promptly swallowed. ...s to disgorge the other children in reverse order of swallowing: first the stone, which was set down at Pytho under the glens of Parnassus to be a sign to m
  4 KB (698 words) - 11:33, July 3, 2006
• Salakos
  ...in tourist hotels elsewhere. The village is famous for its walnuts and its stone-paved and shady square, with running water and fig trees.
  990 bytes (150 words) - 15:42, November 10, 2008
• Niobe
  ...as Niobe, though it was probably originally intended to be [[Cybele]]. The stone is said to have wept tears during the summer. The rock appears to weep beca
  3 KB (484 words) - 14:03, December 15, 2008
• Apodoulou
  ...e site has yielded [[Linear A]] inscriptions on a basin and fragments of a stone cylindrical jar, as well as a small golden axe.
  1 KB (154 words) - 15:16, June 4, 2007
• Eftychia Papayiannopoulou
  *Πετραδάκι - πετραδάκι - Stone by stone
  2 KB (242 words) - 08:27, January 12, 2012
• Vasta
  ...ot print”). On the northwestern side of the village there rests a big lime stone with a perfect fossil foot print, the older villagers tell the legend of th
  1 KB (243 words) - 11:25, November 28, 2008
• Drosinis Tower
  ...le region. It is a two-storied edifice of a 100 square meters of area with stone-made one-meter-wide walls. For the region, it is a most significant buildin
  1 KB (193 words) - 06:59, June 4, 2008
• Apostolos Kaldaras
  *Πετραδάκι-πετραδάκι - Stone by stone
  3 KB (274 words) - 15:21, November 19, 2009
• Vrontados
  ..., on the north side of the '''Vrontados''' coast is the so called "Homer's stone", a rather uncomfortable natural rock throne where according to the legend
  1 KB (196 words) - 11:46, August 27, 2007
• Sounio
  ...of 20), were intended to resist the weathering action of the sea air. The stone was quarried at nearby [[Agrileza]]. The English poet [[Lord Byron]] carved
  2 KB (250 words) - 20:02, May 16, 2006
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
  ...emains of a dead soldier who is unidentified (or "known but to God" as the stone is sometimes inscribed), and is thought to be impossible to ever identify.
  2 KB (279 words) - 15:17, September 13, 2007
• Pnyx
  ...cratic legislature, the Athenian ''[[ekklesia]]'' (assembly), and the flat stone is the ''bema'' or speaker's platform.
  4 KB (681 words) - 11:59, February 3, 2006

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