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ABDERA , a See also:

TOWN

town on the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

THRACE

Thrace near the mouth of the Nestos, and almost opposite See also:

THASOS

Thasos. Its mythical See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation was attributed to Heracles, its See also:

HISTORICAL

historical to a See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony from See also:

CLAZOMENAE (mod. Kelisman)

Clazomenae in the 7th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C. But its prosperity See also:

DATES

dates from 544 B.C., when the See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the See also:

PEOPLE

people of Teos migrated to Abdera after the Ionian revolt to See also:

ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape the See also:

Persian yoke (See also:

Herod. i. 168); the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

coin type, a gryphon, is identical with that of Teos; the coinage is noted for the beauty and variety of its See also:

REVERSE

reverse types. The town seems to have declined in importance after the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 4th century. The See also:

air of Abdera was proverbial as causing stupidity; but among its citizens was the philosopher See also:

DEMOCRITUS

Democritus. The ruins of the town may still b9 seen on Cape Balastra; they See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover seven small hills, and extend from an eastern to a western See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour; on the S.W. hills are the remains of the See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

settlement of Polystylon. Miuheil. d. See also:

DEUTSCH, IMMANUEL OSCAR MENAHEM (1829-1873)

deutsch. Inst. See also:

Athens, xii. (1887), p. 161 (Regel) ; Mem. de l'Acad. See also:

DES

des See also:

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

Inscriptions, icxxix.

211; K. F. See also:

Hermann, Ges. Abh. 90-III, 370 if.

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