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ELEUTHEROPOLIS (Gr. 'EXEvOiparats, " free city ")

ELEUTHEROPOLIS (Gr. 'EXEvOiparats, " See also:
FREE
free See also:
CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)
city ") , an See also:

ancient city of See also:

PALESTINE

Palestine, 25 M. from See also:

Jerusalem on the road to See also:

Gaza, identified by E. See also:

Robinson with the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

BEIT, ALFRED (1853-1906)

Beit Jibrin. This See also:

IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification is confirmed by See also:

ROMAN

Roman milestones in the neighbourhood. It represents the Biblical Mareshah, the ruins of which exist at Tell Sandahannah See also:

close by. As Betogabra it is mentioned by See also:

PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy; the name Eleutheropolis See also:

DATES

dates from the Syrian visit of Septimius See also:

Severus (A.D. 202). See also:

Eusebius in his Onomasticon uses it as a central point from which the distances of other towns are measured. It was destroyed in 796, rebuilt by the crusaders in 1134 (their fortress and See also:

CHAPEL

chapel remain, much ruined). It was finally captured by Bibars, 1244. Beit Jibrin is in the centre of a See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

GREAT

great archaeological See also:

INTEREST

interest. Besides the crusader and other remains in the See also:

VILLAGE

village itself, the surrounding See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country possesses many tells (mounds) covering the sites of ancient cities.

The famous caves of Beit Jibrin See also:

HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey-See also:

COMB (a word common in various forms to Teut. languages, cf. Ger. Kamm, the Indo-Europ. origin of which is seen in yoµros, a peg or pin, and Sanskrit, gambhas, a tooth)

comb the hills all See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round. These are immense artificial excavations of unknown date. Roman milestones and aqueducts also are found, and close by the now famous See also:

TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of Apollophanes, with See also:

wall-paintings of animals and other ornamentation, was discovered in 1902; a description of it will be found in See also:

THIERSCH, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1784-1860)

Thiersch and See also:

Peters, The Marissa Tombs, published by the Palestine Exploration Fund. (R. A. S.

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