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PAEONIA , in See also:ancient See also:geography, the See also:land of the Paeonians, the boundaries of which, like the See also:early See also:history of its inhabitants, are very obscure. 'The Paeonians are regarded as descendants of the Phrygians of See also:Asia See also:Minor, large See also:numbers of whom in early times crossed over to See also:Europe. According to the See also:national See also:legend (See also:Herodotus v. 16), they were Teucrian colonists from See also:Troy, and See also:Home]. (Iliad, ii. 848) speaks of Paeonians from the Axius fighting on the See also:side of their Trojan kinsmen. Before the reign
of See also:Darius See also:Hystaspes, they had made their way as far See also:east as See also:Perinthus in See also:Thrace on the Propontis. At one See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time all Mygdonia, together with Crestonice, was subject to them. When See also:Xerxes crossed Chalcidice on his way to Therma (Thessalonica) he is said to have marched " through Paeonian territory." They occupied the entire valley of the Axius (Vardar) as far inland as Stobi, the valleys to the east of it as far as the Strymon (Struma), and the See also:country See also:round Astibus and the See also:river of the same name, with the See also:water of which they anointed their See also:kings. Emathia, the See also:district between the Haliacmon (Bistritza) and Axius, was once called Paeonia; and Pieria and Pelagonia were inhabited by Paeonians. In consequence of the growth of Macedonian See also:power, and under pressure from their Thracian neighbours, their territory was considerably diminished, and in See also:historical times was limited to the N. of See also:Macedonia from See also:Illyria to the Strymon. The See also:chief See also:town and seat of the kings was Bylazora (Veles, Kuprolu on the Axius); in the See also:Roman See also:period, Stobi (Pusto-Gradsko). The Paeonians included several See also:independent tribes, all later See also:united under the See also:rule of a single See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king. Little is known of their See also:manners and customs. They adopted the cult of See also:Dionysus, known amongst them as Dyalus or Dryalus, and Herodotus (iv. 33) mentions that the Thracian and Paeonian See also:women offered See also:sacrifice to See also:Queen See also:Artemis (probably Bendis). They worshipped the See also:sun in the See also:form of a small round disk fixed on the See also:top of a See also:pole. A passage in See also:Athenaeus (ix. p. 398) seems to indicate the See also:affinity of their See also:language with Mysian. They drank See also:barley See also:beer and various decoctions made from See also:plants and herbs. The country was See also:rich in See also:gold and a bituminous See also:kind of See also:wood (or See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, which burst into a See also:blaze when in contact with water) called orivos (or vaivos). The women were famous for their See also:industry. In this connexion Herodotus (v. 12) tells the See also:story that Darius, having seen at See also:Sardis a beautiful Paeonian woman carrying a See also:pitcher on her See also:head, leading a See also:horse to drink, and See also:spinning See also:flax, all at the same time, inquired who she was. Having been informed that she was a Paeonian, he sent instructions to Megabyzus, See also:commander in Thrace, to deport two tribes of the nation without delay to Asia. At the time of the See also:Persian invasion, the Paeonians on the See also:lower Strymon had lost, while those in the See also:north maintained, their See also:independence. They frequently made inroads into Macedonian territory, until they were finally subdued by See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip, who permitted them to retain their See also:government by kings. The daughter of Audoleon, one of these kings, was the wife of See also:Pyrrhus, king of See also:Epirus, and See also:Alexander the See also:Great wished to bestow the See also:hand of his See also:sister Cynane upon Langarus, who had shown himself loyal to Philip. An inscription, discovered in 1877 at See also:Olympia on the See also:base of a statue, states that it was set up by the community of the Paeonians in See also:honour of their king and founder Dropion. Another king, whose name appears as Lyppeius on a fragment of an inscription found at See also:Athens See also:relating to a treaty of See also:alliance is no doubt identical with the Lycceius or Lycpeius of Paeonian coins (see B. V. Head, Historia numorum, 1887, p. 207). In 280 the Gallic invaders under See also:Brennus ravaged the land of the Paeonians, who, being further hard pressed by the Dardani, had no alternative but to join the Macedonians, whose downfall they shared. After the Roman See also:conquest, Paeonia east and See also:west of the Axius formed the second and third districts respectively of Macedonia (See also:Livy xlv. 29). Under See also:Diocletian Paeonia and Pelagonia formed a See also:province called Macedonia secunda or salutaris, belonging to the prefecture of Illyricum.
See W. Tomaschek, " See also:Die See also:alten Thraker " in Sitzungsberichte der k. Akad. der Wissenschaften, See also:xxviii. (See also:Vienna, 1893) ; H. F. O. See also:Abel, Makedonien vor See also:Konig Philipp (See also:Leipzig, 1847) ; C. O. See also:- MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
- MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
- MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
- MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
- MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
- MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
- MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
- MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
- MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
- MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)
Muller, Ober die Wohnsitze, die Abstammung and die altere Geschichte See also:des makedonischen Volkes (See also:Berlin, 1825) ;. T. Desdevises-u-Dezert, Geographie ancienne de la Macedoine (See also:Paris, 1863); see also MACEDONIA.
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