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    Chalcis (/ˈkælsɪs/; Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: Χαλκίς, romanized: Chalkís), also called Chalkida or Halkida (Modern Greek: Χαλκίδα, pronounced [xalˈciða])...
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    Chalcis Province was one of the provinces of the Euboea Prefecture, Greece. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipalities Chalcis...
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    Qinnasrin (redirect from Chalcis, Syria)
    romanized: Qinnašrīn; Syriac: ܩܢܫܪܝܢ, romanized: Qennešrin, lit. 'Nest of Eagles'; Latin: Chalcis ad Belum; Greek: Χαλκὶς, translit. Khalkìs), was a historical town in northern...
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    the Suda and Iamblichus' biographer, Eunapius, Iamblichus was born in Chalcis (later called Qinnašrīn) in Coele, now in northwest Syria. Iamblichus was...
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  • whom the poem Alexandra is attributed (perhaps falsely). He was born at Chalcis in Euboea, and flourished at Alexandria in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus...
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    Iturea (redirect from Kingdom of Chalcis)
    – discuss] to the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in Syria, with its centre in Chalcis ad Libanum. The Itureans (Greek: Ἰτουραῖοι) were a semi-nomadic tribe who...
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    Anjar (meaning "unresolved or running river";[citation needed] Arabic: عنجر / ALA-LC: ‘Anjar; also known as Hawsh Mousa (Arabic: حوش موسى / Ḥawsh Mūsá)...
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    Aristobulus V of Chalcis (Greek: Ἀριστόβουλος) was a son of Herod of Chalcis and his first wife Mariamne. Herod of Chalcis, ruler of Chalcis in Iturea, was...
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    station in the city of Chalcis, in Euboea, Greece. Opened on 8 March 1904, it is now the northern terminus station of the Athens - Chalcis service of Proastiakos...
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    Herod of Chalcis (died 48 CE), also known as Herod Pollio King of Chalcis, Herod V, and listed by the Jewish Encyclopedia as Herod II, was a son of Aristobulus...
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    Olympiad 536 BC - Agatharchus of Corcyra 62nd Olympiad 532 BC - Eryxias of Chalcis 63rd Olympiad 528 BC - Parmenides of Camarina 64th Olympiad 524 BC - Menander...
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    Euphorion of Chalcis (Greek: Εὐφορίων ὁ Χαλκιδεύς) was a Greek poet and grammarian, born at Chalcis in Euboea in the 126th olympiad (276–272 BC). Euphorion...
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  • Thumbnail for Oinoi–Chalcis railway
    The Oinoi–Chalcis railway is an 21.69-kilometre-long (13.48 mi) railway line that connects Oinoi (West Attica) with Chalcis, capital of Euboea in Greece...
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  • The Battle of Rhium (429 BC) or the battle of Chalcis was a naval battle in the Peloponnesian War between an Athenian fleet commanded by Phormio and a...
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    Euryphura chalcis, the common commander, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast...
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  • The Battle of Spartolos took place in 429 BC between Athens and the Chalcidian League and their allies, in the early part of the Peloponnesian War. The...
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  • Saint Malchus of Syria (or Malchus of Chalcis, Malchus of Maronia) (died c. 390) is the subject of Saint Jerome's biography Life of Malchus the Captive...
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  • In Greek mythology, Chalcis or Khalkis (/ˈkælsɪs/ KAL-siss; Ancient Greek: Χαλκίς) was a naiad as one of the daughters of the river-god Asopus and Metope...
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  • Chalcis (Greek: Kαλλίας; fl. 4th century BC), son of Mnesarchus, together with his brother Taurosthenes, succeeded his father as tyrants of Chalcis....
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  • Varasova (redirect from Chalcis Mountain)
    Greece. It was known as Chalcis (Ancient Greek: Χαλκίς) in antiquity, and there was an ancient Aetolian town at its foot named Chalcis, Hypochalcis or Chalceia...
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