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Home of Ephesus
Answer for the clue "Home of Ephesus ", 5 letters:
ionia
Alternative clues for the word ionia
- Land of ancient Asia Minor
- Chios, Samos, etc.
- Ancient region where the style of an architectural column originated
- Ancient Greek colony in Asia Minor
- Site of a noted ancient league
- Locale of ancient Ephesus
- Where the Meander meandered
- Ephesus' region
- Asia Minor region colonized by Greek settlers
- Site of Ephesus and Colophon
Usage examples of ionia.
I lately picked up in Ionia and Achaia, from several historians, who gave accounts of this war.
Not only was it the time of Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras and others in Ionia, but also the time of the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho who caused Africa to be circumnavigated, of Zoroaster in Persia, Confucius and Lao-tse in China, the Jewish prophets in Israel, Egypt and Babylon, and Gautama Buddha in India.
The Ionia, a miscellaneous dictionary of history and fable, was compiled by another empress of the name of Eudocia, who lived in the eleventh century: and the work is still extant in manuscript.
From his retirement in the happy country of Ionia, he was conveyed under a strong guard to the court of Milan.
In Ionia, the Phoenician alphabet was first adapted to Greek usage and widespread literacy became possible.