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Home of Ephesus
Answer for the clue "Home of Ephesus ", 5 letters:
ionia
Alternative clues for the word ionia
- District in Asia Minor
- Region of ancient Asia Minor
- Region holding ancient Ephesus
- Ancient region with an architectural style named after it
- Asia Minor region colonized by Greek settlers
- Ancient region where Phocaea was
- Ancient region where the style of an architectural column originated
- Ancient region of Anatolia
- Early Greek colony
- Where Ephesus was located
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.