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Home of the Ephesians
Answer for the clue "Home of the Ephesians ", 5 letters:
ionia
Alternative clues for the word ionia
- Ancient Greek region called "the birthplace of philosophy"
- Home of the ancient city Colophon
- Ancient Aegean land
- Region that rebelled against Persia in about 500 B.C
- Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks
- Old region of Asia Minor
- Ancient Anatolian land
- Region of Asia Minor
- Setting of Ephesus
Word definitions for ionia in dictionaries
Gazetteer
Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 108 Housing Units (2000): 54 Land area (2000): 0.153500 sq. miles (0.397563 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.153500 sq. miles (0.397563 sq. km) FIPS code: 35306 Located within: Missouri ...
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.