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Drys Bluff Conservation Area
Drys may refer to: Places *Drys (Thrace) (Δρῦς), an ancient city in Thrace *Drys (Δρῦς), one of the names of the ancient city of Rouphinianai in Bithynia Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ... *Drys (Δρῦς), an ancient city at Epirus which hasn't been discovered yet Other * Georgios Drys (Γεώργιος Δρυς), a Greek politician *DRYS, DryShips Inc. {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drys (Thrace)
Drys ( grc, Δρῦς) was an ancient Greek town of ancient Thrace. Harpocration collects a passage from Theopompus according to which Drys had been founded by the ancient Athens, Athenian general Iphicrates. Demosthenes also cites the city of Drys in relation to Iphicrates but does not mention the latter as a founder but as a resident, after having resided in Amphissa (city), Amphissa. In the ''Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'' Drys and Zone (colony), Zone are mentioned as neighboring cities of Maroneia, Dicaea (Thrace), Dicaea and Abdera (Thrace), Abdera but located in the interior. The city must have belonged to the Delian League since it appears in an Ancient Athens, Athenian decree of the year 422/1 BCE. According to an account by Polyaenus, the ancient Sparta, Spartan army commanded by Ischolaus (Ἰσχόλαος) was besieged by the Athenian army under Chabrias in the city of Drys. When the Athenians approached with battering rams to try to knock down the city wall, Ischola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrace
Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. It comprises southeastern Bulgaria (Northern Thrace), northeastern Greece (Western Thrace), and the European part of Turkey ( East Thrace). The region's boundaries are based on that of the Roman Province of Thrace; the lands inhabited by the ancient Thracians extended in the north to modern-day Northern Bulgaria and Romania and to the west into the region of Macedonia. Etymology The word ''Thrace'' was first used by the Greeks when referring to the Thracian tribes, from ancient Greek Thrake (Θρᾴκη), descending from ''Thrāix'' (Θρᾷξ). It referred originally to the Thracians, an ancient people inhabiting Southeast Europe. The name ''Europe'' first referred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouphinianai
Rouphinianai ( grc, Ρουφινιαναί), also known as Drys ( grc, Δρῦς), was a coastal town of ancient Bithynia located on the road from Libyssa to Chalcedon on the north coast of the Propontis The Sea of Marmara,; grc, Προποντίς, Προποντίδα, Propontís, Propontída also known as the Marmara Sea, is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey. It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the .... Its church was reportedly saved by Nicaean emperor John III Vatatzes. Its site is located near Caddebostan in Asiatic Turkey. References Populated places in Bithynia Former populated places in Turkey History of Istanbul Province {{AncientBithynia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bithynia
Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast along the Pontic coast, and Phrygia to the southeast towards the interior of Asia Minor. Bithynia was an independent kingdom from the 4th century BC. Its capital Nicomedia was rebuilt on the site of ancient Astacus in 264 BC by Nicomedes I of Bithynia. Bithynia was bequeathed to the Roman Republic in 74 BC, and became united with the Pontus region as the province of Bithynia et Pontus. In the 7th century it was incorporated into the Byzantine Opsikion theme. It became a border region to the Seljuk Empire in the 13th century, and was eventually conquered by the Ottoman Turks between 1325 and 1333. Description Several major cities sat on the fertile shores of the Propontis (which is now known as Sea of Marma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epirus
sq, Epiri rup, Epiru , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Historical region , image_map = Epirus antiquus tabula.jpg , map_alt = , map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinrich Kiepert, 1902 , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Present status , subdivision_name = Divided between Greece and Albania [Baidu] |
Georgios Drys
Georgios Drys (Γεώργιος Δρυς) (1944 – 3 June 2021) was a Greek politician who served as a member of parliament from 1989 to 2004 and as from 2001 to 2004. References 1944 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Greek physicists Greek educators Greek politicians Agriculture ministers of Greece Greek MPs 1989 (June–November) Greek MPs 1989–1990 Greek MPs 1990–1993 Greek MPs 1993–1996 Greek MPs 1996–2000 Greek MPs 2000–2004 MPs of Corfu PASOK politicians National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Alumni of City, University of London Academic staff of the University of Patras Politicians from Corfu {{Greece-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
