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Macedon (other)
Macedon or Macedonia was a kingdom in ancient Greece. Macedon or Makedon may also refer to: * Makedon (mythology), legendary ancestor of the ancient Macedonians * Fillia Makedon, Greek-American computer scientist Places Australia * Macedon, Victoria ** Macedon railway station, Victoria * Mount Macedon, a mountain, part of the Macedon Ranges in Macedon Regional Park ** Mount Macedon, Victoria, a town * Electoral district of Macedon, an electoral district in Victoria United States * Macedon (town), New York * Macedon (village), New York * Macedon, Ohio See also *Macedonia (other) *Macedonian (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedon
Macedonia ( ; , ), also called Macedon ( ), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid and Antigonid dynasties. Home to the ancient Macedonians, the earliest kingdom was centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula,. and bordered by Epirus to the southwest, Illyria to the northwest, Paeonia to the north, Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south. Before the 4th century BC, Macedonia was a small kingdom outside of the area dominated by the great city-states of Athens, Sparta and Thebes, and briefly subordinate to Achaemenid Persia. During the reign of the Argead king PhilipII (359–336 BC), Macedonia subdued mainland Greece and the Thracian Odrysian kingdom through conquest and diplomacy. With a reformed army containing phalanxes wielding the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makedon (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Makedon, also Macedon () or Makednos (), was the eponymous ancestor of the ancient Macedonians according to various ancient Greek fragmentary narratives. In most versions, he appears as a native or immigrant leader from Epirus, who gave his name to Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia, previously called Emathia (Macedonia), Emathia according to Strabo, which according to Marsyas of Pella was until then a part of Thrace. Etymology Μακεδών (Makedón) is related to the Greek language, Greek μᾰκεδνός (makednós, “tall, slim”). Both adjectives traditionally derive from the Indo-European root ''*mak-'' or ''*meh₂k-'', meaning "long, slender", cognate with poetic Greek ''makednós'' or ''mēkedanós'' "long, tall", Doric ''mãkos'' and Attic ''mẽkos'' "length", Macistus, Makistos, the mythological eponym of a town in Ancient Elis, Elis and an epithet of Heracles, Avestan ''masah'' "length", Hittite language, Hittite ''mak-l-ant'' "thin", La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fillia Makedon
Fillia S. Makedon is a Greek-American computer scientist whose research has spanned a broad variety of areas in computer science, including VLSI design, graph algorithms, numerical linear algebra, sensor networks, algorithm visualization, bioinformatics, recommender systems, and human–robot interaction. She is Jenkins-Garrett Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. Early life and education Makedon is originally from Samos, and came to the US as a Fulbright Scholar to study biochemistry at Skidmore College, graduating in 1968. After a master's degree in biophysics at Penn State York in 1971, she shifted to graduate study in computer science at Northwestern University, earning a second master's degree in 1979 and completing her Ph.D. in 1982. Career She was a postdoctoral researcher with Christos Papadimitriou at the National Technical University of Athens, and joined the faculty at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1983. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedon, Victoria
Macedon ( ) is a town at the foot of Mount Macedon in the Macedon Ranges, between Melbourne and Bendigo in central Victoria. It is administered by the Shire of Macedon Ranges. Macedon's urban population was 2,926 at the 2021 census, up from 2,808 in the . The combined population of Macedon and the nearby larger town of Gisborne was 21,071 Estimated resident population, 30 June 2016. at June 2016. Etymology Macedon's name derives from the Ancient Kingdom of Macedon. The toponym Macedon is derived itself from the ancient Greek adjective μακεδνός (''makednós''), meaning "tall", possibly descriptive of the inhabitants of Macedon.Liddell and Scott 1940. It has the same root as the adjective μακρός (''makros''), meaning "long" or "tall" in Ancient Greek. The name is originally believed to have meant either "highlanders", "the tall ones", or "high grown men".; ; Eugene N. Borza writes that the "highlanders" or "Makedones" of the mountainous regions of western Mace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedon Railway Station, Victoria
Macedon railway station is a regional railway station on the Deniliquin railway line, Deniliquin line, part of the V/Line, Victorian railway network. It serves the north-western suburb and town of Macedon, Victoria, Macedon, in Victoria, Australia. Macedon station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 July 1861.Macedon VicsigMacedon VR History Initially opened as Middle Gully, the station was given its current name of Macedon on 1 April 1870.Macedon Vicsig [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Macedon
Mount Macedon ( ; or ) is a dormant volcano that is part of the Macedon Ranges of the Great Dividing Range, located in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The mountain has an Summit, elevation of with a Topographic prominence, prominence of and is located approximately northwest of Melbourne. Etymology The mountain is known as or in the Australian Aboriginal languages, Aboriginal Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people. The mountain was sighted by Hamilton Hume and William Hovell on their 1824 Hume and Hovell expedition, expedition to Port Phillip from New South Wales. They named it Mount Wentworth. It was renamed Mount Macedon by explorer Major Thomas Mitchell (explorer), Thomas Mitchell who ascended the mountain in 1836. He named it after Philip of Macedon in honour of the fact that he was able to view Port Phillip from the summit. Several other geographic features along the path of his third ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Macedon, Victoria
Mount Macedon ( ) is a town north-west of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The town is located below the Mount Macedon, mountain of the same name, which rises to Australian Height Datum, AHD. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Mount Macedon had a population of and is best known for its collection of 19th-century gardens and associated extravagant large homes. The Mount Macedon gardens area is considered by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) to be of National Significance, as an area containing gardens and properties of outstanding significance, with a "''wide range of rare and unusual trees and plants, probably the best concentration of such vegetation in Victoria outside the Royal Botanic Gardens''", featuring "''surviving examples of work of some of Victoria's most important garden designers''" and as such, it is "''the most representative area of hill station gardens in Victoria, and with Mount Wilson and the Adelaide H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Macedon
The electoral district of Macedon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 2002, replacing the abolished electorate of electoral district of Gisborne, Gisborne. It was won at that election by Joanne Duncan (politician), Joanne Duncan, the former member for Gisborne. She was re-elected in 2006 and 2010, and retired at the 2014 election, at which she was succeeded by Labor candidate Mary-Anne Thomas. Members for Macedon Election results See also * Parliaments of the Australian states and territories * List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly References External links Electorate profile: Macedon District, Victorian Electoral Commission 2002 establishments in Australia Electoral districts of Victoria (state) Shire of Macedon Ranges Mount Alexander Shire Shire of Hepburn Shire of Moorabool Loddon Mallee (region) {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedon (town), New York
Macedon is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 9,148 at the 2010 census. The Town of Macedon is named after the birthplace of Alexander the Great, in Ancient Macedonia. It is located in the southwest corner of Wayne County and contains a hamlet also named Macedon, formerly an incorporated village. The town is east of Rochester and west of Syracuse. Etymology Macedon took its name from the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon. The toponym Macedon is derived itself from the ancient Greek adjective μακεδνός (''makednós''), meaning "tall", possibly descriptive of the inhabitants of Macedon.Liddell and Scott 1940. It has the same root as the adjective μακρός (''makros''), meaning "long" or "tall" in Ancient Greek. The name is originally believed to have meant either "highlanders", "the tall ones", or "high grown men".; ; Eugene N. Borza writes that the "highlanders" or "Makedones" of the mountainous regions of western Macedonia are der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedon (village), New York
Macedon is a Administrative divisions of New York#Hamlet, hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Macedon (town), New York, Town of Macedon in Wayne County, New York, Wayne County, New York (state), New York, United States. As of the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census, the hamlet had a total population of 1,523. It is in the south-central part of the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town and is southeast of Rochester, New York, Rochester. Government offices for the Town of Macedon are located in the hamlet.Town of Macedon, New York Retrieved Apr. 11, 2017. History Macedon became an inland port, located near Lock 30 on the Erie Canal (completed in 1825). The village was incorporated in 1856. Lock 30 of the canal is still in use. In the mid-late 19th century, Macedon was home of Bickford & Huffma ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedon, Ohio
Macedon is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the .... History Macedon was laid out in 1838. A post office was established at Macedon in 1841, and remained in operation until 1904. References Unincorporated communities in Mercer County, Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{MercerCountyOH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonia (other)
Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a former administrative region, spanning today three administrative subdivisions of northern Greece * Macedonia (region), a geographic and historical region that today includes parts of six Balkan countries (see map) Macedonia, Makedonia, Makedonija, or Makedoniya may also refer to: Other historical entities * Achaemenid Macedonia, a satrapy of Achaemenid Empire * Diocese of Macedonia, a late Roman administrative unit * Independent Macedonia (1944), a proposed puppet state of the Axis powers (1944) * Macedonia (Roman province), a province of the early Roman Empire * Macedonia (theme), a province of the Byzantine Empire * Socialist Republic of Macedonia, a part of the former Yugoslavia (1945–1991) and a predecessor of North Macedonia Other geographical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
