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... legend plays itself out as much in Western Turkey as in Greece proper . The Argonauts pursued the search for the Golden Fleece through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus and along the Black Sea coast to Colchis in what is now the USSR , in ...
... legend plays itself out as much in Western Turkey as in Greece proper . The Argonauts pursued the search for the Golden Fleece through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus and along the Black Sea coast to Colchis in what is now the USSR , in ...
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... legend of the wagon was alluded to by Arrian , the historian of Alexander the Great . There was also another ... legend it was the first place to emerge after the flood . In classical times it was known as Eikonion ( Iconium ) , and ...
... legend of the wagon was alluded to by Arrian , the historian of Alexander the Great . There was also another ... legend it was the first place to emerge after the flood . In classical times it was known as Eikonion ( Iconium ) , and ...
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... legend that it had been founded by Sennacherib . About the Assyrian Tarsus we have no information except in the form of foundation legends . Alexander Polyhistor says that Sennacherib , king of Nineveh ( 705-681 BC ) , was the founder ...
... legend that it had been founded by Sennacherib . About the Assyrian Tarsus we have no information except in the form of foundation legends . Alexander Polyhistor says that Sennacherib , king of Nineveh ( 705-681 BC ) , was the founder ...
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