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  2. Aeneas (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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    F. F. Bruce suggests that Aeneas was "one of the local Christian group, though this is not expressly stated." [1] According to David J. Williams, there is some ambiguity in the Greek text of verse 34, which contains the phrase στρῶσον σεαυτῷ (strōson seautō) normally translated as "make thy bed". The text would literally be ...

  3. Aenea (city) - Wikipedia

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    Macedonia and the Chalcidice Coinage of Aeneia, with portrait of Aeneas.Circa 510-480 BC.. Aenea (/ ə ˈ n iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Αἴνεια, Aineia) was an ancient Greek city in northwesternmost Chalcidice, said to have been founded by Aeneas, and was situated, according to Livy, opposite Pydna, and 15 miles from Thessalonica.

  4. Kings of Alba Longa - Wikipedia

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    The city of Alba Longa, often abbreviated Alba, was a Latin settlement in the montes Albani, or Alban Hills, near the present site of Castel Gandolfo in Latium. [4] Although the exact location remains difficult to prove, there is archaeological evidence of Iron Age settlements in the area traditionally identified as the site. [5]

  5. List of modern names for biblical place names - Wikipedia

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    While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.

  6. Founding of Rome - Wikipedia

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    For this, they fabricated a story of Aeneas's son founding the city of Alba Longa and establishing a dynasty there, which eventually produced Romulus. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] [ 75 ] In Livy's first book he recounts how Aeneas, a demigod of the Trojan royal Anchises and the goddess Venus , leaves Troy after its destruction during the Trojan War and sailed ...

  7. Pergamea - Wikipedia

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    Pergamea is the name of the city that Aeneas and his crew began to found on the island of Crete. In Delos, Apollo had delivered them an oracle telling them that they would found a new city in their homeland. Aeneas and his men had misinterpreted this to mean Crete, but the oracle had meant Italy. When they began to build the city, they were ...

  8. Dis (Divine Comedy) - Wikipedia

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    In Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, the City of Dis (Italian: Dite Italian pronunciation:) encompasses the sixth through the ninth circles of Hell. [ 1 ] Moated by the river Styx , the fortified city encloses the whole of Lower or Nether Hell.

  9. List of biblical places - Wikipedia

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    Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . Find sources: "List of biblical places" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2024 )