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Mycale (/ ˈ m ɪ k ə l i /) also Mykale and Mykali (Ancient Greek: Μυκάλη, Mykálē), called Samsun Dağı and Dilek Dağı (Dilek Peninsula) in modern Turkey, is a mountain on the west coast of central Anatolia in Turkey, north of the mouth of the Maeander and divided from the Greek island of Samos by the 1.6 km wide Mycale Strait.
Burn states that Mycale was a "relatively small battle", and notes how Thucydides does not consider it as important as Salamis or Artemisium. [ 68 ] In the works of the tragic poet Phrynichus , the naval victories at Salamis and Mycale were the results of policies crafted by the Athenian commander Themistocles . [ 142 ]
Mycale laevis, the orange icing sponge or orange undercoat sponge, is a species of marine demosponge in the family Mycalidae. Mycale is a large genus and this species is placed in the subgenus Mycale making its full name, Mycale (Mycale) laevis . [ 1 ]
In the aftermath of Mycale, the Spartan king Leotychides had proposed transplanting all the Greeks from Asia Minor to Europe as the only method of permanently freeing them from Persian dominion. Xanthippus , the Athenian commander at Mycale, had furiously rejected this; the Ionian cities were originally Athenian colonies, and the Athenians, if ...
Mycale grandis is a bright orange colour both outside and inside. It forms encrusting masses which can reach 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) across and 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in) thick. The consistency is compressible but firm and fibrous and the sponge can be torn. The surface is smooth and undulating.
Mycale is a genus of demosponge with 240 recognised species in 11 subgenera. [1] It has been a large genus with multiple subdivisions since it was first described in ...
Priene (Ancient Greek: Πριήνη, romanized: Priēnē; Turkish: Prien) was an ancient Greek city of Ionia (and member of the Ionian League) located at the base of an escarpment of Mycale, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of what was then the course of the Maeander River (now called the Büyük Menderes or "Big Maeander").
Subgenus Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867 - About 45 species. Subgenus Mycale (Naviculina) Gray, 1867 - About 11 species. Subgenus Mycale (Oxymycale) Hentschel, 1929 - About 9 species. Subgenus Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905 - About 18 species. Subgenus Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870 - About 4 species. Subgenus Mycale (Zygomycale) Topsent, 1931 ...