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The women of Amphissa, seeing that the Phocians were in the camp of the allies and seeing the presence of many soldiers of the usurpers, fearing that the maeneds would be violated, all ran to the market, surrounded the sleeping women silently without questioning them, rendered them all the care possible and brought them food.
In Greek mythology, Amphissa (Ancient Greek: Ἄμφισσα) or simply, Issa (/ˈiːsɑː/; Ἴσσα) was the daughter of Macareus and a lover of Apollo. She was the eponym of the city Amphissa in Ozolian Locris , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] where her memory was perpetuated by a splendid monument.
The women of Amphissa formed a protective ring around them and when they awoke arranged for them to return home unmolested. The Women of Amphissa by Lawrence Alma-Tadema On another occasion, the Thyiades were snowed in on Parnassos and it was necessary to send a rescue party.
Scholars have noted its importance in revolutionizing our understanding of ancient women and providing new theoretical frameworks for analyzing them, [1] [2] such as gender archaeology. Archaeological projects regularly uncover surprising information about ancient women on subjects as varied as motherhood [3] to the historical inspiration for ...
Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History, originally published as Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History is a wallchart which graphically depicts a Biblical genealogy alongside a timeline composed of historic sources from the history of humanity from 4004 BC to modern times.
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In Greek mythology, Issa (/ˈiːsɑː/; Ancient Greek: Ἴσσα) or Isse may refer to three people: Isse, daughter of Macareus and Canace, children of Aeolus, and a lover of Apollo. [1] She was usually called Amphissa. [2] Issa, the eponymous nymph of Issa . She became the mother of the prophet Prylis by Hermes. [3]
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...