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Athens / ˈ eɪ θ ən z / AY-thənz is a city in Menard County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,977 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area .
The tomb of Alexander the Great is attested in several historical accounts, but its current exact location remains an enduring mystery. Following Alexander's death in Babylon , his body was initially buried in Memphis by one of his generals, Ptolemy I Soter , before being transferred to Alexandria , where it was reburied. [ 1 ]
The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, (174 BC–132 AD), with the Parthenon (447–432 BC) in the background. This list of ancient Greek temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy ("Magna Graecia"), wherever there were Greek colonies, and the ...
Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
The Col. Matthew Rogers Building, also known as the Abraham Lincoln Long Nine Museum, is a historic building located at 200 S. Main St. in Athens, Illinois. The building was constructed circa 1832 by Colonel Matthew Rogers, who ran a store in the building. As Rogers was also postmaster of Athens, he moved the city's post office to his store.
The building of the temple started merely simultaneously with the constriction of the new Priene city. It was estimated the building date is 350-330 BC. [7] After Alexander the Great gained his victory at Granicus River in 334 BC, he dedicated the Temple to Athena Polias by funding the cost of construction. [7]
Alexander is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Morgan County, Illinois, United States. Alexander is 10 miles (16 km) east of Jacksonville, the county seat, and has a post office with ZIP code 62601. [4] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 155. [3]
Thebes is a village in and the former county seat of Alexander County, Illinois, United States. The population was 208 at the 2020 census , down from 436 at the 2010 census. [ 3 ] It is part of the Cape Girardeau – Jackson , MO -IL Metropolitan Statistical Area .