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Phocaeans

Nomenclature

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Cultural Notes

 

Geographical Notes

city of Ionia

Citations in Herodotos

1.163 Phocaean enterprise in the western Mediterranean:  1.163
town captured by Persians:  1.164
flight of Phocaeans to Corsica, and their adventures there:  1.165,  1.166
Phocaeans at Naucratis:  2.178
in the Ionian fleet against Darius:  6.8

Key Passages in English Translation

 

English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. Retreived from <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu>

Key Passages in Greek

 

Other Testimonia

Paus. 7.3.8, Paus. 10.8.6
an Ionian seaport in Lydia: Hdt. 1.142
ancient temple of Athena at Phocaea, burnt by Persians: Paus. 2.31.6, Paus. 7.5.4
Phocaeans come to Asia from Phocis: Paus. 7.3.10
found Massilia: Paus. 10.8.6
recognise goddesses called Gennaides: Paus. 1.1.5
taken by Achilles: Apollod. E.3.32

Other Commentary


Perseus Encyclopedia:

W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotos:

Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
 

Disambiguation

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