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Pergamum
Pergamum , ancient city of NW Asia Minor, in Mysia (modern Turkey), in the fertile valley of the Caicus. It became important c.300 BC, after the breakup of the Macedonian empire, when a Greek family (the Attalids) established a brilliant center of Hellenistic civilization. The kingdom achieved major... Read more
Mysia
Mysia , ancient region, NW Asia Minor. It was N of Lydia and its coast faced Lesbos. Mysia was not a political unit, and it passed successively to Lydia, Persia, Macedon, Syria, Pergamum, and Rome. ... Read more
Seven Churches in Asia
Seven Churches in Asia addressed in the preface of the Book of Revelation . They are the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia (Lydia), and Laodicea (Phrygia). They are in W Asia Minor. ... Read more
Apollodorus
Apollodorus , fl. 430-400 BC, Athenian painter, called the Shadower, said to have introduced the use of light and shade to model form. Among his few known works are Ajax Struck by Lightning and Priest in the Act of Devotion; both were at Pergamum in the time of Pliny the Elder; none has survived... Read more
Alcamenes
Alcamenes , fl. 5th cent. BC, Athenian sculptor, said to have been a pupil and rival of Phidias. He worked in gold, ivory, and bronze. His Aphrodite of the Gardens at Athens was one of the first sculptures to display the body in detail beneath drapery. Pausanias erroneously attributed to him the s... Read more
Philadelphia
Philadelphia name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir , it was founded in the 2d cent. BC by Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamum. One of the Seven Churches in Asia was there (Rev. 3.7). Th... Read more
Galen
Galen , c.130-c.200, physician and writer, b. Pergamum, of Greek parents. After study in Greece and Asia Minor and at Alexandria, he returned to Pergamum, where he served as physician to the gladiatorial school. He resided chiefly in Rome from c.162. Noted for his lectures and writings, he establish... Read more
Demetrius I
Demetrius I (Demetrius Soter) , c.187-150 BC, king of ancient Syria (162-150 BC), son of Seleucus IV. He was sent as a hostage to Rome, where he remained during the reigns of his father and his uncle Antiochus IV. After Antiochus died, he was succeeded by his son Antiochus V, but Demetrius escaped... Read more
Ándros
Ándros , island (1991 pop. 8,781), 146 sq mi (378 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, the northernmost and second largest of the Cyclades . Ándros (1991 pop. 1,370) is the capital and chief town. The island produces silk, wine, and fruit and has manganese deposits. Colonized by Athe... Read more
Antalya
Antalya , city (1990 pop. 378,726), capital of Antalya prov., SW Turkey, a port on the Mediterranean Sea. Its manufactures include textiles and ships. Nearby are deposits of chrome and manganese. Founded in the 2d cent. BC by Attalus II, king of Pergamum, the city was known as Attaleia or Attalia, l... Read more

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Pergamum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Pergamum , ancient city of NW Asia Minor, in Mysia...Antiochus III of Syria. The independence of Pergamum ended dramatically when Attalus III...the Roman people. The chief glory of Pergamum was its sculpture, at two periods. The...
Galen
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...ancient medical practitioners, was born in Pergamum, Asia Minor. His father, the architect...age sixteen at the medical school of Pergamum attached to the local shrine of Asclepius...although not actual bodies). Returning to Pergamum at age twenty-eight, Galen became...
Eumenes II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...BC, son of Attalus I, king of Pergamum (197-159 BC). He managed to...his death prevented a war between Pergamum and Rome. A vigorous ruler and...politician, Eumenes II helped make Pergamum an important cultural center, which...
Perseus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...execution by Philip V. As king, his involvement in Greek politics excited the fears of Eumenes II of Pergamum , who, thinking that Pergamum's position was being endangered, went to Rome to provoke war against Perseus by pointing to alignments...
Hellenistic civilization
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...final triumph of Roman power in Alexandria in the 1st cent. BC Pergamum was also prominent, and there were other cities of influence...highly intellectual circles. The libraries of Alexandria and Pergamum were centers of literary criticism and the compiling of anthologies...
Philadelphia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir , it was founded in the 2d cent. BC by Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamum. One of the Seven Churches in Asia was there (Rev. 3.7). The city was damaged several times by earthquakes. Amman was...
Bithynia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...his time and the following reigns of Prusias I, Prusias II, and Nicomedes II, wars continued with the Seleucids and with Pergamum. In the 1st cent. BC, Mithradates VI of Pontus had designs on Bithynia, which was ruled by Nicomedes IV (sometimes confused...
Alcamenes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of the temple of Zeus at Olympia. He was also well known for his Hermes Propylaios [Hermes of the gateway] at the entrance of the Acropolis of Athens. A Roman copy found at Pergamum is in the Turkish Museum of Antiquities in Istanbul.
altar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Rome, and among the Aztec and the Maya were highly adorned with friezes, cornices, elaborate platforms, and canopies. At Pergamum there was a huge monumental altar 40 ft (12.2 m) high. Altars as a rule were out of doors in the ancient world and in...
Dietary Systems: A Historical Perspective
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...four humors was not yet in place among the Hippocratic writers, in later years and especially in the writings of Galen of Pergamum it came to be the cornerstone of this system. Just as four elements were considered the building blocks of all physical matter...

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Pergamum
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Pergamum. The town (modern Bergama in Turkey) was a centre of culture in the 2nd...Seven Churches ’ addressed in Rev. (2: 12–17), Pergamum is called the ‘place where Satan's throne is’...
Galen
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Galen ( b . Pergamum, a.d. 129/130; d . 199/200...Nikon, was an architect and geometer in Pergamum. , Galen ’ s personal relationships...x2019; s first medical teacher in Pergamum was Satyrus. The latter, Galen reports...
Apollonius of Perga
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...books are addressed to one Eudemus of Pergamum. Since the Preface to Book II states...commonly identified with King Attalus I of Pergamum (reigned 241 – 197 b.c...should happen to visit the neighborhood of Pergamum, give him a copy [of this book...
Pergamene School
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...sculpture, associated with the city of Pergamum in Asia Minor, whose great period coincided...of Zeus ( c. 180–150 bc, Pergamum Museum, Berlin), which features relief...Hellenistic works from places other than Pergamum (above all the celebrated Laoco...
Oribasius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ORIBASIUS ( fl . Pergamum, fourth century) medicine . The life...He came from a prominent family in Pergamum, where he was born at the beginning...concerned with rhetoric and philosophy. In Pergamum, Oribasius belonged to the circles...
parchment
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...bookbinding. Pliny says that it was invented in the 2nd century bc in Pergamum; hence the name ‘parchment’ (from Lat., pergamena : ‘of Pergamum’). Skin had been used as a writing material before this...
Dionysodorus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Philonides, and another (no. 7) that Philonides published some lectures by Dionysodorus. Eudemus is obviously the Eudemus of Pergamum to whom Apollonius dedicated the first two books of his Conics , and Philonides is the mathematician to whom Apollonius asked...
Hellenistic
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian in 31 bc . During this period Greek culture flourished, spreading through the Mediterranean and into the Near East and Asia and centering on Alexandria in Egypt and Pergamum in Turkey.
Macedonian wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...and 2nd centuries BC. In the first war (211–205) Philip V was opposed by an alliance of Rome, Aetolia, and Pergamum, but with Rome also deeply involved in the second of the PUNIC WARS he was able to force Aetolia to accept terms, and then...
Biology
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...work of ancient Greek medical practitioners such as Hippocrates of Kos (b. 460 b.c.e.) and to figures such as Galen of Pergamum (c. 130 – c. 200), who contributed much to early understanding of anatomy and physiology. The tradition of...

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Pergamum to Provide Effective Development of Innovative Dermatology and Wound Healing Companies.
PR Newswire Europe; 9/10/2009; 700+ words ; ...STOCKHOLM, September 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Pergamum AB has announced its formation; Pergamum will commercialize the Karolinska Development...therapeutic company in its focus areas. The Pergamum product pipeline consists of five development...
Pergamum Appoints Jorgen Thorball as New Chairman of the Board.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 12/9/2009; 700+ words ; Karolinska Development AB and Pergamum AB announced the appointment of Jorgen...Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pergamum AB, as of November 25, 2009. Dr...which will significantly strengthen Pergamum's efforts in seeking to commercialize...
The Lost Letters of Pergamum: A Story from the New Testament World
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; The Lost Letters of Pergamum: A Story from the New Testament World...correspondences between a Roman nobleman in Pergamum and Luke, the author of the canonical...a private home under excavation in Pergamum. This would be a rather miraculous...
The Paradox of Pergamum - Adhoc Theatre Workshop Theatre ** Ends today
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 8/21/1999; ; 331 words ; ...instruments and plastic body parts. And when they say The Paradox of Pergamum will investigate society's age-old need to keep probing...happen when science and entertainment meet, and The Paradox of Pergamum is no exception. Somehow, Van Den Berg and Stegman manage...
The lost letters of Pergamum: a story from the New Testament world.(Briefly Noted)
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission; 2/1/2004; ; 482 words ; In The Lost Letters of Pergamum: a Story from the New Testament World (Baker Academic, $14...The correspondence is between Antipas, a non-Jewish native of Pergamum and Calpurnius of Ephesus and Luke, resident in Calpurnius' home...
Karolinska Development Introduces New Concept for Development of its Dermatology and Wound Healing Portfolio.
PR Newswire Europe; 9/9/2009; 700+ words ; ...publ) have announced the formation of Pergamum AB, a company that will commercialize...dermatology and wound healing companies to Pergamum AB, owning 64% of the new company...advantages when seeking exit opportunities. Pergamum will be able to represent several or...
New solution for long-term storage of digital data developed
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/22/2008; 700+ words ; ...introducing a new approach, called Pergamum, to store vast amounts of digital...recovery by future generations. Pergamum, a distributed network of intelligent...Mark Storer and Kevin Greenan, Pergamum will provide reliable, energy...
PAPER THAT LASTS CENTURIES.(parchment)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 4/1/2000; 700+ words ; ...was invented some 2,200 years ago in Pergamum, a city in Asia Minor (present-day...cleaner and finer material. At the time, Pergamum was home to one of the finest libraries...Not everyone, however, considered Pergamum the intellectual center of the Mediterranean...
Digital data storage for the long run.(UP FRONT)
Magazine article from: Information Management Journal; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...scientists are working on a solution. Pergamum, named after an ancient Greek library...technologies change. According to Storer, Pergamum uses individual building blocks consisting...activating the hard drive. For reliability, Pergamum uses two levels of redundancy, within...
Art Professor Finds 'Priceless' Artifact in Turkey.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 9/6/2005; 700+ words ; ...a visit to the ancient Roman ruins of Pergamum (or Pergamon), near the current Turkish...last three decades other visitors to Pergamum have turned up historical objects that...the Altar of Zeus, another part of the Pergamum acropolis. Whatever once remained of...