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Lampsacus

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lampsacus , ancient Greek city of NW Asia Minor, on the Hellespont (now Dardanelles) opposite Callipolis (now Gallipoli). It was colonized in the 7th cent. BC by Greeks from Phocaea. Artaxerxes I assigned the city to Themistocles . After the battle of Mycale (479 BC) the citizens joined with the Athenians, and the city continued to flourish under the Greeks and the Romans. It was the seat of the cult of Priapus. Author not available, LAMPSACUS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Lampsacus
...dynasty in 499 and later joined the Delian League . When Athens fell in 405, it again came under Persian control until Alexander the Great captured it in 334. It was the home of the philosopher Strato of Lampsacus. Lampsacus Lampsacus Lampsacus Read more
Anaxagoras
(born 500, Clazomenae, Anatolia—died 428 , Lampsacus) Greek philosopher. Though only a few fragments of his writings have survived, he is remembered for his cosmology and for his discovery... Read more

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; ...existence spontaneously (more on this later). Neither is less probable than the idea of a conscious creator God. Strato of Lampsacus (one of Aristotle's successors as head of the Lyceum) pointed out in the third century BC that the universe could simply exist... Read more
Sunday Review Features: A picture of happiness? Power and wealth are overrated, according to Epicurus. In this extract from his new book, `The Consolations of Philosophy 1', Alain de Botton argues that we still have much to learn from the ancient Greek thinker
; ...admissions. It shocked many, especially when they heard that Epicurus had attracted the support of some wealthy people, first in Lampsacus in the Dardanelles, and then in Athens, and had used their money to set up a philosophical establishment to promote happiness... Read more

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