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Cyrene [saɪˈriːnɪ] n
(Placename) an ancient Greek city of N Africa, near the coast of Cyrenaica: famous for its medical school How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The answer to these questions was supplied by the "Telegony", a poem in two books by Eugammon of Cyrene (fl. So Herodotus recounts that when the people of Cyrene asked the oracle of Delphi to help them in their dissensions, the oracle told them to go to Mantinea, and the Mantineans lent them Demonax, who acted as a "setter straight" and drew up a new constitution for Cyrene. |
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