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Ancient Greek river and river god
Borysthenes (English pronunciation: /bə'rɪsθəniːz/; Ancient Greek: Βορυσθένης, romanized: Borysthénēs) is a geographical name from classical antiquity
Borysthenes
Beliefs of the Scythian cultures
Sparta. The river Borysthenēs (Ancient Greek: Βορυσθένης presently the Dnipro) was worshipped by the Scythians as a god. Borysthenēs was the father of
Scythian_religion
Major river in Eastern Europe
as attested by Herodotus, was "Borysthenes" (Ancient Greek: Βορυσθένης, romanized: Borusthénēs; Latin: Borysthenes, Ukrainian: Бористен, Борисфен, romanized: Borysten
Dnieper
Ancient Greek philosopher
Bion of Borysthenes (Greek: Βίων Βορυσθενίτης; c. 325 – c. 250 BC) was a Greek philosopher. After being sold into slavery, and then released, he moved
Bion_of_Borysthenes
Capital and largest city of Ukraine
map there are several settlements indicated along the mid-stream of Borysthenes, among which is Azagarium, which some historians believe to be the predecessor
Kyiv
Part of the fourth Muscovite–Lithuanian War (1514)
The Battle of Orsha (Polish: Bitwa pod Orszą, Lithuanian: Oršos mūšis), was fought on 8 September 1514, between the allied forces of the Grand Duchy of
Battle_of_Orsha
Partially abandoned city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Macbean (London, 1773), Azagarium is "a town of Sarmatia Europaea, on the Borysthenes" (Dnieper), 36° East longitude and 50°40' latitude. The city is "now
Chernobyl
Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Ancient_Greece
Greek mythological hero
Achilles was buried on an island named Achillea, situated between the Borysthenes and the Ister, adding to the geographical confusion. Ruins of a square
Achilles
Nomadic Iranic people of the Pontic Steppe
north Black Sea were at Histria, Tyras, and especially on the island of Borysthenēs. Pontic Steppe Scythians came encountered Greek settlers from Miletus
Scythians
Ethnic group
between the 2nd century BC and the 4th century AD, first east of the Borysthenes (Dnieper) on the coast of Lake Maeotis (Sea of Azov), and later near
Roxolani
Mythic founder-king and ancestor of the Scythians
region ranging from the island of Leuke in the west to the island of Borysthenes and the north-west coast of Black Sea to the north of Crimea in the east
Targitaos
island of Borysthenēs, near the joint estuary of the Hypanis and Borysthenēs rivers and thereby granting access to both. The emporion of Borysthenēs would
History_of_the_Scythians
Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Acropolis_of_Athens
Archaeological site of Miletian Black Sea colony
described it in his Borysthenic Discourse (the town was often called Borysthenes, after the river). The settlement, incorporated into the Roman province
Pontic_Olbia
(Ancient Greek: Μητρόπολις) was an ancient town of European Sarmatia on the Borysthenes, near Olbia. Ptolemy, Geography, 3.5.28. This article incorporates text
Metropolis_(Sarmatia)
Set of mythological Greek figures
Βορυσθενίς, romanized: Borysthenís) may refer to two distinct individuals: Borysthenes, one of the three Muses that were daughters of Apollo. Her sisters were
Borysthenis
Cruise ship that sank in 1991
Aventin (1856) Bagdad (1899) Balkan (1858) Basque (1893) Bearn (1860) Borysthene (1855) Bosphore (1846) Bosphore (1889) Bresil (1888) Breton (1886) Cachar
MTS_Oceanos
Ballet by Sergei Prokofiev
On the Dnieper (На Днепре), Op. 51, is a ballet in two scenes with prelude and epilogue by Sergei Prokofiev. Composed in 1931 as his fourth work in the
On_the_Dnieper
Literary genre
satires include (among others) Antisthenes, Heraclides Ponticus, Bion of Borysthenes, the eponymous polemicist Menippus, Marcus Terentius Varro, Lucian, Seneca
Menippean_satire
Literary genre
described as diatribes, such as the Diatribes of Greek philosopher Bion of Borysthenes, in which he satirized the foolishness of people; the Diatribes of Teles
Diatribe
Bronze Age civilization on Crete and other Aegean Islands
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Minoan_civilization
Island in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
Berezan was home to one of the earliest Greek colonies (possibly known as Borysthenes, after the Greek name of the Dnieper) in the northern Black Sea region
Berezan_Island
Archaic Greek expansion across the Mediterranean and Black Sea (750–550 BC)
peninsula, of Barythmenis (modern Berezan) which evolved into the colony of Borysthenes in the next century. The most important colony founded on the southern
Greek_colonisation
Era in Greece from (c. 1200 – c. 800 BC)
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Greek_Dark_Ages
Inscribed clay disc found in Crete, Greece
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Phaistos_Disc
Historical Baltic people
nations along the course of the river Hypanis (Bug river), west of the Borysthenes (Dniepr river).[citation needed] This was roughly the area of modern
Yotvingians
Ancient Greek geographer (born ca. 350 BC)
parallel 11500 stadia (1305 miles, or 16.4°) north of the mouth of the Borysthenes. The parallel running through that mouth also passes through Celtica
Pytheas
Atlas by Joan Blaeu
Beauplan's Description of Ukraine, which he titled Description of the Borysthenes, commonly called Dnieper, and the Ethics of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
Atlas_Maior
Epic cycle of the Scythian religion
and a daughter (that is the Scythian Earth-goddess Api) of the river Borysthenēs. Targitaos in turn had three sons, who each ruled a different part of
Scythian_genealogical_myth
Historical term for the Pontic Steppe
Greek colonies on the Pontic steppes of the Wild Fields — Tanais, Olbia, Borysthenes, Nikonion, Tyras. The rule of Great Khazaria on these lands was won by
Wild_Fields
Ancient Greek philosopher
Σφαῖρος, sometimes transliterated as Sphaeros; c. 285 BC – c. 210 BC) of Borysthenes or the Bosphorus, was a Stoic philosopher. Sphaerus studied first under
Sphaerus
Ancient school of philosophy
the Great to India), the skeptic Monimus, the moral satirist Bion of Borysthenes, the legislator Cercidas of Megalopolis, the diatribist Teles and Menippus
Cynicism_(philosophy)
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Greece_in_the_Roman_era
Reprisals for the Crimean–Nogai slave raids (1492–1774)
expedition, and they hold several galleys in readiness at the mouth of the Borysthenes to prevent the Cossacks from coming out to sea. However, the Cossacks
Cossack_raids
Work by Herodotus
Europe The rivers of Scythia: the Ister, the Tyras, the Hypanis, the Borysthenes, the Panticapes, the Hypacyris, the Gerrhus, and the Tanais The culture
Histories_(Herodotus)
4th-century BC Theban gay military unit
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Sacred_Band_of_Thebes
school at Athens Batis of Lampsacus 3rd century BC Epicurean Bion of Borysthenes 4th/3rd century BC Cynic Once was a slave, later to be released Boethus [ca]
List of ancient Greek philosophers
List_of_ancient_Greek_philosophers
further west than other ancient authors having placed them near the Borysthenes (Dnieper). Ptolemy also mentions a tribe called the Exobygitae dwelling
Hamaxobii
Ethnic group
or 404 BC – 323 BC) (philosopher; founder of Cynic movement) Bion of Borysthenes (philosopher) Dionysodorus of Amaseia (mathematician) Strabo (historian)
Pontic_Greeks
Greek librarian, mathematician, geographer, and poet
have studied under the cynic Aristo of Chios, and the eclectic Bion of Borysthenes. He was further taught by the recently appointed head of the Platonic
Eratosthenes
5th-century BC Athenian playwright
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Euripides
Socratic dialogue by Plato
speech of Aristophanes in the Symposium. The Cynic philosopher Bion of Borysthenes (4th–3rd century BC) said that Socrates was a fool if he had sexually
Symposium_(Plato)
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Ancient_Greek_sculpture
Ancient Scythian king of Crimea
during the 2nd century BC. His realm included the lower reaches of the Borysthenes and Hypanis, as well as the northern part of Crimea, where his capital
Skilurus
Uruguay Danubio F.C. Ukraine Dunayets Izmail (until 2006) Dnieper River Borysthenes is the ancient Greek name of the river, Slavutych is a poetic Ukrainian
Association football club names
Association_football_club_names
City in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
the city is of the Greek origin; it consists of two parts Borys from Borysthenes (the Greek name for Dnieper) and Pil from Polis (the Ukrainized version
Boryspil
Roman lyric poet (65–8 BC)
often takes the form of allusions to the work and philosophy of Bion of Borysthenes, but it is as much a literary game as a philosophical alignment. By the
Horace
Ethnic group in Ukraine
The most important of those early Greek settlements in the area were Borysthenes, Olbia and Tyras on the northern Black Sea coast, as well as Panticapaeum
Ukrainian_Greeks
1649–1764 Cossack state in Ukraine
as they have no navigable rivers flowing into the sea, except for the Borysthenes [Dnipro], which is impassable 50 leagues downstream from Kyiv due to
Cossack_Hetmanate
Cleomenes Cynic philosopher and follower of Crates. 3rd Century BC Bion of Borysthenes c. 325 – c. 250 BC Cynic philosopher and Sophist. Sotades of Maroneia
List_of_Cynic_philosophers
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Pottery_of_ancient_Greece
River gods in Greek mythology
Axius ✓ ✓ Paeonia and Macedonia ✓ Baphyras ?[citation needed] Pieria Borysthenes ✓ Antoninus Scythia * Brychon ✓ Lycophron Chersonnese * Caanthus ✓ ✓
River_gods_(Greek_mythology)
Classical Greek term for pre-Greeks
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Pelasgians
Thracian tribe of modern northern Bulgaria and southern Romania
country the Hypanis has its rise, as also the Neurœ, in whose district the Borysthenes has its source, the Geloni, the Thyssagetæ, the Budini, the Basilidæ
Getae
Rapids on the Dnieper river in Ukraine
engineer Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan lamented how the rapids of the Borysthenes (the ancient Greco-Roman name for the Dnipro, which persisted in early
Dnieper_rapids
Ancient Minoan buildings in Crete
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Minoan_palaces
1952 French ocean liner
Aventin (1856) Bagdad (1899) Balkan (1858) Basque (1893) Bearn (1860) Borysthene (1855) Bosphore (1846) Bosphore (1889) Bresil (1888) Breton (1886) Cachar
SS_Stella_Solaris
Also known as Baris south western Turkey Isparta Berytos Lebanon Beirut Borysthenes Ukrainian Black Sea coast Berezan Island Berezan' Berge Serres, Greece
List_of_ancient_Greek_cities
Educational model once used in Athens
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Paideia
Period of ancient Greece (510 to 323 BC)
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Classical_Greece
Ancient nomadic Iranic people who invaded West Asia in the 8th and 7th centuries BC
shore of the Black Sea in the 7th century BC, such as the colonies of Borysthenēs, Histria, Apollonia Pontica, Kallatis, and Karōn Limēn. Gyges's struggle
Cimmerians
Historical landform in southern Ukraine
flee to Zaporizhzhia, which is the place of retreat for the Cossacks in Borysthenes. After spending some time there and making a voyage at sea, they are
Great_Meadow,_Ukraine
as they have no navigable rivers flowing into the sea, except for the Borysthenes [Dnipro], which is impassable 50 leagues downstream from Kyiv due to
Agriculture_in_Ukraine
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Ancient_Greek_architecture
Aspect of ancient Greek society
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Prostitution in ancient Greece
Prostitution_in_ancient_Greece
Ancient Scythian king
which was set up in a place called "Exampaeus", between the rivers Borysthenes and Hypanis. This was important because the total number of Scythians
Ariantas
Landform in Chania, Greece
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Kastelli_Hill
Varieties of Ancient Greek in classical antiquity
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Ancient_Greek_dialects
Liberalis, the 2nd-century BC poet Nicander said that Thoas was the son of Borysthenes, god of a major river to the far north of Greece (now the Dnieper). In
Thoas_(king_of_the_Taurians)
Musical traditions of ancient Greece
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Music_of_ancient_Greece
Military forces of Athens in Ancient Greece
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Athenian_military
his Histories (5th century BCE) that after eleven days' voyage up the Borysthenes (Dnieper River) one reached a desolated land that extended for a long
Cannibalism_in_Europe
Divisions of the inhabited portion of the Earth by geographic latitude
15:45 Istros (Danube) 17. VII 48°32' N 47°43' N 16:00 the mouths of Borysthenes (Dnieper) 18. 50°04' N 49°18' N 16:15 Maeotian Lake (Sea of Azov) 19
Clime
Historical period of Greece following Classical Greece
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Hellenistic_Greece
Topics referred to by the same term
century BC) Bion of Soli, an ancient Greek writer of history Bion of Borysthenes, Greek philosopher (325–250 BC) Bion Barnett, the founder of Barnett
Bion
Bronze Age culture
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Cycladic_culture
Scythian goddess
pass through this cult site of Targī̆tavah-Achilles at the island of Borysthenes to reach Cape Hippolaus, where was located a sacred grove to the Greek
Snake-Legged_Goddess
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SS_Karnak_(1898)
Encyclopedia of geographical knowledge by Strabo
geographers' descriptions of the locations of the Tanaïs, the Tyras, the Borysthenes and the Hypanis. 7 Strabo criticises Polybius' length of the inhabited
Geographica
Greek coins from the Archaic to Imperial Roman periods
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Ancient_Greek_coinage
King of Macedonia from 277 BC to 239 BC
studied with the Megarian school. When the eclectic philosopher Bion of Borysthenes, who was best known as resembling the Cynics, fell ill, Antigonus sent
Antigonus_II_Gonatas
Aventin (1856) Bagdad (1899) Balkan (1858) Basque (1893) Bearn (1860) Borysthene (1855) Bosphore (1846) Bosphore (1889) Bresil (1888) Breton (1886) Cachar
SS_Portugal
2000-1700 BCE Minoan structural ensemble discovered in 2024
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Papoura Hill Circular Structure
Papoura_Hill_Circular_Structure
French merchant shipping company
Aventin (1856) Bagdad (1899) Balkan (1858) Basque (1893) Bearn (1860) Borysthene (1855) Bosphore (1846) Bosphore (1889) Bresil (1888) Breton (1886) Cachar
Messageries_Maritimes
Wars of the Roses Battle of Borodino – 1812 – Napoleonic Wars Battle of Borysthenes – 1512 – Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars Battle of the Bosnian Highlands –
List of battles (alphabetical)
List_of_battles_(alphabetical)
Overview of and topical guide to ancient Greece
Nymphaion Orikon Pharos Tragurion Thronion Black Sea basin North coast Akra Borysthenes Charax Chersonesus Dioscurias Gorgippia Hermonassa Kalos Limen Kepoi
Outline_of_ancient_Greece
Iron Age archaeological culture in Eastern Europe
Myriv shows that this site maintained active commercial relations with Borysthenes, the first Greek colony which had been founded on the northern shores
Scythian_culture
Τύρα μί(λια) πδ´ or Tyras, near modern Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, and the Borysthenes river (Dnipro). Hand-drawn maps of Ukraine have been produced since the
Cartography_of_Ukraine
Poetry collection by Horace
influence of Greek diatribe in the tradition of the philosopher Bion of Borysthenes (c. 335–245 BC). Horace's Satires share with this genre some of their
Satires_(Horace)
Βόννη Bónnē Βόννη Vónni ˈvoni Bonn Βορυσθένης Borysthénēs Βορυσθένης Vorysthénis voriˈsθenis Borysthenes; Dnieper Βόσπορος Bósporos Βόσπορος Vósporos ˈvosporos
List_of_Greek_place_names
trafficking of a slave named Phaylles to Phanagoria (the Kerch Strait) from Borysthenes (Berezan by the Bug/Dnieper). Classic Greek authors described particularly
Black_Sea_slave_trade
Armed merchant raider
Aventin (1856) Bagdad (1899) Balkan (1858) Basque (1893) Bearn (1860) Borysthene (1855) Bosphore (1846) Bosphore (1889) Bresil (1888) Breton (1886) Cachar
SMS_Wolf_(1916)
Aventin (1856) Bagdad (1899) Balkan (1858) Basque (1893) Bearn (1860) Borysthene (1855) Bosphore (1846) Bosphore (1889) Bresil (1888) Breton (1886) Cachar
SS_Australien
Borysthenes, now Odesa, Ukraine (also possible other locations were are a crossing of the Dnieper river aka Borysthenes or Borysphen, or Borysthenes colony [uk]
Dura-Europos_route_map
Greek Stoic philosopher (307/6–243 BCE)
seems to be due to a sarcastic remark made about Persaeus by Bion of Borysthenes who, upon seeing a statue of Persaeus inscribed: "Persaeus the pupil
Persaeus
Family of true bugs
one genus incertae sedis: Borysthenini Emeljanov, 1989 - Africa, Asia Borysthenes Stål, 1866 Bothriocerinae Muir, 1923 - Americas Chlorodus Johnson & Ledig
Cixiidae
Ethnic group, 300 BC - 300 AD, east of the Carpathians
were the Bastarnae and their neighbours the Tyregetans "and the River Borysthenes" (Dnieper). However, in another similar passage he says only that "most
Bastarnae
gelotophyllis (i.e., the leaves of laughter), which he said grew along the Borysthenes river, in Scythia, as well as in Bactria, an ancient country located
History_of_cannabis_in_Italy
Eastern European noble
believers and envisioned the establishment of the Duchy of Boristen (after Borysthenes, the ancient Latin name for the Dnieper River) with capital in Smolensk
Michael_Glinski
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