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Abdera?
(bd´r) (KEY) or Avdira (ävd´rä) (KEY) , town, NE Greece, in Thrace, near the mouth of the Mesta River. It is a small agricultural settlement. Founded (c.650 B.C.) by colonists from Clazomenae, it was destroyed by the Thracians (c.550 B.C.) and rebuilt (c.500 B.C.) by refugees from Teos. The town passed to Macedon in 352 B.C. and in 198 B.C. became a free city under Roman rule. The term Abderite was used by the ancient Greeks as a synonym for stupid. However, the philosophers Protagoras, Leucippus, and Democritus lived there.
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Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted the Greeks were stoopid too? tsuwm 09/18/03 05:17 PM Harrumph® AnnaStrophic 09/18/03 05:22 PM Re: Harrumph® WhitmanO'Neill 09/24/03 12:01 PM Re: the Greeks were stoopid too? Jackie 09/19/03 01:03 AM Re: the Greeks were stoopid too? wsieber 09/19/03 07:51 AM Re: syllepsis AnnaStrophic 09/19/03 12:32 PM Re: the Greeks were stoopid too? jmh 09/20/03 10:02 PM Re: the Greeks were stoopid too? tsuwm 09/21/03 02:39 AM Re: Abdera tsuwm 09/23/03 04:51 PM Re: Abdera Bingley 09/24/03 01:32 AM Re: Abdera Faldage 09/24/03 10:11 AM Re: the Greeks were stoopid too? WhitmanO'Neill 09/24/03 12:08 PM Juan, see 'syllepsis' AnnaStrophic 09/24/03 12:53 PM Re: Juan, see 'syllepsis' WhitmanO'Neill 09/24/03 02:50 PM Re: Juan, see 'syllepsis' AnnaStrophic 09/24/03 05:12 PM
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