EGETÜRKİYE

Colophon acropolis wall stones, oak trees, and Değirmendere valley.
Colophon Acropolis at Menderes, İzmir, Lyrical Roots of Elegiac Poet Mimnermus of Colophon (7th Century BC)

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Ionia & AeolisTable and production

From İzmir Colophon Mimnermus Poetry to Teos Nausiphanes Philosophy and Knidos Chrysippus Medicine: Lyrical Poetry, Atomist Philosophy, and Experimental Dietetics

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Linking Colophon's Mimnermus with Teos' Nausiphanes and Knidos' Chrysippus, Ege birthed Western elegiac poetry, Epicurean atomist philosophy, and experimental dietetics.

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Long-form story · Table and production · A link to today · deniz-doga

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  • Ionia & Aeolis
  • Hellenistic era
  • Roman era
  • Ottoman era
  • National Struggle & Republic
  • The Aegean today

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