Milesian

  • 11milesian tale — noun Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: milesian (I) : one of a class of short salacious tales current in Greek and Roman antiquity …

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  • 12Milesian — /mi lee zheuhn, sheuhn, muy /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Miletus. 2. Philos. noting or pertaining to a school of philosophers of the late 7th to early 5th centuries B.C., including Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes, which was primarily… …

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  • 13milesian — n. Irishman, Paddy, Hibernian, son of Erin …

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  • 14milesian — mi·le·sian …

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  • 15Milesian — Mi•le•sian [[t]mɪˈli ʒən, ʃən, maɪ [/t]] adj. 1) myt anh of or pertaining to Miletus 2) geg anh a native or inhabitant of Miletus • Etymology: 1540–50; < L Mīlēsi(us) (< GkMīlḗsios) + an I …

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  • 16Milesian — /maɪˈliʒən/ (say muy leezhuhn) adjective 1. of or relating to Miletus. –noun 2. an inhabitant of Miletus. {Latin, from Greek Milēsios} …

  • 17Ancient Greek philosophy — Raphael s School of Athens, depicting an array of ancient Greek philosophers engaged in discussion. Ancient Greek philosophy arose in the 6th century BCE and continued through the Hellenistic period, at which point Ancient Greece was incorporated …

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  • 18Ó hAnluain — Ó Anluain The Ó Hanlon , Lord of Orior Ancestral house Uí Nialláin (Síl Cernaich) Titles kings of Uí Nialláin roidama of Ireland (w/ others) lords of Airghialla The O’Hanlon, lord of Orior Rex et Duxes, Airthir Lord of Nialláin Baron of Orior… …

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  • 19Thales — Infobox Philosopher color = #B0C4DE Thales image caption = Thales name = Thales of Miletos (Θαλής ο Μιλήσιος) birth = ca. 624–625 BC death = ca. 547–546 BC school tradition = Ionian Philosophy, Milesian school, Naturalism main interests = Ethics …

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  • 20O'Hanlon Sept — The O Hanlon Sept were rulers of the southern part of Ulster, in what is now Ireland, some 1,000 years ago. The oldest on record is Flaithbheartach Ua h Anluain, Lord of Ui Niallain, whose murder in the year 983 AD is recorded in the Annals of… …

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