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The Acropolis of Athens or Citadel of Athens is the best known acropolis (Gr. akros, akron, edge, extremity + polis, city, pl. acropoleis) in the world. Although there are many other acropoleis in Greece, the significance of the Acropolis of Athens is such that it is commonly known as The Acropolis without qualification. The Acropolis was formally proclaimed as the pre-eminent monument on the European Cultural Heritage list of monuments on 26 March 2007. The Acropolis is a flat-topped rock that rises above sea level in the city of Athens, with a surface area of about 3 hectares. It was also known as Cecropia, after the legendary serpent-man, Cecrops, the first Athenian king.
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The Aegean Sea (, Egeo Pelagos ; ) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey respectively. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus. The Aegean Islands are within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery, including Crete and Rhodes. The Aegean Region consists of nine provinces in southwestern Turkey, in part bordering on the Aegean sea.
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:This article concerns the place where a classical judicial body met. It is also the term for the judicial body which met there. For the 16th century literary movement, see Areopagus (poetry). For the regional government during the Greek War of Independence, see Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece. For the modern Greek Supreme Court, see Court of Cassation (Greece).
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The Attalid dynasty was a Hellenistic dynasty that ruled the city of Pergamon after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great. The Attalid kingdom was the rump state left after the collapse of the Lysimachian Empire. One of Lysimachus' officers, Philetaerus, took control of the city in 282 BC. The later Attalids were descended from his father, and they expanded the city into a kingdom. Attalus I proclaimed himself King in the 230s BC, following his victories over the Galatians. The Attalids ruled Pergamon until Attalus III bequeathed the kingdom to the Roman Republic in 133 BC to avoid a likely succession crisis.
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Austria or (), officially the Republic of Austria (German: ), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below , and its highest point is . The majority of the population speaks German, which is also the country's official language. Other local official languages are Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
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The city of Athens during the classical period of Ancient Greece (508-322 BC) was a notable polis (city-state) of Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Hippias. This system remained remarkably stable, and with a few brief interruptions remained in place for 180 years, until 322 BC (aftermath of Lamian War) . The peak of Athenian hegemony was achieved in the 440s to 430s BC, known as the Age of Pericles.
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Constantinople (, , Turkish: Istanbul) was the imperial capital of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire, the Latin Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.
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The Parthenon (Ancient Greek: ) is a temple in the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their protector. Its construction began in 447 BCE and was completed in 438 BCE, although decorations of the Parthenon continued until 431 BCE. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece and of Athenian democracy and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. The Greek Ministry of Culture is currently carrying out a programme of selective restoration and reconstruction to ensure the stability of the partially ruined structure.
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The Temple of Zeus at Olympia, was an ancient Greek temple in Olympia, Greece, dedicated to the chief of the gods, Zeus. It was the very model of the fully-developed classical Greek temple of the Doric order. The temple, built between 472 and 456 BC, stood in the most famous sanctuary of Greece, which had been dedicated to local and Pan-Hellenic deities and had probably been established towards the end of the Mycenaean period. The Altis, the enclosure with its sacred grove, open-air altars and the tumulus of Pelops, was first formed during the tenth and ninth centuries BCE, when the cult of Zeus was joined the already establish cult here of Hera.
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Turkey (), known officially as the Republic of Turkey (), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Eastern Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.
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The term Turkish Straits () refers to the two narrow straits in northwestern Turkey, the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, that connect the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea on one side and the Aegean arm of the Mediterranean Sea on the other. They are conventionally considered the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia. The Turkish Straits are an international waterway, governed since 1936 by the Montreux Convention.
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Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras (, "lord of the assembly"; c. 500 BC – 428 BC) was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Born in Clazomenae in Asia Minor, Anaxagoras was the first philosopher to bring philosophy from Ionia to Athens. He attempted to give a scientific account of eclipses, meteors, rainbows, and the sun, which he described as a fiery mass larger than the Peloponnese. He was accused of contravening the established religion and was forced to flee to Lampsacus.
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Antisthenes
Antisthenes (; c. 445-c. 365 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates. Antisthenes first learned rhetoric under Gorgias before becoming an ardent disciple of Socrates. He adopted and developed the ethical side of Socrates' teachings, advocating an ascetic life lived in accordance with virtue. Later writers regarded him as the founder of Cynic philosophy.
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:For the hummingbird genus, see ''Archilochus.
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Aspasia
Aspasia (ca. 470 BC–ca. 400 BC, Greek: ) was a Milesian woman who was famous for her involvement with the Athenian statesman Pericles. Very little is known about the details of her life. She spent most of her adult life in Athens, and she may have influenced Pericles and Athenian politics. She is mentioned in the writings of Plato, Aristophanes, Xenophon, and other authors of the day.
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Austria
Austria or (), officially the Republic of Austria (German: ), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below , and its highest point is . The majority of the population speaks German, which is also the country's official language. Other local official languages are Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
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Bacchylides
Bacchylides () (5th century BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of nine lyric poets which included his uncle Simonides. The elegance and polished style of his lyrics have been a commonplace of Bacchylidean scholarship since at least Longinus (De Sublimitate 33,5). Some scholars however have associated these qualities with superficial charm. He has often been compared unfavourably with his contemporary, Pindar, as "a kind of Boccherini to Pindar's Haydn", yet the differences in their styles doesn't allow for easy comparison and "to blame Bacchylides for not being Pindar is as childish a judgement as to condemn...Marvel for missing the grandeur of Milton." His career coincided with the ascendency of dramatic styles of poetry, as embodied in the works of Aeschylus or Sophocles, and he is in fact one of the last poets of major significance within the more ancient tradition of purely lyric poetry. The most notable features of his lyrics are their clarity in expression and simplicity of thought, making them an ideal introduction to the study of Greek lyric poetry in general and to Pindar's verse in particular.
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Diogenes of Sinope
Diogenes of Sinope ( Diogenes ho Sinopeus), was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. Also known as Diogenes the Cynic, he was born in Sinope (modern-day Sinop, Turkey) in 412 or 404 BCE
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Epaminondas
Epaminondas (Greek: ) (ca. 410 BC – 362 BC) or Epameinondas was a Theban general and statesman of the 4th century BC who transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a preeminent position in Greek politics. In the process he broke Spartan military power with his victory at Leuctra and liberated the Messenian helots, a group of Peloponnesian Greeks who had been enslaved under Spartan rule for some 230 years, having been defeated in the Messenian War ending in 600 BC. Epaminondas reshaped the political map of Greece, fragmented old alliances, created new ones, and supervised the construction of entire cities. He was militarily influential as well, inventing and implementing several major battlefield tactics.
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Gorgias
Gorgias (, ca. 485-c.380 BCE) "the Nihilist", Greek sophist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician, was a native of Leontini in Sicily. Along with Protagoras, he forms the first generation of Sophists. Several doxographers report that he was a pupil of Empedocles, although he would only have been a few years younger. "Like other Sophists he was an itinerant, practicing in various cities and giving public exhibitions of his skill at the great pan-Hellenic centers of Olympia and Delphi, and charged fees for his instruction and performances. A special feature of his displays was to invite miscellaneous questions from the audience and give impromptu replies."
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Harpalus (engineer)
Harpalus or Harpalos (lang-el|) is a name reported by modern historical books (tertiary sources) as the engineer who built the pontoon bridge over the Hellespont (from Abydos to Sestos) for Xerxes in 480 BC. The primary source Herodotus (7.34-36) gives no specific name, except the following information:
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Heraclitus
Heraclitus of Ephesus (Ancient Greek: — ; c. 535–c. 475 BCE) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom. From the lonely life he led, and still more from the riddling nature of his philosophy and his contempt for humankind in general, he was called "The Obscure," and the "Weeping Philosopher."
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Hipponax
Hipponax of Ephesus was an Ancient Greek iambic poet.
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Ibycus
Ibycus (Ancient Greek: ) (6th century BC), was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria. The extant fragments of his work contain the earliest-known example of the triadic choral lyric and epinician poetry.
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Parmenides
Parmenides of Elea (Greek: ; fl. early 5th century BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Elea, a Greek city on the southern coast of Italy. He was the founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy. The single known work of Parmenides is a poem which has survived only in fragmentary form. In this poem, Parmenides describes two views of reality. In The Way of Truth (a part of the poem), he explains how reality is one, change is impossible, and existence is timeless, uniform, and unchanging. In The Way of Opinion, he explains the world of appearances, which is false and deceitful. These thoughts strongly influenced Plato, and through him, the whole of Western philosophy.
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Protagoras
Protagoras (Greek: ) (ca. 490– 420 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and is numbered as one of the sophists by Plato. In his dialogue Protagoras, Plato credits him with having invented the role of the professional sophist or teacher of virtue. He is also believed to have created a major controversy during ancient times through his statement that man is the measure of all things. This idea was very revolutionary for the time and contrasting to other philosophical doctrines that claimed the universe was based on something objective, outside the human influence.
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Pyrrhus of Epirus
Pyrrhus or Pyrrhos (, Pyrros; 319-272 BC) was a Greek general of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house (from ca. 297 BC), and later he became King of Epirus (306-302, 297-272 BC) and Macedon (288-284, 273-272 BC). He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome. Some of his battles, though successful, cost him heavy losses, from which the term "Pyrrhic victory" was coined. He is the subject of one of Plutarch's Parallel Lives.
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Pythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos (, O Pythagoras o Samios, "Pythagoras the Samian", or simply ; c. 570-c. 495 BC) was an Ionian Greek philosopher and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of our information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, thus very little reliable information is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and may have travelled widely in his youth, visiting Egypt and other places seeking knowledge. Around 530 BC, he moved to Croton, a Greek colony in southern Italy, and there set up a religious sect. His followers pursued the religious rites and practices developed by Pythagoras, and studied his philosophical theories. The society took an active role in the politics of Croton, but this eventually led to their downfall. The Pythagorean meeting-places were burned, and Pythagoras was forced to flee the city. He is said to have ended his days in Metapontum.
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Sappho
Sappho ( in English; Attic Greek ' , Aeolic Greek ' ) was an Ancient Greek poet, born on the island of Lesbos. Later Greeks included her in the list of nine lyric poets. Her birth was sometime between 630 and 612 BC, and it is said that she died around 570 BC, but little is known for certain about her life. The bulk of her poetry, which was well-known and greatly admired throughout antiquity, has been lost, but her immense reputation has endured through surviving fragments.
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Simonides of Ceos
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Solon
Solon (ancient Greek: , c. 638 BC–558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms failed in the short term yet he is often credited with having laid the foundations for Athenian democracy.
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Stesichorus
Stesichorus (Ancient Greek: , circa 640 - 555 BC) was the first great poet of the Greek West. He is best known for telling epic stories in lyric metres but he is also famous for some ancient traditions about his life, such as his opposition to the tyrant Phalaris, and the blindness he is said to have incurred and cured by composing verses first insulting and then flattering to Helen of Troy. He was ranked among the nine lyric poets esteemed by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria and yet his work attracted relatively little interest among ancient commentators, which in turn left a disproportionate number of gaps in the modern record as one scholar observed in 1967: "Time has dealt more harshly with Stesichorus than with any other major lyric poet." Recent discoveries, recorded on Egyptian papyrus (notably and controversially, the Lille papyrus, in 1974), have enhanced modern understanding of his work, confirming his role as a link between Homer's epic narrative and the lyric narrative of poets like Pindar.
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Themistocles
Themistocles (Greek: ; "Glory of the Law"); c. 524–459 BC, was an Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy, along with his great rival Aristides. As a politician, Themistocles was a populist, having the support of lower class Athenians, and generally being at odds with the Athenian nobility. Elected archon in 493 BC, he took steps to increase the naval power of Athens, which would be a recurring theme in his political career. During the first Persian invasion of Greece, he fought at the Battle of Marathon, and was possibly one of the 10 Athenian strategoi (generals) in that battle.
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Thucydides
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Timocreon
Timocreon, of Ialysus in Rhodes, was a Greek lyric poet who flourished about 480 BC.
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Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, including the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer. "The Iliad" relates a part of the last year of the siege of Troy, while the Odyssey describes the journey home of Odysseus, one of the Achaean leaders. Other parts of the war were told in a cycle of epic poems, which has only survived in fragments. Episodes from the war provided material for Greek tragedy and other works of Greek literature, and for Roman poets like Virgil and Ovid.
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Vasilis Georgiadis
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The Dardanelles Live at The Sweet Beaver Suite
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- Duration: 4:35
- Published: 08 Apr 2011
- Updated: 07 Aug 2012
Boyd's Cove Singles by The Dardanelles www.sweetbeaver.com www.thedardanelles.com Newfoundland is known for traditional music, but what's sometimes forgotten is how these traditions can grow; The Dardanelles are a by-product of a culture in progress. Armed with a love of the music of their native home, and an energy found more often in three-piece punk bands than in five-piece folk acts, they have become of the hottest groups to come out of Atlantic Canada in years. Meet Tom Power (guitar, banjo), Matthew Byrne (bouzouki, guitar, vocals),Emilia Bartellas (fiddle), Aaron Collis (accordion) and Richard Klass (bodhran). Collectively, this band may change the way you think about traditional folk music.
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The Dardanelles - Flowing Bowl Set
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- Duration: 2:54
- Published: 25 Apr 2007
- Updated: 13 Aug 2012
Folk Group the Dardanelles performing the flowing bowl set on out of the fog. www.myspace.com/dardanellesmusic
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The Dardanelles - Joe's Happy Ship
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- Duration: 4:10
- Published: 29 Jun 2009
- Updated: 24 Aug 2012
The Dardanelles perform a set of tunes from the playing of Emile Benoit - The Happiness Reel, The Ship Inn Reel and Joe Smallwood's Reel.
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The Dardanelles - Boyd's Cove Singles
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- Duration: 2:53
- Published: 29 Jun 2009
- Updated: 24 Aug 2012
Folk group The Dardanelles perform the Boyd's Cove Singles from their debut record live on Out of the Fog. www.thedardanelles.com
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The Dardanelles
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- Duration: 3:30
- Published: 30 Aug 2009
- Updated: 22 Dec 2010
The Dardanelles perform at the 2009 Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival in Bannerman Park in St. John's, NL
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Our Trip to Çanakkale (Dardanelles) in 2004
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- Duration: 3:02
- Published: 16 Sep 2006
- Updated: 28 Mar 2012
Our Trip to Çanakkale (Dardanelles) in 2004.
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Gallipoli - The Boys Of The Dardanelles Part 1of 3
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- Duration: 9:35
- Published: 30 Nov 2008
- Updated: 30 Aug 2012
The boys Of The Dardanelles', A Documentary Film Made By The Australian War Memorial. Featuring: In Depth Gallipoli Material On Runners, Diggers, Food And Experiences From The War.
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Gallipoli - The Boys Of The Dardanelles Part 2 of 3
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- Duration: 4:27
- Published: 30 Nov 2008
- Updated: 16 Aug 2012
The boys Of The Dardanelles', A Documentary Film Made By The Australian War Memorial. Featuring: In Depth Gallipoli Material On Runners, Diggers, Food And Experiences From The War.
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Dardanelles (Çanakkale) / 1915 in CryEngine - Sandbox by Crytek
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- Duration: 2:13
- Published: 29 Oct 2009
- Updated: 18 Sep 2012
Engine : Crytek - CryEngine2 , Editor : Sandbox2
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Dardanelles 'Mirror Mirror'
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- Duration: 3:03
- Published: 03 Oct 2007
- Updated: 21 Jun 2012
www.moopjaw.com This is the new video for Melbourne band, Dardanelles. It was Directed by Warran Wright for Moop Jaw, and comes from their debut record 'Mirror Mirror'. This is the title track from the release on Mosquitos Tweeter. PRODUCTION CREDITS PRODUCTION COMPANY Moop Jaw PRODUCER: Rhett Wade-Ferrell DIRECTOR: Warran Wright DOP: Angus Kemp GAFFER: DAVID PAYNE GAFFERS ASSISTANT: Andrew Nicholson STYLIST: Heather Lighton MAKE UP/HAIR: Margo Orsatti ART DIRECTOR: Simon Boucher PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Thom Mitchell
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Eastern Light - The Dardanelles @ Writers at Woody Point
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- Duration: 4:29
- Published: 06 Nov 2011
- Updated: 21 Aug 2012
Kim Angelis Classical/ Gypsy Violinist in Concert performing "The Dardanelles"
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- Duration: 4:02
- Published: 20 May 2008
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Violinist Kim Angelis in Concert with Josef Gault performing The Dardanelles. Classical and Gypsy inspirations
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Dardanelles - Alone is Not
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- Duration: 5:02
- Published: 05 Dec 2009
- Updated: 23 Jul 2012
Alone is not the child with eyes still eating, it's commas raining clouds until you're reading, your smile for lies, your smile capsized
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Dardanelles - Origami Tree
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- Duration: 3:49
- Published: 02 Nov 2009
- Updated: 14 Sep 2012
'Origami Tree' by Australian Indie rock band Dardanelles.
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Deniz Tahberer - Dardanelles Ballad ( Canakkale Turkusu ) - Sonata for Solo Violin
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- Duration: 9:31
- Published: 17 Sep 2009
- Updated: 14 May 2012
This is a piece of music that tells the story of all men and women whose lives came to an end in Dardanelles during World War I. They were once the sons, the husbands, the brothers, the friends, the lovers to millions of others from all corners of the world. It is a sonata for solo violin in tree movements. The first movement pictures the prior to war unrest; a chaotic time that makes everyone despair yet courageous, because the war is inescapable. The second movement depicts a peaceful moment between gruesome clashes; a soldier completely devastated by death, wrath and hopelessness in the battlefield remembers how he farewell to his mother on his way to fight the enemy in Dardanelles. The third movement presents a picture of the cruel realities of war: clashes that seem to never end. Orders are given to men to die, for what? What brought those men and women to that spot? Didnt people read the story of Troy? Havent they learned their lesson yet? Composed by Deniz Tahberer It is performed on a violin by Hermann Janzen. www.janzenviolins.com
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Gallipoli - The Boys Of The Dardanelles Part 3 of 3
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- Duration: 7:28
- Published: 30 Nov 2008
- Updated: 26 Jul 2012
The boys Of The Dardanelles', A Documentary Film Made By The Australian War Memorial. Featuring: In Depth Gallipoli Material On Runners, Diggers, Food And Experiences From The War.
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The Dardanelles and friends- NAFCO Night at the Ship
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- Duration: 4:30
- Published: 16 Mar 2008
- Updated: 09 Aug 2012
The Dardanelles (Tom Power- Guitar; Kate Bevan Baker- Fiddle; Rich Klaas- Percussion; Fergus Brown-O'Byrne- Concertina/Accordion) and friends (Kelly Russell, Greg Walsh- fiddles; Graham Wells- accordion) at The Ship Inn, St. John's Newfoundland. Tunes: Ship Inn reel, joey's Smallwood's, Happiness reel.
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The Dardanelles play "Mussels in the Corner" at the Vinland Music Camp
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- Duration: 1:57
- Published: 22 Aug 2012
- Updated: 23 Aug 2012
The Dardanelles recently played at the Vinland Music Camp at Lomond in Gros Morne National Park. The Vinland Music Camp is now in its 12 year and caters to anyone that wants to learn how to play various instruments like the tin whistle, accordion, fiddle etc. as well as learn about song writing and story telling. For more information on the Vinland Music Camp see: www.vinlandmusic.ca
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Çanakkale 1915 (Dardanelles & Gallipoli) by Murat Malay
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- Duration: 4:55
- Published: 18 Apr 2011
- Updated: 05 Mar 2012
21. Century Turkish Symphonic Variations: Independent works from independent people... Theme composed by Murat Malay - Orchestration by Tuğrul Karataş Produced by MEM Music - Recorded in Istanbul (2010) With the partial attendance of Istanbul Symphony Orchestra SYMPHONYTURK: www.symphonyturk.com FACEBOOK PAGE www.facebook.com
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Flight Over the Dardanelles
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- Duration: 6:16
- Published: 14 Jun 2008
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
Little loop in 5/4.
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Dardanelles Gun GetAmpedSEA
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- Duration: 1:47
- Published: 31 Jul 2012
- Updated: 31 Jul 2012
Get down with more old-skool arcade fighting action with GetAmpedSEA! Play now for free at getamped.playpark.net Gear Name : Dardanelles Gun Description: A miniaturized mobile Dardanelles Gun. It can be used not only for direct attack, but can also be used as a fixed gun battery. Parameter: JMP-1
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The Dardanelles 1
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- Duration: 3:06
- Published: 26 Aug 2009
- Updated: 28 Sep 2009
The Dardanelles, St Johns, Folk Festival, 2009, Bannerman Park, Newfoundland, Canada
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"Gallipolli and the Dardanelle Straits" Big8little's photos around Canakkale, Turkey (slideshow)
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- Duration: 2:38
- Published: 15 Nov 2010
- Updated: 05 Feb 2012
Preview of Big8little's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these videos: www.travelpod.com
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Creative Commons / Filanca![Çanakkale fortress at night. Çanakkale (pronounced [tʃɑˈnɑkːɑle]) is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont) at their narrowest point.](http://web.archive.org./web/20120922043054im_/http://cdn7.wn.com/pd/65/44/efbd0365a20291b799d5a0370610_small.jpg "Çanakkale fortress at night. Çanakkale (pronounced [tʃɑˈnɑkːɑle]) is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont) at their narrowest point.")
Creative Commons / Alaexis![The fortress in Canakkale, Turkey. Çanakkale (pronounced [tʃɑˈnɑkːɑle]) is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont) at their narrowest point. The population of the town is 96 588 (2009 estimates](http://web.archive.org./web/20120922043054im_/http://cdn0.wn.com/pd/16/33/883cfda2b407630a0bc011639c72_small.jpg "The fortress in Canakkale, Turkey. Çanakkale (pronounced [tʃɑˈnɑkːɑle]) is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont) at their narrowest point. The population of the town is 96 588 (2009 estimates")
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Creative Commons / Nerval![Biga Çayı, Çan Çayı[1] or Kocabaş Çayı (ancient Granicus River) is a small river, or large creek, in Çanakkale Province of northwestern Turkey. The flow begins at the base of the Mount Ida and trends generally northeasterly to the Sea of Marmara. It is located approximately 50 km to the east of the Dardanelles. It flows past the towns of Çan, Biga and enters the Sea of Marmara at Karabiga.](http://web.archive.org./web/20120922043054im_/http://cdn8.wn.com/pd/d2/0b/4b4b9792517221b7838c7dd77181_small.jpg "Biga Çayı, Çan Çayı[1] or Kocabaş Çayı (ancient Granicus River) is a small river, or large creek, in Çanakkale Province of northwestern Turkey. The flow begins at the base of the Mount Ida and trends generally northeasterly to the Sea of Marmara. It is located approximately 50 km to the east of the Dardanelles. It flows past the towns of Çan, Biga and enters the Sea of Marmara at Karabiga.")
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Creative Commons / R![The Dardanelles Gun[2] (Şahi in Turkish) or Great Turkish Bombard[citation needed] is a 15th century siege cannon, which saw action in the 1807 Dardanelles Operation.[](http://web.archive.org./web/20120922043054im_/http://cdn5.wn.com/pd/6a/f9/a76757c0f45f16fc293466a34d76_small.jpg "The Dardanelles Gun[2] (Şahi in Turkish) or Great Turkish Bombard[citation needed] is a 15th century siege cannon, which saw action in the 1807 Dardanelles Operation.[")
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![Çanakkale fortress at night. Çanakkale (pronounced [tʃɑˈnɑkːɑle]) is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont) at their narrowest point.](http://web.archive.org./web/20120922043054/http://cdn1.wn.com/pd/65/44/efbd0365a20291b799d5a0370610_medium.jpg "Çanakkale fortress at night. Çanakkale (pronounced [tʃɑˈnɑkːɑle]) is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont) at their narrowest point.")
![The fortress in Canakkale, Turkey. Çanakkale (pronounced [tʃɑˈnɑkːɑle]) is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont) at their narrowest point. The population of the town is 96 588 (2009 estimates](http://web.archive.org./web/20120922043054/http://cdn4.wn.com/pd/16/33/883cfda2b407630a0bc011639c72_medium.jpg "The fortress in Canakkale, Turkey. Çanakkale (pronounced [tʃɑˈnɑkːɑle]) is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont) at their narrowest point. The population of the town is 96 588 (2009 estimates")
![Biga Çayı, Çan Çayı[1] or Kocabaş Çayı (ancient Granicus River) is a small river, or large creek, in Çanakkale Province of northwestern Turkey. The flow begins at the base of the Mount Ida and trends generally northeasterly to the Sea of Marmara. It is located approximately 50 km to the east of the Dardanelles. It flows past the towns of Çan, Biga and enters the Sea of Marmara at Karabiga.](http://web.archive.org./web/20120922043054/http://cdn2.wn.com/pd/d2/0b/4b4b9792517221b7838c7dd77181_medium.jpg "Biga Çayı, Çan Çayı[1] or Kocabaş Çayı (ancient Granicus River) is a small river, or large creek, in Çanakkale Province of northwestern Turkey. The flow begins at the base of the Mount Ida and trends generally northeasterly to the Sea of Marmara. It is located approximately 50 km to the east of the Dardanelles. It flows past the towns of Çan, Biga and enters the Sea of Marmara at Karabiga.")
![The Dardanelles Gun[2] (Şahi in Turkish) or Great Turkish Bombard[citation needed] is a 15th century siege cannon, which saw action in the 1807 Dardanelles Operation.[](http://web.archive.org./web/20120922043054/http://cdn9.wn.com/pd/6a/f9/a76757c0f45f16fc293466a34d76_medium.jpg "The Dardanelles Gun[2] (Şahi in Turkish) or Great Turkish Bombard[citation needed] is a 15th century siege cannon, which saw action in the 1807 Dardanelles Operation.[")
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Coordinates: 40°12′N 26°24′E / 40.2°N 26.4°E / 40.2; 26.4
The Dardanelles (
/dɑrdəˈnɛlz/; Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı, Greek: Δαρδανέλλια, Dardanellia), formerly known as Hellespont ( /ˈhɛlɨspɒnt/; Ancient Greek: Ἑλλήσποντος, Hellespontos, literally "Sea of Helle"), is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It is one of the Turkish Straits, along with its counterpart the Bosphorus. It is located at approximately 40°13′N 26°26′E / 40.217°N 26.433°E / 40.217; 26.433. The strait is 61 kilometres (38 mi) long but only 1.2 to 6 kilometres (0.75 to 3.7 mi) wide, averaging 55 metres (180 ft) deep with a maximum depth of 103 metres (338 ft).[1] Water flows in both directions along the strait, from the Sea of Marmara to the Aegean via a surface current and in the opposite direction via an undercurrent.
Like the Bosphorus, it separates Europe (the Gallipoli peninsula) from the mainland of Asia. The strait is an international waterway, and together with the Bosphorus, the Dardanelles connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
A suspension bridge project has been planned, connecting Saricay (a district of Çanakkale) on the Asian side to Kilitbahir on the European side. At this point, the strait is narrowest.[2]
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Nomenclature[link]
The Turkish name Çanakkale Boğazı is derived from the major city adjoining the strait, Çanakkale (which takes its name from its famous castles; kale means "castle").
The name Dardanelles derives from Dardania, an ancient land on the Asian shore of the strait which in turn takes its name from Dardanus, the mythical son of Zeus and Electra.
The Greek name Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellespontos) means “Sea of Helle”, and was the ancient name of the narrow strait. It was variously named in classical literature Hellespontium Pelagus, Rectum Hellesponticum, and Fretum Hellesponticum. It was so called from Helle, the daughter of Athamas, who was drowned here in the mythology of the Golden Fleece.
History[link]
The strait has always played a strategic role in history. The Dardanelles is unique in many respects. The very narrow and winding shape of the strait is more akin to that of a river. It is considered one of the most hazardous, crowded, difficult and potentially dangerous waterways in the world. The currents produced by the tidal action in the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara are such that ships under sail must await at anchorage for the right conditions before entering the Dardanelles.
Greek and Persian history[link]
The ancient city of Troy was located near the western entrance of the strait and the strait's Asiatic shore was the focus of the Trojan War. Troy was able to control the marine traffic entering this vital waterway. The Persian army of Xerxes I of Persia and later the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great crossed the Dardanelles in opposite directions to invade each other's lands, in 480 BC and 334 BC respectively.
Herodotus tells us that c. 482 BC Xerxes I (the son of Darius) had two pontoon bridges built across the width of the Hellespont at Abydos in order that his huge army could cross from Persia into Greece. This crossing was named by Aeschylus in his tragedy The Persians as the cause of divine intervention against Xerxes.[3]
According to Herodotus (vv.34), both bridges were destroyed by a storm and Xerxes had those responsible for building the bridges beheaded and the strait itself whipped. The Histories of Herodotus vii.33-37 and vii.54-58 give details of building and crossing of Xerxes' Pontoon Bridges. Xerxes is then said to have thrown fetters into the strait, given it three hundred lashes and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water.[4]
Herodotus commented that this was a "highly presumptuous way to address the Hellespont" but in no way atypical of Xerxes. (vii.35)
Harpalus the engineer eventually helped the invading armies to cross by lashing the ships together with their bows facing the current and, so it is said, two additional anchors.
Greek mythology[link]
Helle, the daughter of Athamas, was drowned here in the legend of the Golden Fleece.
It was the scene of the legend of Hero and Leander. Leander swam the strait in order to tryst with his beloved, the priestess Hero.
Byzantine history[link]
The Dardanelles were vital to the defence of Constantinople during the Byzantine period.
Also, the Dardanelles was an important source of income for the ruler of the region. At the Istanbul Archaeological Museum a marble plate contains a law by the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I (491-518 AD), that regulated fees for passage through the customs office of the Dardanelles (see image to the right). Translation:
"... Whoever dares to violate these regulations shall no longer be regarded as a friend, and he shall be punished. Besides, the administrator of the Dardanelles must have the right to receive 50 golden Litrons, so that these rules, which we make out of piety, shall never ever be violated... ... The distinguished governor and major of the capital, who already has both hands full of things to do, has turned to our lofty piety in order to reorganize the entry and exit of all ships through the Dardanelles... ... Starting from our day and also in the future, anybody who wants to pass through the Dardanelles must pay the following:
- All wine merchants who bring wine to the capital (Constantinopolis), except Cilicians, have to pay the Dardanelles officials 6 follis and 2 sextarius of wine.
- In the same manner, all merchants of olive-oil, vegetables and lard must pay the Dardanelles officials 6 follis. Cilician sea-merchants have to pay 3 follis and in addition to that, 1 keration (12 follis) to enter, and 2 keration to exit.
- All wheat merchants have to pay the officials 3 follis per modius, and a further sum of 3 follis when leaving."
Since the 14th century the Dardanelles have almost continuously been controlled by the Turks.
Modern history[link]
Nineteenth century[link]
Gaining control or special access to the strait became a key foreign policy goal of the Russian Empire during the 19th century. During the Napoleonic Wars, Russia—supported by Great Britain in the Dardanelles Operation—blockaded the straits in 1807. Following the Ottoman Empire's defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29, in 1833 Russia pressured the Ottomans to sign the Treaty of Hunkiar Iskelesi—which required the straits to be closed to warships of non-Black Sea powers at Russia's request. That would have effectively given Russia a free hand in the Black Sea.
That treaty alarmed the losers,[clarification needed] who were concerned that the consequences of potential Russian expansionism in the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions could conflict with their own possessions and economic interest in the regions. At the London Straits Convention in July 1841, the United Kingdom, France, Austria, and Prussia pressured Russia to agree that only Turkish warships could traverse the Dardanelles in peacetime. The United Kingdom and France subsequently sent their fleets through the straits to attack Crimea during the Crimean War in 1853—but this was done as allies of the Ottoman Empire. That convention was formally reaffirmed by the Congress of Paris in 1856, following the Russian defeat in the Crimean War. It remained technically in force into the 20th and 21st centuries.
World War I[link]
Main article: Gallipoli Campaign
In 1915, the western Allies sent a massive invasion force of British, Indian, Australian, and New Zealand troops to attempt to open up the strait. At the Gallipoli campaign, Turkish troops trapped the Allies on the beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula. The campaign results did damage to the career of Sir Winston Churchill, then the First Lord of the Admiralty, who eagerly promoted the use of Royal Navy sea power to force open the straits.
The straits were mined by the Turks to prevent Allied ships from penetrating them, but in minor actions, two submarines, one British and one Australian, did succeed in penetrating the minefields. The British one sank an obsolete Turkish pre-dreadnought battleship off the Golden Horn of Istanbul. Sir Ian Hamilton's Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was unsuccessful in its attempt to capture the Gallipoli peninsula, and its withdrawal was ordered in January 1916, after 10 months fighting and more than 200,000 casualties.
Western occupation[link]
Main articles: Occupation of Constantinople and Chanak Crisis
Following the war, the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres demilitarized the strait and made it an international territory under the control of the League of Nations. This was amended under the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne which restored the straits to Turkey but allowed all foreign warships to traverse the straits freely. Turkey rejected the terms of this treaty and subsequently remilitarized the area. The reversion to this old regime was formalized under the Montreux Convention of July 1936. The convention, which is still technically in force today, treats the straits as an international shipping lane, but Turkey retains the right to restrict the naval traffic of non-Black Sea nations (like Greece or Algeria).
Later[link]
During World War II, through February 1945, when Turkey was neutral for most of the length of the conflict, the Dardanelles were closed to the ships of the belligerent nations. Turkey declared war on Germany in February 1945, but it did not employ any offensive forces in that war.
Notable people[link]
- Vasilis Georgiadis (1921–2000), Greek film director
- Lord Byron (1788–1824) swam across the Dardanelles on May 3, 1810, and recorded it in his poem Don Juan (1821).[5] This event is recreated annually in a swim event.[6]
See also[link]
- Dardanelles Commission
- Battle of the Dardanelles
- Action of 26 June 1656
- List of maritime incidents in the Turkish Straits
- Bosphorus
References[link]
- ^ Nautical Chart at GeoHack-Dardanelles, Map Tech
- ^ http://www.sabahenglish.com/news/8770.html
- ^ http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/persians.html; the play.
- ^ Green, Peter The Greco-Persian Wars (London 1996) 75.
- ^ http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lord-byron-swims-the-hellespont
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/sep/30/escape.turkey
External links[link]
- Pictures of the city of Çanakkale
- Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
- Map of Hellespont
- Livius.org: Hellespont
monuments and memorials of the gallipoli campaign along the Dardanelles [1]
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