See also:

• PEIRAEUS, or PIRAEUS (Gr. Hetpaceur)

PEIRAEUS, or PIRAEUS (Gr. Hetpaceur)  , the See also:

• PORT

port See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, with which its See also:

• HISTORY

history is inseparably connected . Pop . (1907), 67,982 . It consists of a rocky promontory, containing three natural harbours, a large one on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west which is still one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief commercial harbours of the See also:

• LEVANT

Levant, and two smaller ones on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, which were used chiefly for See also:

• NAVAL

naval purposes . See also:

• THEMISTOCLES (c. 514-449 B.C.)

Themistocles was the first to urge the Athenians to take See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of these harbours, instead of using the sandy See also:

• BAY

bay of Phaleron; and the fortification of the See also:

• PEIRAEUS, or PIRAEUS (Gr. Hetpaceur)

Peiraeus was begun in 493 B.C . Later on it was connected with Athens by the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long Walls in 46o B.c . The town of Peiraeus was laid out by the architect See also:

• HIPPODAMUS

Hippodamus of See also:

• MILETUS (mod. Palatia)

Miletus, probably in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• PERICLES (49o-429 B.C.)

Pericles . The promontory itself consisted of two parts—the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill of Munychia, and the See also:

• PROJECTION

projection of Acte; on the opposite See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour was the outwork of Eetioneia . The most stirring See also:

• EPISODE

episode in the history of the Peiraeus is the seizure of Munychia by See also:

• THRASYBULUS

Thrasybulus and the exiles from See also:

• PHYLE

Phyle, and the consequent destruction of the " 30 tyrants " in 404 B.C . The three chief arsenals of the Peiraeus were named Munychia, Zea and Cantharus, and they contained See also:

• GALLEY (derived through the 0. Fr. galee, galie, from the Med. Lat. galea, Ital. galea, Port. gale, of uncertain origin; from the Med. Lat. variant form galera are derived the Mod. Fr. galere, Span. and Ital. galera)

galley slips for 82, 196 and 94 See also:

• SHIPS

ships respectively in the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C . 1 See under AT11Exs . Also Angelopoulos, H€pl IIetpau"us a al ) rwv Uµevwv a roi (Athens, 1898) .