See also:

• PERINTHUS (Turk. Eski Eregli, old Heraclea)

PERINTHUS (Turk. Eski Eregli, old See also:

• HERACLEA

Heraclea)  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• THRACE

Thrace, on thePropontis, 22 M . W. of Selymbria, strongly situated on a small See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula on the See also:

• BAY

bay of that name . It is said to have been a Samian See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, founded about 599 B.C . According to See also:

• TZETZES, JOHN

Tzetzes, its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original name was Mygdonia; later it was called See also:

• HERACLEA

Heraclea (Heraclea Thraciae, Heraclea See also:

• PERINTHUS (Turk. Eski Eregli, old Heraclea)

Perinthus) . It is famous chiefly for its stubborn and successful resistance to See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip II. of Macedon in 340; at that 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 it seems to have been more important than See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium itself .