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What did Alexandria have in common with the Greek cities?
Nothing. A person can not have something in common with a poli, a city-state. However, Alexander united the polis. Oh, and polis is the plural.
What does the greek word polis mean in english?
"polis" isn't a Greek word, but πόλη (poli) is. That word means "city". Whenever you see "polis" in the name of something it means "city". So, Metropolis means "mother city", Megalopolis means "Great City", and Acropolis means "highest city". The word "politics" comes from the same root.
What are nicknames of Constantinople?
Constantinople is known today as Istanbul in Turkey. The name Istanbul is said to derive from the Greek phrase (Is-tin-poli) which means "To The City." During the East Roman Empire (later known as the Byzantine Empire) the City of Constantinople was also known by many other descriptive names, such as: The City The Queen of Cities The God-guarded City The Eye of the World The Envy of the World Constantinople was the capital of the East Roman Empire (founded by Constantine the Great in 330 AD) and very quickly became the largest and wealthiest city in the world at that time.
Why were many of the Greek poli (city-states) unhappy with Athens in the years before the Peloponnesian War?
After the Persian invasion of Greece was turned back in 479 BCE under the leadership of Sparta, Athens took over leadership of the city-states in Asia Minor which had been liberated from Persian rule and formed them into the Delian League as a defensive alliance. After 30 years of failed attempts to reclaim the cities, Persia gave up and left the League to its own devices. Even with the threat gone, Athens continued to collect the annual tax which funded the League, by force where necessary, and spent the money on itself and on maintaining the navy which enforced the tax. Athenian inscriptions show heavy casualties of its army each year, including years in which Athens was not fighting any war with its neighbours or Persia, so these arose from its annual tax enforcement. This enforcement went as far as assaulting, capturing and looting recalcitrant cities of the League, which Athens had converted to an empire. One city Mytilene had its people sold into slavery as an example to the others; the citizens of Samos were branded in the forehead to remind them not to revolt again. The proceeds - originally to pay for the navy which protected them from Persia - were spent by Athens on beautifying its city (Parthenon etc) and putting half of Athens' citizens on its public payroll. And not satisfied with this empire, Athens started standing over cities of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, culminating with trying to bankrupt Megara, a member of that league. At the behest of the League, Sparta demanded that Athens back off, it refused, and all out war ensued.
What is the building behind the Trevi Fountain and why is there a painted window on the right hand side?
On a tour of Rome our guide told us that the building was the home of a wealthy Cardinal and his family. I can't remember their name right now. Soon after the fountain was built, the teenaged or twenty-something son, who was a partier (and perhaps disgrace to the family) was found dead at the foot of the fountain, below his bedroom window. His fingers were bent back and broken, and his fingernails were badly mangled, possibly showing signs of struggle. There was debate over whether it was murder or suicide. The pope, who was close to the family, declared it a suicide. After this, people started reporting seeing a ghost falling from the window, so it was covered over and painted to look like a window, to stop the discussion. Now it is a government building but still no one is ever allowed to go into that room. this may or may not be true Adding to that from what i was told a few days ago: The man who lived in that room was homosexual, he was in love with someone called carlos, however, as he would be killed for these feelings he kept it very much to himself, until one night when he saw carlos one night in the arms of another man who he then stabbed to death with a pen, carlos, in shock, asked the man why he had killed the other, to which he confessed his love. Knowing that he would be killed for homosexual feelings, he was prepared to flee, but on deciding he could not live like that, he threw himself head first out of his window. Many reports from people living in surrounding apartments came around that a dark figure would fall from the window screaming, creating a kind of splash on hitting the floor, but when they looked there was nothing at the bottom. As people in Rome are incredibly superstitious they boarded up the window to attempt to stop the ghost coming back. This is what i was told, cant remember all the names or every bit of detail but this is the majority of what was said. I just like to add to this answer that the building name is: Palazzo Poli (Poli Palace).
What is the word town in Greek?
The Greek for town is poli.
What is the greek word for many?
the greek word for many is poli
What means when Greek man said to woman poli?
Poli means "a lot" or "very much."
How do say many fires in greek?
πολλές πυρκαγιές --- poli prkayes πολλές πυρκαγιές --- poli prkayes
Where would the walled area of your poli be if you lived in Greek Poli?
The area of defence and refuge against an invader.
How do you write a Greek city was called a polis in Greek?
city : πόλη (poli)
What does the Greek phrase then ine toso poli mean in English?
The Greek phrase "then ine toso poli" translates to "that is not so much" in English.
What was greek word for city?
Πόλη-Κράτος (poli kratos)
Why were the Olympics an important element in the development of the of the Greek poli?
They had nothing to do with it.
What does saga po para poli moro mean?
s'agapo para poli moro "I love you so much baby" in greek
What does efharistó poli mean?
Greek for 'Thank you very much'. It is more usual to say 'Efharisto para poli', but the meaning is equivalent.
What is the greek word for well done?
Its '' πολύ καλά'' (poli kala)
