Damascus: DAMASCUS da-mas'-kus: 1. The Name 2. Situation and Natural Features 3. The City Itself 4. Its History (1) The Early Period (to circa 950 BC) (2) The Aramean Kingdom (circa 950-732 BC) (3) The Middle Period (732 ... [94%] 1915-01-01
Damascus: An ancient city of Asia Minor, situated at the foot of the Anti-Lebanon, 180 miles south by west of Aleppo; now the capital of the vilayet of Syria. In the Old Testament it is called (Dammeseḳ), or (Darmeseḳ, I Chron. The ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [94%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Damascus: Damascus (/dəˈmæskəs/ də-MASS-kəs, UK also /dəˈmɑːskəs/ də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, IPA: [diˈmaʃq]) is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām (الشَّام) and ... (Place) [94%] 2023-11-21 [Capitals in Asia]
Damascus: Damascus (Arabic: دمشق) is the capital of Syria. It was the intended destination of the Apostle Paul on the trip that led to his conversion. [94%] 2023-02-19 [Asian Cities and Towns] [Capital Cities]...
Damascus: Damascus, the chief town of Syria, and the capital of a government province of the same name, 57 m. from Beirut, situated in 33° 30′ N. The origin of the city is unknown, and the popular belief that it is ... [94%] 2022-09-02
Damascus: Damascus (دمشق transliteration: Dimashq, also commonly known as al-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is thought to be among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Its current population is estimated at about 4.5 ... [94%] 2023-02-03
Damascus: Damascus (/dəˈmæskəs/ də-MASK-əs, UK also /dəˈmɑːskəs/ də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized: Dimašq) is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām (الشَّام) and ... (Capital and largest city of Syria) [94%] 2024-01-21 [Damascus] [Cities in Syria]...
Damascius: Damascius (c. 460 C.E. – c. 538 C.E.) was the last head of the Neoplatonic Academy in Athens. Born in Damascus about 460 C.E., he studied rhetoric in Alexandria before traveling to Athens, where he studied philosophy and ... [82%] 2023-02-04
Damascius: Damascius (/dəˈmæʃəs/; Greek: Δαμάσκιος, c. 462 – after 538), known as "the last of the Athenian Neoplatonists," was the last scholarch of the neoplatonic Athenian school. (Biography) [82%] 2023-12-22 [6th-century philosophers] [Byzantine philosophers]...
Damascius: Damascius, the last of the Neoplatonists, was born in Damascus about A. In his early youth he went to Alexandria, where he spent twelve years partly as a pupil of Theon, a rhetorician, and partly as a professor of rhetoric ... [82%] 2022-09-02
Damasus: At the time of the banishment of Pope Liberius (355), the deacon Damasus, like all the Roman clergy, made energetic protest. When, however, the emperor Constantius sent to Rome an anti-pope in the person of Felix II., Damasus, with ... [80%] 2022-09-02
John of Damascus: John of Damascus (Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός, romanized: Ioánnēs ho Damaskēnós, IPA: [ioˈanis o ðamasciˈnos]; Latin: Ioannes Damascenus; born Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, منصور إبن سرجون) or John Damascene was a Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist. Born and raised in Damascus c. (Biography) [73%] 2023-08-24 [8th-century philosophers] [Byzantine philosophers]...
Nicolaus of Damascus: Nicolaus of Damascus (Greek: Νικόλαος Δαμασκηνός, Nikolāos Damaskēnos; Latin: Nicolaus Damascenus) was a Greek historian and philosopher who lived during the Augustan age of the Roman Empire. His name is derived from that of his birthplace, Damascus. (Biography) [73%] 2023-09-18 [1st-century philosophers]
John of Damascus (poem): John of Damascus (Иоанн Дамаскин) is a poem by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, first published in the January, No.1, 1859 issue of Russkaya Beseda magazine. Fragments of the poem have been put to music by several composers, among them Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei ... (Poem) [73%] 2023-08-19 [1859 poems] [Poetry by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy]...
Nicholas Of Damascus (Nicolaus Damascenus): Greek historian and philosopher; friend of King Herod the Great; born at Damascus, where his father, Antipater, filled high offices and was greatly respected ; died at Rome. Being the heir to his father's honors and wealth, Nicholas was not ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [73%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
John of Damascus: Saint John of Damascus (also known as John Damascene, and Chrysorrhoas, "the golden speaker") (c. 676 – December 5, 749) was a Syrian monk, priest and polymath whose fields of study included Law, Theology, Philosophy and Music. He wrote works expounding ... [73%] 2023-02-04
Apollodorus of Damascus: Apollodorus of Damascus (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Δαμασκηνός) was an architect and engineer from Roman Syria, who flourished during the 2nd century AD. As an engineer he authored several technical treatises, and his massive architectural output gained him immense popularity during his time. (2nd century Syrian Roman architect and engineer) [73%] 2023-12-24 [Ancient Roman architects] [Bridge engineers]...
John Of Damascus: before 754), an eminent theologian of the Eastern Church, derives his surname from Damascus, where he was born about the close of the 7th century. His Arabic name was Mansur (the victor), and he received the epithet Chrysorrhoas (gold-pouring ... [73%] 2022-09-02