G3399GreekMílēton

Μίλητον

miletus, a city of asia minor

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Detailed Definition

  • 1a maritime city, now nearly 10 miles (16 km), from the coast of caria or ionia, near the mouth of the maeander and 35 miles (55 km) from ephesus

Etymology & Derivation

of uncertain origin

Scholarly Notes

it was the mother of about eighty colonies, the the birth place of thales, anaximander, and other famous men.