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Ialysus

American  
[ahy-al-uh-suhs, ee-al-] / aɪˈæl ə səs, iˈæl- /
Or Ialysos

noun

  1. an ancient Mycenaean city on the island of Rhodes.


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Protogenes, i, 149; his Works, and his famous picture of Ialysus and his Dog, i, 149; Protogenes and Demetrius Poliorcetes, i, 28, and i, 149; and Apelles, i, 25.

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner

Its gems and intaglio works in gold are known to us from the finds at Mycenae, and at analogous sites, such as Menidi, Vaphio and Ialysus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Protogenes the Caunian had been making them a painting of the story of Ialysus, which was all but completed, when it was taken by Demetrius in one of the suburbs.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough

Ialysus was, he said, one of their cities.

From History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson

A pleasanter cut and thrust bronze sword than the one found at Ialysus no gentleman could wish to handle.

From Homer and His Age by Andrew Lang

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