Miletus
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
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an ancient city in Asia Minor, on the Aegean.
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Ionians founded Miletus, which, in turn, founded Sinope, which, eventually, colonized Trebizond.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2024
The first and most important sage is Thales of Miletus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
First, there’s amber’s natural electrostatic properties, a phenomenon thought to have first been recorded by Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus in the sixth century B.C.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2018
He points to a tiny Greek coin, from the ancient city of Miletus.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 14, 2017
The first Ionian scientist was Thales of Miletus, a city in Asia across a narrow channel of water from the island of Samos.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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