Stagira
Americannoun
noun
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Besides Alexander he had other pupils: Callisthenes, Cassander, Marsyas, Phanias, and Theophrastus of Eresus, who is said to have had land at Stagira.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
King Amyntas used to live at Stagira several months in the year and hunt the wild hogs that fed on the acorns which grew in the gorges and valleys.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Elbert Hubbard
Now the Philosopher of Stagira supposes that there are two kinds of Act, the permanent act and the successive act.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard
"This is Aristotle of Stagira, but more recently of Pella," Clearchus said.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Robert H. Fuller
Aristotle was born 384 B. C. at Stagira, whence he is frequently called "the Stagirite."
From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon
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