Mi·le·tus
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| 1. | Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus. |
| 2. | an ancient city in Asia Minor, on the Aegean. |
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Miletus
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An ancient Ionian city of western Asia Minor in present-day Turkey. Occupied by Greeks c. 1000 B.C., it became an important trading and colonizing settlement and also flourished as a center of learning. The city declined after its harbor silted up early in the Christian era. |
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