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Pleistarchus
(386 words)
(Πλείσταρχος/
Pleístarchos). [German version] [1] King of Sparta (5th cent. BC) King of Sparta, of the house of the Agiads; still not of age at the death of his father Leonidas [1], fallen at Thermopylae i…
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Brill’s New Pauly
Tumulus
(4,351 words)
(Latin 'hill', 'funerary mound', pl.
tumuli; Greek τύμβος/
týmbos, σῆμα/
sêma; χῶμα/
chôma). I. Definition, distribution, function [German version] A. Definition Tumulusis a general term for a mound, as a rule artificial and usually round or oval in plan, associated with a burial ('burial mounds', as opposed, e.g., to prehistoric settlement mounds). Tumulus burial (‘mound burial’) describes all burials that have been covered by a mound. Tumulus is also used in archaeology as a technical term for burial mounds outsid…
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Brill’s New Pauly