Crossword-Solution: ATTALID
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| Dynasty ruling Pergamum, 283–133 B. C. | 1 answer |
| Hellenistic dynasty of Pergamum. | 1 answer |
| One of a dynasty of Hellenistic kings ca. 283–133 B. C. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEARE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ATTALID (5)
Even Caria, which had been declared free after the war with Perseus, seems to have again fallen under the sway of the Attalid kings.
With the rise of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamum, a system of Pergamene foundation begins to oppose the Seleucid in the interior, bearing such names as Attalia, Philetaeria, Eumenia, Apollonis.
The wonderful works of that time show architecture to have lost all earnestness and truthfulness through the extravagant demands created by the luxurious courts of the Ptolemies, Seleucidæ, and Attalidæ; their sham theatrical pomp was surpassed only by the Oriental costliness and splendor of the materials.
This library, to which he had himself made notable additions, he bequeathed to Neleus, his nephew (Theophrastus never married), and by Neleus it was taken to Asia Minor, where it was hidden in a cellar to avoid the rapacity of the agents of the Attalid dynasty, who were seizing all available books for the Royal Library at Pergamon.
The original site, Palæ-Magnêsia,[343] was still occupied as a dependent township, even during the times of the Attalid and Seleukid kings.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1944–1951).