Difference between revisions of "Apollonia"
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15361" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15361" /> == | ||
<p> A city of Macedonia, situated between [[Amphipolis]] and Thessalonica, about a day's journey on foot from the former place, | <p> A city of Macedonia, situated between [[Amphipolis]] and Thessalonica, about a day's journey on foot from the former place, Acts 17:1 . </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30355" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30355" /> == | ||
Acts 17:1 | |||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34458" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34458" /> == | ||
<p> A city of Macedonia. [[Paul]] and [[Silas]] passed through it on their way to [[Thessalonica]] from [[Philippi]] and [[Amphipolis]] ( | <p> A city of Macedonia. [[Paul]] and [[Silas]] passed through it on their way to [[Thessalonica]] from [[Philippi]] and [[Amphipolis]] (Acts 17:1). in Mygdonia, 80 miles from Amphipolis, 37 from Thessalonica. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38515" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38515" /> == | ||
Acts 17:1 | |||
== Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_44814" /> == | == Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_44814" /> == | ||
| Line 29: | Line 15: | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49474" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49474" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> APOLLONIA </strong> ( | <p> <strong> APOLLONIA </strong> ( Acts 17:1 ). [[Paul]] and [[Silas]] passed through this town on the way from [[Amphipolis]] to Thessalonica. It is known that it was on the important Egnatian road which ran between Dyrrhachium (mod. <em> Durazzo </em> ) and Thessalonica, but its exact site has not yet been discovered. It was about half-way between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, and lay between the rivers Axius and Strymon. </p> <p> A. Souter. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_54909" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_54909" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> (Ἀπολλωνία) </p> <p> A town of Mygdonia in Macedonia, S. of [[Lake]] Bolbe (Athen. viii. 334), and N. of the [[Chalcidian]] mountains. It lay on the <i> [[Via]] Egnatia </i> , and St. [[Paul]] ‘passed through’ [[Amphipolis]] and [[Apollonia]] on his way from [[Philippi]] to [[Thessalonica]] (Acts 17:1). The intermediate towns were probably remembered by him as resting-places. According to the <i> Antonine [[Itinerary]] </i> , Apollonia was 37 [[Roman]] miles from Amphipolis, and 37 from Thessalonica. Leake identifies it with the modern village of Pollina. </p> <p> J. Strahan. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64727" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64727" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> City of Macedonia, in the district of Mygdonia, some 28 miles from [[Amphipolis]] and 35 from Thessalonica, through which [[Paul]] and [[Silas]] passed. Acts 17:1 . </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69658" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69658" /> == | ||
<p | <p> [[Apollonia]] (ap-pol-lo'ni-a), belonging to Apollo. The name of several places in [[Europe]] and Asia, of which Apollonia in [[Illyria]] was the most celebrated. But the Apollonia through which [[Paul]] passed, Acts 17:1, was a city of Macedonia, about 36 miles east of Thessalonica, and 30 miles southwest of Amphipolis. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71398" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71398" /> == | ||
<p | <p> Apollo'nia. (belonging to Apollo). A city of Macedonia, through which [[Paul]] and [[Silas]] passed in their way from [[Philippi]] and [[Amphipolis]] to Thessalonica. Acts 17:1. According to the Antonine Itinerary, it was distant 30 [[Roman]] miles from Amphipolis and 37 Roman miles from Thessalonica. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_771" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_771" /> == | ||
<p> '''''ap''''' -'''''o''''' -'''''lō´ni''''' -'''''a''''' ( | <p> '''''ap''''' -'''''o''''' -'''''lō´ni''''' -'''''a''''' ( Ἀπολλωνία , <i> '''''Apollōnı́a''''' </i> ): A town in Mygdonia, a district in Macedonia. It was situated a little to the south of [[Lake]] Bolbe, on the [[Via]] Egnatia, the great [[Roman]] road leading from the coast of the [[Adriatic]] to the river Hebrus ( <i> Maritza </i> ), one of the main military and commercial highways of the empire: it lay between [[Amphipolis]] and Thessalonica, a day's journey (Livy xlv.28) or about 30 Roman miles from the former and 38 from the latter. The foundation of the town may perhaps be attributed to about 432 bc; in any case, coins are extant which attest its existence in the 4th century bc (Head, <i> Historia Numorum </i> , 181). [[Paul]] and [[Silas]] passed through the town on their journey from [[Philippi]] to Thessalonica, but do not appear to have stayed there (Acts 17:1 ). The name seems to have survived in the modern <i> Pollina </i> (Leake, <i> [[Northern]] [[Greece]] </i> , III, 458; Cousinéry, <i> [[Voyage]] dans la Macédoine </i> , I, 115). </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15090" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15090" /> == | ||
<p> Apollo´nia, a city of Macedonia, in the province of Mygdonia, situated between [[Amphipolis]] and Thessalonica, thirty [[Roman]] miles from the former, and thirty-six from the latter. St. [[Paul]] passed through Amphipolis and [[Apollonia]] in his way to [[Thessalonica]] ( | <p> Apollo´nia, a city of Macedonia, in the province of Mygdonia, situated between [[Amphipolis]] and Thessalonica, thirty [[Roman]] miles from the former, and thirty-six from the latter. St. [[Paul]] passed through Amphipolis and [[Apollonia]] in his way to [[Thessalonica]] (Acts 17:1). </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20713" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20713" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> (Ἀπολλωνία , from Apollo), a city of Macedonia, in the province of Mygdonia (Plin. 4:17), situated between [[Amphipolis]] and Thessalonica, thirty [[Roman]] miles from the former, and thirty-six from the latter (Itiner. Anton. p. 320, 330; Itin. Hieros. p. 605; Tab. Peuting.). It was south of the lake Bolbe and north of the [[Chalcidian]] mountains (Athen. 8, 334). According to [[Stephen]] of Byzantium, it was founded by a colony of Corinthians and Corcyrians. The [[Apostle]] [[Paul]] passed through Amphipolis and [[Apollonia]] on his way to [[Thessalonica]] (Acts 17:1; see Conybeare and Howson's Life and [[Epistles]] of St. Paul, 1, 320, 321). It must not be confounded with a noted Apollonia in [[Illyria]] (see Kype, Obs. Sacr. 2, 81 sq.). The city here spoken of was situated on the "Egnatian Way" in the interior of the district of Chalcidice (Scylax, p. 27; Xen. Hist. Gr. 5,2). The ruins are called Pollina (Cramer's Anc. Gr. 1, 264). </p> <p> (Ἀπολλωνία, a frequent [[Greek]] name of cities, probably given in this case by one of the Seleucidae), a town of Palestine, between [[Caesarea]] and [[Joppa]] (Stephen of Byz.; Ptol. 5,16; Pliny, 5,14; Peut. Tab.), one of those on the sea-shore taken by the [[Jews]] under [[Alexander]] [[Jannaeus]] (Joseph. Ant. 13, 15, 4), and afterward repaired by [[Gabinius]] (Joseph. War, 1, 8, 4). It is now Arsuf, a deserted village at the mouth of the Nahr Arsuf (Irby and Mangles, Trav. p. 189; Robinson, Research. 3, 46; Chesney, Expedition, 1, 490), a place famous under the Crusaders (Wilken, Kreuzz. 2, 17, 39, 102; 4:416; 7:325, 400, 425), by whom it was confounded with [[Antipatris]] (Ritter, Erdk. 16, 590). </p> <p> a martyr of Alexandria, suffered with Metra, Quinta, and Serapion, in the year 249, when she was seized, and some one by a violent blow on the face knocked out many of her teeth; whence, in the [[Middle]] Ages, she was held to be the patroness against the toothache. [[Soon]] she was brought before the burning pile, and, on being asked to recant, reflected a moment, and then leaped into the fire. She is commemorated in the Roman [[Church]] on Feb. 9. Eusebius, Ch. Hist. 6, 41; Landon, Eccl. Dict. 1, 450. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 20:44, 11 October 2021
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [1]
A city of Macedonia, situated between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, about a day's journey on foot from the former place, Acts 17:1 .
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Acts 17:1
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]
A city of Macedonia. Paul and Silas passed through it on their way to Thessalonica from Philippi and Amphipolis (Acts 17:1). in Mygdonia, 80 miles from Amphipolis, 37 from Thessalonica.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Acts 17:1
Hitchcock's Bible Names [5]
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [6]
APOLLONIA ( Acts 17:1 ). Paul and Silas passed through this town on the way from Amphipolis to Thessalonica. It is known that it was on the important Egnatian road which ran between Dyrrhachium (mod. Durazzo ) and Thessalonica, but its exact site has not yet been discovered. It was about half-way between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, and lay between the rivers Axius and Strymon.
A. Souter.
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [7]
(Ἀπολλωνία)
A town of Mygdonia in Macedonia, S. of Lake Bolbe (Athen. viii. 334), and N. of the Chalcidian mountains. It lay on the Via Egnatia , and St. Paul ‘passed through’ Amphipolis and Apollonia on his way from Philippi to Thessalonica (Acts 17:1). The intermediate towns were probably remembered by him as resting-places. According to the Antonine Itinerary , Apollonia was 37 Roman miles from Amphipolis, and 37 from Thessalonica. Leake identifies it with the modern village of Pollina.
J. Strahan.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [8]
City of Macedonia, in the district of Mygdonia, some 28 miles from Amphipolis and 35 from Thessalonica, through which Paul and Silas passed. Acts 17:1 .
People's Dictionary of the Bible [9]
Apollonia (ap-pol-lo'ni-a), belonging to Apollo. The name of several places in Europe and Asia, of which Apollonia in Illyria was the most celebrated. But the Apollonia through which Paul passed, Acts 17:1, was a city of Macedonia, about 36 miles east of Thessalonica, and 30 miles southwest of Amphipolis.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [10]
Apollo'nia. (belonging to Apollo). A city of Macedonia, through which Paul and Silas passed in their way from Philippi and Amphipolis to Thessalonica. Acts 17:1. According to the Antonine Itinerary, it was distant 30 Roman miles from Amphipolis and 37 Roman miles from Thessalonica.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [11]
ap -o -lō´ni -a ( Ἀπολλωνία , Apollōnı́a ): A town in Mygdonia, a district in Macedonia. It was situated a little to the south of Lake Bolbe, on the Via Egnatia, the great Roman road leading from the coast of the Adriatic to the river Hebrus ( Maritza ), one of the main military and commercial highways of the empire: it lay between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, a day's journey (Livy xlv.28) or about 30 Roman miles from the former and 38 from the latter. The foundation of the town may perhaps be attributed to about 432 bc; in any case, coins are extant which attest its existence in the 4th century bc (Head, Historia Numorum , 181). Paul and Silas passed through the town on their journey from Philippi to Thessalonica, but do not appear to have stayed there (Acts 17:1 ). The name seems to have survived in the modern Pollina (Leake, Northern Greece , III, 458; Cousinéry, Voyage dans la Macédoine , I, 115).
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [12]
Apollo´nia, a city of Macedonia, in the province of Mygdonia, situated between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, thirty Roman miles from the former, and thirty-six from the latter. St. Paul passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia in his way to Thessalonica (Acts 17:1).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [13]
(Ἀπολλωνία , from Apollo), a city of Macedonia, in the province of Mygdonia (Plin. 4:17), situated between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, thirty Roman miles from the former, and thirty-six from the latter (Itiner. Anton. p. 320, 330; Itin. Hieros. p. 605; Tab. Peuting.). It was south of the lake Bolbe and north of the Chalcidian mountains (Athen. 8, 334). According to Stephen of Byzantium, it was founded by a colony of Corinthians and Corcyrians. The Apostle Paul passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia on his way to Thessalonica (Acts 17:1; see Conybeare and Howson's Life and Epistles of St. Paul, 1, 320, 321). It must not be confounded with a noted Apollonia in Illyria (see Kype, Obs. Sacr. 2, 81 sq.). The city here spoken of was situated on the "Egnatian Way" in the interior of the district of Chalcidice (Scylax, p. 27; Xen. Hist. Gr. 5,2). The ruins are called Pollina (Cramer's Anc. Gr. 1, 264).
(Ἀπολλωνία, a frequent Greek name of cities, probably given in this case by one of the Seleucidae), a town of Palestine, between Caesarea and Joppa (Stephen of Byz.; Ptol. 5,16; Pliny, 5,14; Peut. Tab.), one of those on the sea-shore taken by the Jews under Alexander Jannaeus (Joseph. Ant. 13, 15, 4), and afterward repaired by Gabinius (Joseph. War, 1, 8, 4). It is now Arsuf, a deserted village at the mouth of the Nahr Arsuf (Irby and Mangles, Trav. p. 189; Robinson, Research. 3, 46; Chesney, Expedition, 1, 490), a place famous under the Crusaders (Wilken, Kreuzz. 2, 17, 39, 102; 4:416; 7:325, 400, 425), by whom it was confounded with Antipatris (Ritter, Erdk. 16, 590).
a martyr of Alexandria, suffered with Metra, Quinta, and Serapion, in the year 249, when she was seized, and some one by a violent blow on the face knocked out many of her teeth; whence, in the Middle Ages, she was held to be the patroness against the toothache. Soon she was brought before the burning pile, and, on being asked to recant, reflected a moment, and then leaped into the fire. She is commemorated in the Roman Church on Feb. 9. Eusebius, Ch. Hist. 6, 41; Landon, Eccl. Dict. 1, 450.
References
- ↑ Apollonia from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Apollonia from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Apollonia from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Apollonia from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Apollonia from Hitchcock's Bible Names
- ↑ Apollonia from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Apollonia from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
- ↑ Apollonia from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Apollonia from People's Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Apollonia from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Apollonia from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Apollonia from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
- ↑ Apollonia from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
