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"psythias or psythia?" / "ater the 7th–6th centuries BCE" effectively means "after the 6th century BCE" / what is a "pseudo-polis"? Ionia was a whole region, wasn't it?
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'''Ionia''' was a pseudo-''polis'' located on the western coast of [[Anatolia]], present-day [[Turkey]].
'''Ionia''' was an ancient region located on the western coast of [[Anatolia]], present-day [[Turkey]].


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
Ionia was known for its variety of white grapes called ''psythias'' or ''psythia'' which produced a very sweet wine known today as Liasto.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – Wine: "Drying the Grapes"</ref> Another claim to fame from the region was as the birthplace for Greek philosophy after the 7th-6th centuries BCE. The first philosophers dedicated themselves to natural philosophy and were called ''physikoi'' or ''physiologoi''.<ref>''Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece'' – School of Greece - Philosophy: "Philosophy and Greece"</ref>  
Ionia was known for its variety of white grapes called ''psythia'' which produced a very sweet wine known today as Liasto.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – Wine: "Drying the Grapes"</ref> Another claim to fame from the region was being the birthplace of Greek philosophy after the 6th century BCE. The first philosophers dedicated themselves to natural philosophy and were called ''physikoi'' or ''physiologoi''.<ref>''Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece'' – School of Greece - Philosophy: "Philosophy and Greece"</ref>  


==Appearances==
==Appearances==

Revision as of 15:48, 19 April 2021


Ionia was an ancient region located on the western coast of Anatolia, present-day Turkey.

Legacy

Ionia was known for its variety of white grapes called psythia which produced a very sweet wine known today as Liasto.[1] Another claim to fame from the region was being the birthplace of Greek philosophy after the 6th century BCE. The first philosophers dedicated themselves to natural philosophy and were called physikoi or physiologoi.[2]

Appearances

References

  1. Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – Wine: "Drying the Grapes"
  2. Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – School of Greece - Philosophy: "Philosophy and Greece"