Elea
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Velia historical
Example
More examples"Parmenides wrote about 470 B. C. He is represented as a serious and influential man, with a high moral character. He exercised strong influence upon such philosophers as Plato and Democritus, and was a political power in the city of Elea, of which he was a native. He was not a stranger to the Pythagoreans. The large fragment of his poem is the most ancient monument extant of metaphysical speculation among the Greeks."
Etymology
From Latin Hyele, from Ancient Greek Ὑέλη (Huélē).
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