Near Megara an elderly robber named Sciron

Megara (Greek: Μέγαρα) is an ancient city (pop. 23,032 in 2001) in Attica, Greece. It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by Athens. Megara was one of the four districts of Attica, embodied in the four mythic sons of King Pandion II, of whom Nisos was the ruler of Megara. Megara was also a trade port, its people using their ships and wealth as a way to gain leverage on armies of neighboring poleis. Megara specialized in the exportation of wool and other animal products including livestock such as horses. It possessed two harbors, Pegae, to the west on the Corinthian Gulf and Nisaea, to the east on the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea.

At the first site, which was Epidaurus, sacred to Apollo and the healer Aesculapius, Theseus turned the tables on the chthonic bandit, the "clubber" Periphetes, who beat his opponents into the Earth, and took from him the stout staff that often identifies Theseus in vase-paintings. At the time, Theseus was called the Mother Dog for many reasons. think knights who heal the light

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Ancient Greek and Modern Greek pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. Today, pronunciation of Ancient Greek is mostly based on Erasmian pronunciation. However, native Greek speakers use Modern Greek pronunciations for Ancient Greek words and phrases.

See Ancient Greek phonology and Modern Greek phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of these languages.

Consonants
Greek
alphabet IPA Examples English equivalent
for Modern Greek
Anc. Mod.
β b v βίος [ˈvios] vet
γ ɡ ɣ γάλα [ˈɣala]
ʝ[1] γη [ʝi] yellow
δ d ð δημοκρατία [ðimokraˈtia] then
ζ dz[2] z ζώνη [ˈzoni] zero
θ tʰ θ θεολογία [θeoloˈʝia] thing
κ k k καλός [kaˈlos] sky
c[1] κύκλος [ˈciklos] somewhat like key
λ l l λεξικό [leksiˈko] lie
ʎ[3] Ελιά [eˈʎa] million
μ m m μηχανικός [mixaniˈkos] mine
ν n n νέος [ˈneos] nine
ɲ[3] νιότη [ˈɲoti] onion
ξ ks ξενοφοβία [ksenofoˈvia] tax
π p πρόγραμμα [ˈproɣrama] spy
ρ r r[4] ρητορική [ritoriˈci] trilled r, as in Italian and Spanish
ῥ r̥[5]
σ[6] s σύστημα [ˈsistima] sea
τ t τηλέφωνο [tiˈlefono] step
φ pʰ f φαινόμενο [feˈnomeno] fly
χ kʰ x χάος [ˈxaos] loch (Scottish)
ç[1] χειρόγραφος [çiˈroɣrafos] (often) human
ψ ps ψυχοθεραπεία [psixoθeraˈpia] tips
γγ ŋɡ, ŋɣ[7] αγγούρι [aŋˈguri]/συγγραφέας [siŋɣraˈfeas] finger
ɲɟ, ŋʝ[1][7] άγγελος [ˈaɲɟelos]/εγγενής [eɲʝeˈnis] angel
γκ ɡ, ŋɡ[7] εγκώμιο [eŋˈgomio] good, finger
ɟ, ɲɟ[1][7] εγκυκλοπαίδεια [eɲɟikloˈpeðia] argue, angular
γχ ŋx[7] άγχος [ˈaŋxos]
ɲç[1][7] εγχείριση [eɲˈçirisi]
γξ ŋks έλεγξα [ˈeleŋksa] thanks
μπ b, mb[7] εμπάθεια [emˈbaθia] book, amble
ντ d, nd[7] εντάξει [enˈdaksi] duck, under
τσ ts τσάι [ˈtsai] cats
τζ dz τζαζ [ˈdzaz] pads

Vowels
Greek
alphabet IPA Examples English equivalent
for Modern Greek
Anc. Mod.
α a a αλφάβητο [alˈfavito] tar, spa
aː
αι ai e between bet and bait
ε e ενέργεια [eˈnerʝia]
ει eː i[8][9] ενέργεια [eˈnerʝia] seem
η ɛː Ηθική [iθiˈci]
ι i ιστορία [istoˈria]
iː
υ[10] y υγιεινή [iʝiiˈni]
yː
οι ɔi οικονομία [ikonoˈmia]
υι υιός [iˈos]
ο o o οργανισμός [orɣanizˈmos] hope
ω ɔː ώρα [ˈora]
αυ au av, af αύρα [ˈavra] /αυθεντικός [afθendiˈkos] [a] then [v] / [f]
ευ eu ev, ef ευρώπη [evˈropi] / ευφορία[efoˈria] [e] then [v] / [f]
ηυ ɛːu iv, if εφηύρα [eˈfivra] / ηυξημένος [ifksiˈmenos] [i] then [v] / [f]
ου oː u ουτοπία [utoˈpia] boot
Stress and tone
IPA Examples
Ancient Greek
á Acute: High tone on short vowels.
àá Rising to high tone on long vowels and diphthongs.
à Grave: low tone.
áà Circumflex: High and falling tone on long vowels and diphthongs.
Modern Greek
'a άλλος
[ˈallos] Stress mark: placed before the stressed syllable or vowel.
Represented in monotonic orthography by tonos.
Occurs on one of final three syllables, including any enclitics.
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1. ^ a b c d e f ‹γ›, ‹κ›, ‹χ›, ‹γγ›, ‹γκ›, ‹γχ› represent palatal [ʝ c ç ɲɟ ɲç] only before the front vowels [i] and [e]. The velar and palatal series series are sometimes analyzed as allophones of a single dorsal series.
2. ^ Also may have been /zd/.
3. ^ a b [ʎ] and [ɲ] are usually analysed as clusters of /li/ and /ni/ respectively, and are also spelled accordingly in Greek orthography. Palatalized pronunciation presupposes the presence of yet another vowel after the palatalized consonant and its following /i/. If there is no subsequent second vowel, palatalization does not occur.
4. ^ May be a tap [ɾ] intervocalically.
5. ^ May have been /rʰ/.
6. ^ ‹σ› represents [z] before [b v m r ɣ] eg: Σμήνος [ˈzminos]
7. ^ a b c d e f g h γκ, μπ, ντ usually represent [ŋg~ɲɟ mb nd] when found in the middle of a Greek word, [g~ɟ b d] when found in any foreign word or in the beginning of the a Greek one. eg: αμπέλι [amˈbeli], μπαμπάς {{IPA[baˈbas]}}
8. ^ The large number of mergers into Modern Greek /i/ is called Iotacism.
9. ^ Letters normally representing /i/ can also indicate a palatal pronunciation of dorsal consonants when appearing before other vowels: i.e instead of velar [ɣ k x ɡ], palatal [ʝ c ç ɟ] occur (eg: γιαγιά [ʝaˈʝa], κιόλας [ˈcolas], χιόνι [ˈçoni], μαγκιά [maˈɟa]. A similar process has a palatal fricative follow other consonants; [ʝ] follows voiced consonants [v b d ð z r] (eg: χέρια [ˈcerʝa], βαριέμαι [varˈʝeme]) and [ç follows voiceless consonants [f p θ t s ts] (eg: καρφιά [karfˈça], ποιος [pços], ρεβύθια [reˈviθça]). Similarly [ɲ] follows [m] under similar situations (eg: μια [mɲa], καλαμιά [kalaˈmɲa]
10. ^ When following a vowel, ‹υ› represents a pronunciation with [f] before ‹θ›, ‹κ›, ‹ξ›, ‹π›, ‹σ›, ‹τ›, ‹φ›, ‹χ›, ‹ψ›, and a pronunciation with [v] elsewhere.

[edit] External links

* Greek dictionary with pronunciation
* The Details of Modern Greek Phonetics and Phonology

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Near Megara an elderly robber named Sciron forced travellers along the narrow cliff-face pathway to wash his feet. While they knelt, he kicked them off the cliff behind them, where they were eaten by a sea monster (or, in some versions, a giant turtle). Theseus pushed him off the cliff.http://wiki.ask.com/Theseus

Sciron was from new magara and not of athens. It was the Magar area of hunland, gumagaria, Hungaria. in this tale the magar washes your feet in the dunube, like hisler of hindus who stood in the waters.
The washing of feet forces you to humble yourself as a servant might. to clean of the sut of the feet that had walked the narrow path to its authority. The narrow path was to lead to the giant turtles of islands far flung or to sea monsters with seven heads rising in the west. which really is east of you go the other way. The way was to narrow made that way for no one to win cause asked to bow you would have failed , not doing so before that. To wash his feet you must buck his heart and prove yourself equal with no more than a martial arts bow, one of priestly equalityy, they both knee as equals or shoukld, but if the wscyron
Magaria was mania to be equal to wash each otehrs feet as equal to allow it to be devoired by the writs of the west
cause this means Magaria was mania
and on;;ly a true equa;l could win the heart of its people usurping authority as the otehr flees middle earth west ward and allows the new equal, the next us, the nexus have authority as the,m.

* Another of these enemies was Cercyon, king at the holy site of Eleusis, who challenged passers-by to a wrestling match and, when he had beaten them, killed them. Theseus beat Cercyon at wrestling and then killed him instead. In interpretations of the story that follow the formulas of Frazer's The Golden Bough, Cercyon was a "year-King", who was required to do annual battle for his life, for the good of his kingdom, and was succeeded by the victor. Theseus overturned this archaic religious rite by refusing to be sacrificed.

* The last bandit was Procrustes, the Stretcher, who had two beds, one of which he offered to passers-by in the plain of Eleusis. He then made them fit into it, either by stretching them or by cutting off their feet. Since he had two beds of different lengths, no one would fit. Theseus turned the tables on Procrustes, although it is not said whether he cut Procrustes to size or stretched him to fit.

Each of these sites was a very sacred place already of great antiquity when the deeds of Theseus were first attested in painted ceramics, which predate the literary texts. Ibid from citing above.