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10 Facts About Mithradates VI, the “Poison King” of Ancient Pontus
Born in 135 BCE, he ruled as the king of Pontus, a small province on the edge of the Black Sea in what is now northern Turkey. He is also known as the “poison king”—though not just because ...
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
Other sources claim that the Telchines are the children of the primordial gods Pontus and Gaia, the personifications of the sea and the earth, respectively. Still, others believe that Thalassa ...