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Democritus [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] (748 words) |
 | His father was from a noble family and of great wealth, and contributed largely towards the entertainment of the army of Xerxes on his return to Asia. |
| After several years of traveling, Democritus returned to Abdera, with no means of subsistence. |
| According to the law of Abdera, whoever wasted his patrimony would be deprived of the rites of burial. |
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Abdera (468 words) |
| Abdera, was a town on the coast of Thrace near the mouth of the Nestos, and not far from the Greek island Thasos., today it is a village part of the municipality of Abdera in the prefecture Xanthi in Greece. |
| Abdera Coin with the Gryphon, 5th century BC The town seems to have declined in importance after the middle of the 4th century. |
| Abdera is a titular see in the province of Rhodope on the southern coast of Thrace, now called Bouloustra, Boloustra, Voloustra or Vouloustra (gr. |
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