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. According to the legend, the city of Marseille would have arisen from a love story between the Greek sailor Protis and princess Gyptis: ” … At about the year 600 before j.c, Greek ships come from the city of PHOCEE in IONIE on the west coast of Asia Minor, accost in the creek of the current old harbor. The boats heavy at anchor and under cover at the bottom of the future old harbor, the heads of the expedition SIMOS and PROTIS fussed then in the installation of their small colony on the bank. Aware of the precariousness of their situation, isolated by their homeland and few, the Greeks good strategists, try then to knot cordial relationships with the inhabitants of the sector: the segobriges, a tribe ligure which populates neighbourhood. King NAN, leader of the Ségobriges, reigns then over this big territory. The Phocaean offered him their friendship and, with the episode of the cup of water offered by the girl of king, Gyptis to Protis, both young people got married and the Phocaean established Marseille … “ read about Gyptis project: bulletins-electroniques/actualites/73890.htm
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 06:10:38 +0000

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