Pella
Proper noun
Meaning
(historical) An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.
A regional unit of Greece in its periphery of Central Macedonia.
A town of Greece in Central Macedonia.
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After his defeat, Pella complained that there had been a double standard because the group of French and Belgian players had been allowed to play despite having had close contact with Paire.
By way of apology for Clement, Farnell suggests "human sacrifice was occasionally an adjunct of hero-cults, and this at Pella may have been an exceptional rite prescribed at a crisis by some later oracle."
In 347 BC, an Athenian delegation, comprising Demosthenes, Aeschines and Philocrates, was officially sent to Pella to negotiate a peace treaty.
However, when an Athenian delegation arrived at Pella to put Phillip under oath, which was required to conclude the treaty, he was campaigning abroad.
J. K. S. Reid (London: Lutterworth, 1949) According to a tradition recorded by Eusebius and Epiphanius, the Jerusalem church fled to Pella at the outbreak of the Great Jewish Revolt (66-70 EC).
Kody Huisman (Pella High School) - Huisman's team had a first round bye for the playoffs, the Dutch will face Winterset next week.