Hippios
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Hippios may be:
  • Kolonos Hippios, a deme of Attica
  • a short running distance in Ancient Greece
    Ancient Greece
    Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...

    . It was 4 stades (800 ancient feet) long. This is approximately 750 metres, which is probably similar to the 800 metre dash in the modern Olympics.http://minbar.cs.dartmouth.edu/greecom/olympics/glossary/

  • Poseidon
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