Milesian
In
Irish mythology
, the
Milesians
were the descendants of
Míl Espáine
, the final invaders of
Ireland
who defeated and displaced the semi-divine
Tuatha Dé Danann
.
In the history of
Hellenic civilization
, the
Milesians
were the people of
Miletus
, a city in the
Anatolia
province of modern-day
Turkey
, who formed their own maritime empire throughout Turkey and into the
Crimea
.
There are three philosophers from the aforementioned Hellenic civilization, Miletus, who are commonly referred to as the
Milesian philosophers
. They are
Thales
,
Anaximander
, and
Anaximenes
.
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