Talk:Cyrene, Libya
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Hello,
I would like to propose some changes to this article in order to make it easier to read.
I thought it might be beneficial if the article had a brief introduction paragraph, like most Wikipedia articles. then subsections (ex: Early History, Geography, Religion, Modern Times, etc..). There is a lot of very interesting information in the article, but the lack of structural organization makes it choppy and difficult to read.
Also, the syntax and grammar of some sentences should be revised. Here are some sentences that should be revised/discussed about and then edited:
"Cyrene, the ancient Greek city (in present-day Libya) was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region and gave eastern Libya the classical name 'Cyrenaica' that it has retained to modern times."
"Cyrene was founded as a colony of the Greeks of Thera, traditionally led by Aristotle (later called Battus) of Thera, about 630 BC, ten miles from its port, Apollonia (Marsa Sousa). "
"Cyrene was the birthplace of Eratosthenes and there are a number of philosophers associated with the city including Callimachus, Carneades, Aristippus and Arete, and Synesius, bishop of Ptolemais in the 4th century CE."
"In 74 BC Cyrene was created a Roman province; but, whereas under the Ptolemies the Jewish inhabitants had enjoyed equal rights, they now found themselves increasingly oppressed by the now autonomous and much larger Greek population."
"Tensions came to a head in the insurrection of the Jews of Cyrene under Vespasian (AD 73) and especially Trajan (AD 117). "
"The names of six Christian bishops are known: according to Byzantine legend the first was St. Lucius (Acts 13:1); St. Theodorus suffered martyrdom under Diocletian; about 370 Philo dared to consecrate by himself a bishop for Hydra, and was succeeded by his own nephew, Philo; Rufus sided with Dioscorus at the so-called Robber Synod (Latrocinium) of Ephesus in 449; Leontius lived about 600."
"Other ancient structures include a Temple to Demeter and a partially unexcavated Temple to Zeus (the latter was intentionally damaged under orders of Moammar Al Qadhafi in the summer of 1978). " [source needed for "intentionally damaged"]
Davelapo555 05:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
