Chios: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)
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Encyclopedia: Chios
Chios (Greek: Χίος, alternative transliterations Khios and Hios, Scio, Khora, Khóra, Sakiz, Castro and Kastron, see also List of traditional Greek place names; Ottoman Turkish: صاقيز Sakız; Genoese: Scio) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea five miles off the Turkish coasts.
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How to say "Chios" in other languages:
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(Chinese) | 希俄斯 |
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(German) | Chios |
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(Spanish) | Quíos |
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(French) | Chios |
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(Italian) | Chio |
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North Aegean is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. It consists of the prefectures of Chios, Lesbos and Samos...
Erasistratus of Chios (304? BC - 250? BC) was a Greek anatomist. He worked as royal physician under Seleucus I Nicator and founded a school of medicine in Alexandria...
best qualities grow in the Greek island of Chios...
The Erythraean Sibyl was the prophetess at Erythrae, a town in Ionia opposite Chios. The town was built by Neleus, the son of Codrus. This oracle prophecied Alexander the Great's divine parentage, according to legend. His mother, Olympias, was said to have had an affair with Zeus, the King of the...
Zakinthos Chios Lesbos Samos Arcadia Argolis Corinth Laconia Messinia Cyclades Dodecanese Kardhitsa...
by the Egyptians, Rhodians, and Pergamese in the Battle of Chios. In Rome, according to Livy, land...
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC - 350s BC - 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 359 BC 358 BC 357 BC 356 BC 355 BC 354 BC 353 BC 352 BC 351 BC 350 BC 349 BC Events Chios declares independence from Athens. The...
Bupalus and Athenis , were sons of Archermus, and members of the celebrated school of sculpture in marble which flourished in Chios in the 6th century BC. They were contemporaries of the poet Hipponax, whom they were said to have caricatured. Their works consisted almost entirely of draped female...
This is a list of Airports in Greece . Aristotelis Airport (in Kastoria) Astypalaia Airport Athens International Airport Cephallonia Airport (in Argostoli, Kefallinia) Chios Airport Diagoras Airport (in Rhodos) Dimokritos Airport (in Alexandroupolis) Dionysios Solomos Airport (in Zakynthos...
directly opposite the island of Chios. In the peninsula, excellent wine was produced. The town was... harbour to the acropolis. There is an active trade with Chios and Smyrna. This entry was originally from...
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