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Chios (/ˈkaɪ.ɒs, ˈkaɪ.oʊs, ˈkiː-/; Greek: Χίος, romanized: Chíos [ˈçi.os] , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island,...
from Chios had been prominent in trade and diplomacy throughout the Black Sea, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean. The Ottoman Empire allowed Chios almost...
parents, Nick and Dorothy Lazaridis with original lineage to the island of Chios. He was five years old when his family moved to Canada in 1966, settling...
Pistacia lentiscus (redirect from Chios turpentine)grown in the south of the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea, where it is also known by the name "Chios tears". Originally liquid, it is hardened...- Meropis (section Further reading)Μεροπίς) is a fictional island mentioned by ancient Greek writer Theopompus of Chios in his work Philippica, which is only fragmentarily maintained via Aelian...
Thomas the Apostle (section Chios and Ortona)Patmos. Ortona's three galleys reached the island of Chios in 1258, led by General Leone Acciaiuoli. Chios was considered the island where Thomas, after his...- composed in his honor. He taught and wrote in Chios, leading a life of spiritual endeavor there. He loved Chios as his fatherland and as a place where piety...
- Theopompus (redirect from Theopompus of Chios)historian and rhetorician. Theopompus was born on the Aegean island of Chios. In his early youth, he seems to have spent some time at Athens, along with...
- Scymnus (redirect from Scymnus of Chios)Scymnus of Chios (Greek: Σκύμνος ὁ Xῖος; fl. c. 185 BC) was a Greek geographer. It was thought he was the author of the Periodos to Nicomedes, a work...
- literary and colloquial readings for certain Chinese characters are a common feature of many Chinese varieties, and the reading distinctions for these...
Samos (redirect from List of municipalities in Chios and Samos)romanized: Sámos) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese archipelago, and off the coast of western...
Sphinx (redirect from Sphinx of Modern Chios)Echidna and Typhon. The sphinx was the emblem of the ancient city-state of Chios, and appeared on seals and the obverse side of coins from the 6th century...
Erasistratus (redirect from Erasistratus of Chios)Stephanus of Byzantium refers to him as a native of Cos; Galen, as a native of Chios; and the emperor Julian, as a native of Samos. Pliny says he was the grandson...- Leotychidas II (section Further reading)110 ships at Aegina and later at Delos, supporting the Greek revolts at Chios and Samos against Persia. Leotychidas defeated Persian military and naval...
Battle of Chesma (section Further reading)Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman...- Social War (357–355 BC) (section Further reading)city-states of Chios, Rhodes, Cos and Byzantion. Provoked by Athens' increasingly dominating stance over the Second Athenian League, Chios, Rhodes, Cos...
Eratosthenes (section Further reading)philosophical lectures on living a virtuous life. He then studied under Aristo of Chios, who led a more cynical school of philosophy. He also studied under the...- Abstraction (mathematics) (section Further reading)Hippocrates of Chios. In the 17th century, Descartes introduced Cartesian co-ordinates which allowed the development of analytic geometry. Further steps in...
Vincent, Count Benedetti (section Further reading)eventually married a Greek slave woman who was a survivor of the Massacre of Chios. In 1848, he was made consul at Palermo, and in 1851, he accompanied the...
earlier Greek mathematicians, including Eudoxus of Cnidus, Hippocrates of Chios, Thales and Theaetetus. With Archimedes and Apollonius of Perga, Euclid...
- money, backed by offers of further private contributions. Furnished with these sums, and having procured from Chios a further remittance of five drachmas
- own are stronger by far, and fresher... [his painting 'The Massacre at Chios' was half done when he wrote this note]. autobiographical note in Delacroix'