See also:

• CEOS (Gr. Kiws, mod. Zea or Tzia)

CEOS (Gr. Kiws, mod. Zea or Tzia)  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• AEGEAN

Aegean See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, belonging to the See also:

• GROUP

group of the See also:

• CYCLADES

Cyclades and the eparchy of See also:

• SYRA, or SYROS (anc. E6pos, perhaps Homeric lapin}, a Greek island in the middle of the Cyclades, which in the 19th century became the commercial centre of the Archipelago, and is also the residence of the nomarch of the Cyclades and the seat of the centr

Syra, 14 M. off the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• ATTICA

Attica . Its greatest length is about 15 M. and its breadth about 8 m . It rises gradually towards the centre, where it culminates in See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias, 1864 ft. high . Among its natural productions are lemons, citrons, See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey; it also exports a considerable quantity of valonia . There were formerly four towns of some importance in the island:—Iulis, about 3 M. from the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• SHORE

shore; Coressia, the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of Iulis, with a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo Smintheus in the neighbourhood; Carthaea, in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, with a temple of Apollo; and Poieessa in the south-west . Of these lulls is represented by the See also:

• TOWN

town of Zea, and Carthaea by the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of 'S tais Polais; traces of the other two can still be made out . Iulis was the birthplace of the lyric poets See also:

• SIMONIDES (or SEMONIDES) OF AMORGOS

Simonides and See also:

• BACCHYLIDES

Bacchylides, the philosophers Prodicus and Ariston, and the physician Erasistratus; the excellence of its See also:

• LAWS

laws was so generally recognized that the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Cean Laws passed into a See also:

• PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolµia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oiµos, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort)

proverb . One of them forbade a See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen to protract his See also:

• LIFE

life beyond sixty years . The See also:

• PEOPLE

people of See also:

• CEOS (Gr. Kiws, mod. Zea or Tzia)

Ceos fought on the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side at Artemisium and See also:

• SALAMIS

Salamis; they joined the Defian See also:

• LEAGUE

League and also the later Athenian See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance in 377 B.C . They revolted in 363-362, but were reduced again, and the Athenians established a See also:

• MONOPOLY (Gr. govomeXla or govoircaXwv, exclusive sale, from govds, alone, and irwXeiv, to sell)

monopoly of the ruddle, or red See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, which was one of the most valuable products of the island . In A.D . 1207 it was divided between four See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian adventurers; after forming See also:

• PART

part of the duchy of See also:

• NAXOS

Naxos in 1537, it passed under See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• RULE

rule in 1566 .

See also:

• SILVER

Silver coins of Carthaea and Coressia have been found dating from the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C . (see See also:

• NUMISMATICS
• NUMISMATICS (Lat. numisma, nomisma, a coin; from the Greek, derived from voj4 u', to use according to law)

NUMISMATICS: Greek, " Cyclades and See also:

• SPORADES (Gr. ErropaSes, from a-sretpew, to sow)

Sporades ") . The See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of the island is about 4000, of which the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital has about 2000 . See Pridik, De Cei Insulae See also:

• REBUS (Lat. rebus, " by things ")

rebus (1892) . (E .