See also:

• CYTHERA (mod. Cerigo, but still officially known as Cythera)

CYTHERA (mod. Cerigo, but still officially known as Cythera)  , one of the Ionian islands, situated not less than 150 M. from See also:

• ZANTE (anc. Zacynthus)

Zante, but only about 8 m. from Cape Malea on the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

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

coast of See also:

• GREECE

Greece . Its length from N. to S. is nearly 20 m., and its greatest breadth about 12; its See also:

• AREA

area is 114 sq. m . The See also:

• SURFACE

surface is rocky and broken, but streams abound, and there are various parts of considerable fertility . Two caves, of imposing dimensions, and adorned with See also:

• STALACTITES (Gr. (rraXaicros, from vraXaQVecv, to drip)

stalactites of See also:

• GREAT

great beauty, are the most notable among its natural peculiarities; one is situated at the seaward end of the glen of the Mylopotamus, and the other, named See also:

• SANTA

Santa See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia, about two See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours' ride from Capsali (Kapsali) . Less of the ground is cultivated and more of it is in pasture See also:

• LAND

land than in any other of the seven islands . Some See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn are produced, and the quality of the See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive oil is See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good . The 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 is still highly prized, as it was in remote antiquity; and a considerable quantity of See also:

• CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese is manufactured from the i See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk of the See also:

• GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat . See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

Salt, See also:

• FLAX

flax, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton and currants are also mentioned among the produce . The See also:

• PEOPLE

people are industrious, and many of them seek employment as labourers in the Morea and See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor . Owing to See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration, the See also:

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

population appears to be steadily diminishing, and is now only about 6000, or less than See also:

• HALF

half what it was in 1857 . Unfortunately the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island has hardly a See also:

• REGULAR

regular 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 on any See also:

• PART

part of the coast; from its situation at the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting, as it were, of seas, the currents in the neighbourhood are strong, and storms are very frequent . The best anchorage is at See also:

• SAN

San Nicolo, at the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the eastern See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the island .

The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• VILLAGE

village is Capsali, a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of about 1500 inhabitants, at the southern extremity, with a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, and several convents and churches; the lesser hamlets are Modari, Potamo and San Nicolo . There are comparatively few traces of antiquity, and the See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient cities has been disputed . The See also:

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

capital, which See also:

• BORE

bore the same name as the island, was at Paleo-Kastro, about 3 M. from the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• PORT

port of Avlemona . In the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St Kosmas are preserved some of the archaic Doric columns of the famous See also:

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

temple of See also:

• APHRODITE

Aphrodite of See also:

• CYTHERA (mod. Cerigo, but still officially known as Cythera)

Cythera, whose See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship had been introduced from See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, and ultimately spread over Greece . According to the accepted See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, it was here that the goddess first landed when she emerged from the 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 . At a very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early date Cythera was the seat of a Phoenician See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement, established in connexion with the See also:

• PURPLE

purple See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery of the neighbouring coast; it is said that it was therefore called Porphyris (cf . See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny iv . 18,19) . For a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time dependent on See also:

• ARGOS

Argos, it became afterwards an important See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the Spartans, who annually despatched a See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor named the Cytherodices . In the Peloponnesian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, See also:

• NICIAS
• NICIAS (d. 414 B.C.)

Nicias occupied the island, but in 421 it was recovered by See also:

• SPARTA (Gr. Eirapril or AaKe5atycav)

Sparta . Its See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• HISTORY

history has been very much the same as that of the other Ionian islands; but it was subject to See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice for a much shorter See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period-from 1717 to 1797 . See the See also:

• WORKS

works referred to under See also:

• CEPHALONIA (Ital. Cefalonia, ancient and modern official Greek Cephallenia, Ke¢aXMvia)

CEPHALONIA, and also Weil, in Mitiheil. d. See also:

• DEUTSCH, IMMANUEL OSCAR MENAHEM (1829-1873)

deutsch .

Inst. zu Athen (188o), pp . 224-243 .