See also:

• HYDRA
• HYDRA (or SDRA, NIDRA, IDERO, &c.; anc. Hydrea)
• HYDRA (watersnake)

HYDRA (or SDRA, NIDRA, IDERO, &c.; anc. Hydrea)  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, lying about 4 M. off the S.E. See also:

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

coast of Argolis in the See also:

• PELOPONNESUS (" Island of Pelops ")

Peloponnesus, and forming along with the neighbouring island of Dokos (Dhoko) the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• HYDRA
• HYDRA (or SDRA, NIDRA, IDERO, &c.; anc. Hydrea)
• HYDRA (watersnake)

Hydra . Pop. about 6200 . The greatest length from See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

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

west to See also:

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

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east is about 1 r m., and the See also:

• AREA

area is about 21 sq. m.; but it is little better than a rocky and treeless See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge with hardly a patch or two of arable See also:

• SOIL

soil . Hence the See also:

• EPIGRAM

epigram of Antonios Kriezes to the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of Greece: " The island produces prickly See also:

• PEARS

pears in abundance, splendid 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 captains and excellent See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime ministers." The highest point, See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Ere, so called (according to Miaoules) from the Albanian word for See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind, is 1958 ft. high . The next in importance is known as the See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

Prophet See also:

• ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias, from the large See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of that name on its See also:

• SUMMIT

summit . It was there that the patriot See also:

• THEODORUS, FLAVIUS MALLIUS

Theodorus Kolokotrones was imprisoned, and a large See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree is still called after him . The fact that in former times the island was richly clad with See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods is indicated by the name still employed by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks, Tchamliza, the See also:

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

place of pines; but it is only in some favoured spots that a few trees are now to be found . Tradition also has it that it was once a well-watered island (hence the designation Hydrea), but the inhabitants are now wholly dependent on the See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply, and they have sometimes had to bring See also:

• WATER

water from the mainland . This lack of fountains is probably to be ascribed in See also:

• PART

part to the effect of earthquakes, which are not infrequent; that of 1769 continued for six whole days . Hydra, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town, is built near the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern coast, on a very irregular site, consisting of three hills and the intervening ravines . From the sea its See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand-some houses See also:

• PRESENT

present a picturesque See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, and its streets though narrow are clean and attractive . Besides the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal 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, See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round which the town is built, there are three other ports on the north coast—Mandraki, Molo, Panagia, but none of them is sufficiently sheltered .

Almost all the See also:

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

population of the island is collected in the chief town, which is the seat of 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 has a See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, numerous churches and a high school . 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 See also:

• SILK

silk See also:

• WEAVING

weaving, tanning and See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding are carried on, and there is a fairly active See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . Hydra was of no importance in See also:

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

ancient times . The only fact in its See also:

• HISTORY

history is that the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Hermione (a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on the neighbouring mainland now known by the See also:

• COMMON

common name of Kastri) surrendered it to Samian refugees, and that from these the people of Troezen received it in See also:

• TRUST

trust . It appears to be completely ignored by the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine chroniclers . In z58o it was chosen as a See also:

• REFUGE

refuge by a See also:

• BODY

body of Albanians from Kokkinyas in Troezenia; and other emigrants followed in 1590, 1628, 1635, 1640, &c . At the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 17th See also:

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

century the Hydriotes took part in the reviving See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce of the Peloponnesus; and in course of 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 they extended their range . About 1716 they began to build sakturia (of from ro to 15 tons See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden), and to visit the islands of the See also:

• AEGEAN

Aegean; not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long after they introduced the latinadika (40-5o tons), and sailed as far as See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria, See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, See also:

• TRIESTE (Ger. Triest; Slay. Trst; the Roman Tergeste, q.v.)

Trieste and See also:

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

Venice; and by and by they ventured to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and even See also:

• AMERICA

America . From the See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain trade of south See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia more especially they derived See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WEALTH

wealth . In 1813 there were about 22,000 people in the island, and of these 10,000 were seafarers . At the time of the outbreak of the See also:

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

war of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence the See also:

• TOTAL

total population was 28,190, of whom 16,46o were natives and the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest foreigners . One of their chief families, the Konduriotti, was See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth £2,000,000 .

Into the struggle the Hydriotes flung themselves with rare See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm and devotion, and the final deliverance of Greece was mainly due to the service rendered by their fleets . See Pouqueville, Voy. de In Grece, vol. vi.; Antonios Miaoules, 'Twhµvriµa siEpl riffs vifeov "TSpas (See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, 1834); Id . Evvo7rrucii ieropia r 'v vav,2axtWV SIG, rWv s-Xoiwv r,'v rplwv vi)elilv, "TSpas, IIErcrws sal 'Yapiav (See also:

• NAUPLIA

Nauplia, 1833); Id . 'Ieropia rte viieov "TSpas (See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, 1874); G . D . Kriezes, 'Ieropia rift vifeov "TSpas (See also:

• PATRAS (Gr. Patrai)

Patras, 1860) .