See also:

• MELDS (mod. Milo)

MELDS (mod. See also:

• MILO
• MILO, TITUS ANNIUS

Milo)  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of 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 (See also:

• CYCLADES

Cyclades See also:

• GROUP

group), at the S.W. corner of the See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago, 75 M. due E. from the See also:

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

coast of See also:

• LACONIA
• LACONIA (Gr. AaKWVLK1])

Laconia . From E. to W. it See also:

• MEASURES

measures about 14 m., from N. to S . 8 m., and its See also:

• AREA

area is estimated at 52 q. m . The greater portion is rugged and hilly, culminating in See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias in the See also:

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

west (2538 ft.) . Like 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 of the cluster, the island is of volcanic origin, with See also:

• TUFF (Ital. tufo)

tuff, See also:

• TRACHYTE (Gr. rpaxus, rough)

trachyte and See also:

• OBSIDIAN

obsidian among its See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary rocks . The natural 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, which, with a See also:

• DEPTH

depth diminishing from 70 to 30 fathoms, strikes in from the See also:

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

north- west so as to cut the island into two fairly equal portions, with an See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus not more than i; m. broad, is the hollow of the prin- cipal See also:

• CRATER

crater . In one of the caves on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south coast the See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat isstill See also:

• GREAT

great, and on the eastern See also:

• SHORE

shore of the harbour there are hot sulphurous springs . See also:

• SULPHUR

Sulphur is found in abundance on the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of Mount Kalamo and elsewhere . 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 See also:

• ALUM

alum of Melos was reckoned next to that of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt (See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny See also:

• XXXV

xxxv. i5 [52]), and millstones, 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 (from a See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

marsh at the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east end of the harbour), and See also:

• GYPSUM

gypsum are still exported . The Melian 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 (See also:

• YII

yii M,l?cas) was employed as a pigment by ancient artists . See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange, See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive, See also:

• CYPRESS (Cupressus)

cypress and arbutus trees grow throughout the island, which, however, is too dry to have any profusion of vegetation . The See also:

• VINE

vine, the 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 plant and See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley are the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of cultivation .

Pop . (1907), 4864 (See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune), 12,774 (See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province) . The harbour See also:

• TOWN

town is Adamanta; from this there is an ascent to the See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau above the harbour, on which are situated Plaka, the See also:

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

chief town, and Kastro, rising on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill above it, and other villages . The ancient town of Melos was nearer to the entrance of the harbour than Adamanta, and occupied the slope between the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Trypete and the landing-See also:

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

place at Klima . Here is a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman date and some remains of town walls and other buildings, one with a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

mosaic excavated by the See also:

• BRITISH

British school at See also:

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

Athens in 1896 . Numerous fine See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art have been found on this site, notably the See also:

• APHRODITE

Aphrodite of Melos in the Louvre, the Asclepius in the British Museum, and the See also:

• POSEIDON

Poseidon and an archaic See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo in Athens . The position of Melos, between See also:

• GREECE

Greece and See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete, and its See also:

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

possession of obsidian, made it an important centre of See also:

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

early Aegean See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization . At this 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 the chief See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was at the place now called Phylakopi, on the north-east coast . Here the excavations of the British school cleared many houses, including a See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of " Mycenaean" type; there is also a town See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall . See also:

• PART

Part of the site has been washed away by the sea . The antiquities found were of three main periods, all preceding the Mycenean See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of Greece . Much pottery was found, including examples of a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, with decorative designs, mostly floral, and also considerable deposits of obsidian .

There are some traditions of a Phoenician occupation of Melos . In See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical times the island was occupied by See also:

• DORIANS

Dorians from Laconia . In the 6th See also:

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

century it again produced a remarkable See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of vases, of large See also:

• SIZE

size, with mythological subjects and orientalizing ornamentation (see See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

GREEK ART, fig . 9), and also a series of terra-See also:

• COTTA
• COTTA, BERNHARD VON (1808—1879)
• COTTA, GAIUS AURELIUS (c. 124—73 B.c.)

cotta reliefs . Though Melos inhabitants sent a contingent to the Greek See also:

• FLEET

fleet at See also:

• SALAMIS

Salamis, it held aloof from the See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic See also:

• LEAGUE

league, and sought to remain neutral during the Peloponnesian See also:

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

War . But in 416 B.C. the Athenians, having attacked the island and compelled the Melians to surrender, slew all the men capable of bearing arms, made slaves of the See also:

• WOMEN

women and See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, and introduced 500 Athenian colonists . See also:

• LYSANDER (Gr. Abcavdpos)

Lysander restored the island to its Dorian possessors, but it never recovered its former prosperity . There were many Jewish settlers in Melos in the beginning of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian era, and See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity was early introduced . During the " Frankish " See also:

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

period the island formed part of the duchy of See also:

• NAXOS

Naxos, except for the few years (1341–1383) when it was a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate lordship under Marco Sanudo and his daughter . Antimelos or Antimilo, 5i M. north-west of See also:

• MILO
• MILO, TITUS ANNIUS

Milo, is an uninhabited See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of trachyte, often called Eremomilo or See also:

• DESERT

Desert Melos . Kimolos, or Argentiera, less than r m. to the north-east, was famous in antiquity for its See also:

• FIGS

figs and See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

fuller's earth (KcµwAia yi), and contained a considerable See also:

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

city, the remains of which See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the cliff of St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews . Polinos, Polybos or Polivo` (anc .

Polyaegos) lies rather more than a mile south-east of Kimolos . It was the subject of dispute between the Melians and Kimolians . It has See also:

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

long been almost uninhabited . See Leycester, " The Volcanic Group of Milo, See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

Anti-Milo, &c.," in Jour . See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy . Geog . See also:

• SOC

Soc . (1852) ; See also:

• TOURNEFORT, JOSEPH PITTON DE (1656-1708)

Tournefort, Voyage; See also:

• LEAKE, WILLIAM MARTIN (1777-186o)

Leake, See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern Greece, iii . ; Prokesch von Osten, Denkwurdigkeiten, &c.; See also:

• BURSIAN, CONRAD (1830–1883)

Bursian, Geog. von Griechenland, ii.; Journ . See also:

• HELL (0. Eng. hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning " to cover," cf. Ger. Holle, Dutch hel)

Hell . See also:

• STUD

Stud. xvi., xvii., xviii.; Excavations at Phylakopi ; Incr. See also:

• GRAM

gram xii. iii . 197 sqq .

; on coins found in 1909, see See also:

• JAMESON (or JAMESONE), GEORGE (c. 1587–1644)
• JAMESON, ANNA BROWNELL (1794-1860)
• JAMESON, LEANDER STARR (1853– )
• JAMESON, ROBERT (1774-1854)

Jameson in Rev . Num . 1909, 188 sqq . (E .