NAXOS  , the earliest See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, was founded by Theocles from See also:

• CHALCIS

Chalcis in 735 B.C., on the E. See also:

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

coast, S. of Tauromenium (mod . See also:

• TAORMINA (ancient Tauromenium)

Taormina), in a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-lying situation just N. of the mouth of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• ALCANTARA

Alcantara, where the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Schiso now stands . The See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of the name of Naxos, the 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, seems to indicate that there were Naxians among its founders . Within a few years it became strong enough to found See also:

• LEONTINI (mod. Lentini)

Leontini and Catana . Naxos was the warmest ally of See also:

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

Athens in the Sicilian expedition . In 403 B.C. it was destroyed by See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

Dionysius and handed over to the Sicels, but was never rebuilt . Its See also:

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

place was supplied in 358 by Tauromenium . Scanty traces of its walls are to be seen, of irregular blocks of See also:

• LAVA

lava, especially on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, parallel to the river (E . A . See also:

• FREEMAN
• FREEMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1823-1892)

Freeman, Inst. of Sic. i . 323) . Without the See also:

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

city stood the See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo Archegetes, at which all sacred embassies that See also:

• LEFT

left Sicily sacrificed before their departure (Thuc. vi .

3) .