SCYROS  , a small rocky barren 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, off the See also:

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

coast of See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly, containing a See also:

• TOWN

town of the same name . In 469 B.C. it was conquered by the Athenians under See also:

• CIMON [Kiµwp] (c. 507-449)

Cimon, and it was probably about 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 that the legends arose which connect it with the See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero See also:

• THESEUS

Theseus, who was said to have been treacherously slain and buried there . A mythic claim was thus formed to justify the Athenian attack, and Cimon brought back the bones of Theseus to See also:

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

Athens in See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph . The inhabitants of Scyros before the Athenian See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest were Dolopes (Thuc. g8); but other accounts speak of See also:

• PELASGIANS

Pelasgians or Carians as the earliest inhabitants . There was a See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary of See also:

• ACHILLES
• ACHILLES (Gr. 'AxtXXeus)

Achilles on the island, and numerous traditions connect Scyros with that hero . He was concealed, disguised as a woman, in the See also:

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

palace of Lycomedes, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the island, when his See also:

• MOTHER

mother wished to keep him back from the Trojan See also:

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

War; he was discovered there by See also:

• ODYSSEUS (in Latin Ulixes, incorrectly written Ulysses)

Odysseus, and gladly accompanied him to See also:

• TROY
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy . An entirely different See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle of legends relate the conquest of Scyros by Achilles . The actual See also:

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

worship on the island of a hero or See also:

• GOD

god named Achilles, and the probable kinship of its inhabitants with a Thessalian See also:

• PEOPLE

people, whose hero Achilles also was, See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the legends . Scyros was See also:

• LEFT

left, along with See also:

• LEMNOS (mod. Limnos)

Lemnos and See also:

• IMBROS

Imbros, to the Athenians by the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of Antalcides (387 B.C.) . It was taken by See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip, and continued under Macedonian See also:

• RULE

rule till 196, when the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans restored it to Athens, in whose See also:

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

possession it remained throughout the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

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

period . It was sacked by an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of Goths, HerDli and Peucini, in A.D . 269 .

The See also:

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

ancient See also:

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

city was situated on a lofty rocky See also:

• PEAK, THE

peak, on the See also:

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

north-eastern coast, where the See also:

• MODERN

modern town of St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George now stands . A See also:

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

temple of See also:

• ATHENA (the Attic form of the Homeric Athene, also called Athenaia, Pallas Athene, Pallas)

Athena, the See also:

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

chief goddess of Scyros, was on the See also:

• SHORE

shore near the town . The island has a small stream, called in ancient times Cephissus .