VOLO  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and seaport of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

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

coast of See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the gulf to which it gives its name . Pop . (1907) 23,319 . It is the See also:

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

chief seaport and second See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial town of Thessaly, connected by See also:

• RAIL

rail with the town of See also:

• LARISSA (Turk. Yeni Shehr, " new town ")

Larissa . The anchorage is safe, vessels loading and discharging by means of lighters . The See also:

• PORT

port has a See also:

• DEPTH

depth of 23 to 25 ft . The Kastro, or citadel, of Vol() stands on or See also:

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

close to the site of Pagasae, whence the gulf took the name of Sinus Pagasaeus or Pagasicus, and which was one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest places of which mention occurs in the legendary See also:

• HISTORY

history of Greece . From this port the Argonautic expedition was said to have sailed, and it was already a flourishing See also:

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

place under the See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant See also:

• JASON ('Iaacov)

Jason, who from the neighbouring Pherae ruled over all Thessaly . Two See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles farther See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south stand the ruins of Demetrias, founded (290 B.c.) by See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius Poliorcetes, and for some 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 a favourite See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the Macedonian See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings . On the opposite See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the little inlet at the head of the gulf rises the 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 of Episcopi, on which stood 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 of Iolcus . At Dimini, about 3 M . W. of Volo, several tombs have been found which yielded remains of the later Mycenean See also:

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

Age .