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111Euboea — Euboean, adj., n. Euboic /yooh boh ik/, adj. /yooh bee euh/, n. a Greek island in the W Aegean Sea. 165,369; 1586 sq. mi. (4110 sq. km). Cap.: Chalcis. Also called Negropont. Modern Greek, Evvoia. * * * Greek Évvoia Island, Greece, in the Aegean… …
112Phocis — /foh sis/, n. an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle. * * * Ancient territory, central Greece. It extended north from the Gulf of Corinth over the range of Mount Parnassus to the Locrian Mountains …
113Plataea — /pleuh tee euh/, n. an ancient city in Greece, in Boeotia: Greeks defeated Persians here 479 B.C. * * * Ancient city, Boeotia, east central Greece, south of Thebes. Plataea was settled by Boeotians who expelled the earlier Bronze Age inhabitants …
114pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… …
115Thebes — Thebaic /thi bay ik/, adj. Theban /thee beuhn/, adj., n. /theebz/, n. 1. an ancient city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile, whose ruins are located in the modern towns of Karnak and Luxor: a former capital of Egypt. 2. a city of ancient Greece, in… …
116Aetolian League — Federal state of ancient Aetolia in central Greece, probably based on a looser tribal community. A leading power by с 340 BC, the Aetolian League resisted invasions by Macedonia in 322 and 314–311, expanded into Delphi, and allied with Boeotia с… …
117Greek literature — Introduction body of writings in the Greek language, with a continuous history extending from the 1st millennium BC to the present day. From the beginning its writers were Greeks living not only in Greece proper but also in Asia Minor, the… …
118Thebes (Achaia Secunda) — Thebes † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Thebes (THEBAE) A metropolitan titular see of Achaia Secunda. The city was founded by the Phoenician Cadmus in the sixteenth century B.C., afterwards made illustrious by the legends of Laius,… …
119Boeotian — 1. adjective /biːˈəʊʃən/ a) Pertaining to Boeotia. we will leave to thy sagacity to apply all this to the Boeotian writers, and to those authors who are their opposites. b) Stupid, foolish, dull witted. 2. noun /biːˈəʊʃən/ …
120Chalkida Province — Επαρχία Χαλκίδας Chalkida Province Province of Greece …
