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- An island of central Greece in the Aegean Sea east of the mainland. It was settled by Ionian and Thracian colonists and was later controlled by Athens, Rome, Byzantium, Venice, and Turkey before becoming part of Greece in 1830.
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- proper noun a Greek
island just off the eastern coast ofGreece in theAegean Sea .
Etymologies
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Philip II's forces in Euboea, Megara, and Byzantium, but subsequently perceived that the Macedonian forces were unconquerable and opted to pursue diplomatic relations with them.
Annotations 2007
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The modern appellation of Chalcis, and all Euboea, is derived from its
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Paros, which had held its triremes back from Xerxes until the outcome of Salamis was clear, yielded to the demand, as did Carystus, a city in southern Euboea.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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Paros, which had held its triremes back from Xerxes until the outcome of Salamis was clear, yielded to the demand, as did Carystus, a city in southern Euboea.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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These fleets united off Andros and from there sailed to Euboea, which is only separated by a narrow strait.
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It was anciently called Euboea, and in near the n coaft of Livadia, ieparated from it by the ftrait of Negropont, over which is a bridge.
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In recent years, she has been occupied with the publication of scientific reports for Euboea since the Palaeolithic period, the Early Helladic Manika, and Hellenistic Amarynthos.
Meet the Team « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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Since 1984, she has been a curator in Euboea, running and publishing the results of numerous excavations on the island, as well as in Skyros and east Boeotia.
Meet the Team « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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Sara Yehoshua (b. 1926 in Chalkis), known as Sarika, at the age of fourteen became a nurse in her native Chalkida, the capital city of the island of Euboea, where wounded soldiers and amputees from the Albanian front were sent.
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Now from Euboea came Canthus eager for the quest, whom Canethus son of
The Argonautica 2008
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