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	Samos- History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Samos is an island of the eastern Aegean Sea.
		Samos was conquered by Byzantines and belonged to the Byzantine state till the disruption of the empire and the crusaders in 1204 a.
		The Sultan conceded privileges and in 1834 the regime of Hegemony was inflicted.
	www.samos.net /istoria-eng.htm (806 words)

	SAMOS - LoveToKnow Article on SAMOS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Samos is tributary to Turkey in the sum of 2700 annually, but otherwise is practically an independent principality, governed by a prince of Greek nationality nominated by the Porte.
		The result of this conflict was to confirm the supremacy of the Milesians in eastern, waters for the time being; but in the 6th century the insular position of Samos preserved it from those aggressions at the hands of Asiatic kings to which Miletus was henceforth exposed.
		Nevertheless, Samos remained comparatively flourishing, and was able to contest with Smyrna and Ephesus the title first city of lonia ; it was chiefly noted as a health resort and for the manufacture of pottery (see below).
	44.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SA/SAMOS.htm (1498 words)

	History of Samos
		According to mythology, Hera was born at the banks of the rive Imvras and was considered as the protector of Samos.
		Samos reached its pinnacle during the period it was governed by the tyrant Polycrates (546 - 522 BC).
		The modern culture of Samos impressed on the traditional built-up areas, the extraordinary churches, most of which were build during the 18th and 19th century, the 16th century monasteries, the impressive neoclassical buildings, the tanneries at Karlovasi, tobacco factories and wine-stores that also indicate the main activities of its inhabitants.
	www.greece.org /samians/samoshistory.htm (1379 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Samos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Samos was first inhabited by the Leleges, Carians, and Ionians, the latter being very active and given to navigation.
		Under the Byzantines Samos was at the head of a maritime theme or district.
		At first a suffragan of Rhodes, Samos was an autocephalous archdiocese in 1730; in 1855 it was a metropolitan see as at present, dependent on the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13421c.htm (499 words)

	Samos
		Samos is located in the south-east part of the Aegean Sea, opposite the coast of Asia Minor.
		Samos today is a nice green island which attracts tourists from all over the world, not only for the nice and endless beaches but also because of the history which left its mark everywhere.
		The monuments and the museums which bear witness to the history of the island and Hellas, together with the clean beaches, the traditional villages, the monasteries and the churches, not to mention the night life, comprise an island that one cannot afford not to visit.
	www.greece.org /poseidon/work/islands2/northeast/samos.html (1250 words)

	Samos Greece \| tourist travel guide to the Greek island Samos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Samos is a provincial town of some 6,000 people but with surprising little to offer given its size.
		The western coastline of Samos is wild, remote and dominated by Mt. Kerkis, the island's highest mountain at 1,473 metres.
		Pythagoras was born on Samos in the 6th century BC, the son of a wealthy sea trader.
	www.greekisland.co.uk /samos/samos.htm (4729 words)

	AllRefer.com - SAmos, Greece (Greek Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		SAmos was inhabited in the Bronze Age, and about the 11th cent.
		SAmos was conquered by the Persians toward the end of the 6th cent.
		In the Middle Ages, SAmos was held by a Genoese trading company from 1304 to 1329 and from 1346 to 1475, when it was captured by the Ottoman Empire.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Samos.html (322 words)

	Samos (satellite) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Samos program (sometimes written as SAMOS and standing for Satellite and Missile Observation Satellite) produced a relatively shortlived series of reconnaissance satellites for the United States.
		Sergei Khrushchev wrote in his memoirs about the partial recovery of what he believed was a Samos satellite, except the date was the winter before the program started.
		A second capsule was apparently recovered in early 1961, although the device had been disassembled by local farmers, exposing film and preventing the Soviets from determining the satellite's capabilities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samos_(satellite) (470 words)

	Greekislands.com : Samos Island
		The essential beauty of the nature, the historical sites that are spread all over the island and the charming mountainous landscape of Samos create a unique atmosphere which enchants the visitors and carry them in another era.
		The history of Samos in the Pre-historic times is close joint with the goddess Hera which was believed to had been born in the island and for her sake Ionians built in the 7th century BC, the famous
		Samos which constituted the bridge between Greece and East, managed for many years, because of its power, to remain independent, while at the same time flourishing, despite the battles that were waged to conquer it.
	www.greekislands.com /samos/home.htm (636 words)

	GNTO-Greek Islands-Samos-Sightseeing
		Samos Archaeological Museum is regarded as one of the most interesting provincial museums in Greece.
		Among the exhibits are: the small horse of Samos with three toes on each hoof, aged 13 million years, remains of animals which were the antecedents of the giraffe, carnivorous animals with Macherothonda as their most fearful representative, and primitive elephants.
		It is situated to the west of Samos, close to the village Vourliotes, in a dense forest spot.
	www.hri.org /infoxenios/english/aegean/samos/sights.html (962 words)

	samos island greece, samos hotels, travel agents, car rentals, information, map, aegean islands greece
		Samos, mostly famous for the production of wine from antiquity until nowadays, is an extremely verdant island, full of olive groves, pinewoods and vineyards.
		The island of Samos belongs to the N.E. Aegean Islands cluster, is situated at the Aegean Sea and is located at a very close distance to the Turkish coastline.
		Samos or Vathi, the capital and the port of the island, is outspread at the cove of a large gulf.
	www.united-hellas.com /tourism/neislands/samos (270 words)

	Samos, Greece, Greek islands
		Samos is a beautiful, green island (yes, there still is some forest left after the terrible fires last year and in March this year) with many places to visit.
		Because of its past, Samos has many places of interest, and it is a very good idea to rent a vehicle and explore the island on your own.
		Later on, Samos was to be a Roman province, and during Byzantine years the island kept its prosperity.
	www.in2greece.com /english/places/summer/islands/samos.htm (853 words)

	Greek Wine Regions: Samos
		Samos is a beautiful island—the most verdant in its part of the Aegean—despite several years of fires that have taken a toll on her trees but not, thankfully, her vineyards.
		Samos is in plain view of the Turkish coast, mountainous and rugged in places, but a beneficiary of water in quantities rare among Greek islands.
		The viticultural history of Samos can be divided into two distinct periods: the one before incursions by pirates in the late 1400s occasioned a mass exodus of the population, and the one after the island was repopulated during the late 1600s.
	www.greekwinemakers.com /czone/regions/samos.shtml (398 words)

	Welcome to Samos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The high point in Samos' history was at the time of the tyrant Polycrates (6th century BC).
		Samos was destroyed by the Athenians (in the time of Pericles) in 439BC, after sieges lasting many months.
		The French-Turkish pirate admired Samos' beauty and, on discovering that it was deserted, requested the Sultan to donate it to him - which is exactly what happened.
	www.welcome2samos.gr /SAMOSHistory.htm (508 words)

	Samos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Samian ware (not in fact from Samos, but once thought to have been)
		Samos, Serbia and Montenegro is a Serbian town.
		Samos is also a fictional character in Jak and Daxter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samos (119 words)

	Municipality of Vathi Samos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The port of Samos in Vathy, being a national port and the port of the capital of Samos Prefecture, has become a pole of tourist attraction during the last decades and a node which connects Samos with ports of the Greek mainland and the Greek islands.
		Thereby, Samos is daily connected, with conventional or high speed ferries, with the ports of Icaria, Cyclades and Peraius, three times a week connected with the port of Chios and from November 1st with the port of Mytiline.
		Finally, Samos is connected on a daily basis more or less thoughout the year with the port of Kousadasi in Turkey with 2 Greek and 2 Turkish boats, enabling visitors to admire the ancient monuments of Efesus.
	www.vathi.gr /syginon/index-eng.html (467 words)

	goGreece.com: City Guide
		Samos, one of the most easterly Aegean islands just a stone's throw from the coast of Asia Minor, is renowned for its wines, particularly for the white muscat wine found nowhere else.
		Samos reached its greatest prosperity during the reign of the tyrant Polycrates, becoming one of the most powerful city-states of Ionia, dominating the seas with its famous samaines, boats with five tiers of oarsmen.
		The capital, Samos Town or Vathi, is built on the verdant slopes that surround the island's deepest bay.
	www.gogreece.com /travel/select.asp?CityID=259&RegID=2 (603 words)

	The Island of Samos
		Samos is one of the most fortunate of the Greek islands with it's variety of natural beauties (Samos Potami), its long and rich history and it's lively economy.
		Dotted with monasteries, Samos is a delight to explore and a fine ring road makes most of the island easily accesssible by bus or car.
		Samos Town, with its gleaming white houses and terracotta roofs is an informal and airy place.
	members.tripod.com /KLYNN/samos.htm (1104 words)

	From Myth To Mind (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		A festival commemorating the birth of Hera on Samos is mentioned in a hellenistic epigram (ANTHOLOGIA GRAECA VI 243).
		The first tyrant of Samos is traditionally said to have been a certain Demoteles, around 600 B.C. The most famous among the tyrants was Polycrates, who reigned from 538-522 B.C. The years between the rule of Demoteles and Polycrates were interrupted by oligarchic and aristocratic overthrows.
		In the eighth decade of the 1st Century B.C. (the exact date is not known), Samos was annexed as a part of the Asian province by the Roman Empire.
	www.wbenjamin.org /nc/heraion.html (6592 words)

	SAMOS
		In Aug 1960 the SAMOS project was reorganized and reported directly to the Undersecretary of the USAF.
		Management of the E-6 part of SAMOS was by 1960 located in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood [216].
		The SAMOS 101 and 101B satellites separated from the Agena final stage, according to data in the NORAD Satellite Catalog, where the objects called 'nose cap' and 'debris' by the RAE are identified as Agena rocket bodies.
	www.planet4589.org /space/book/programs/nro/usafnro/samos.html (724 words)

	Greek wine maker profiles: Samos Cooperative of Samos, Greece
		The bulk of vineyard area on Samos is found in the west, north and central parts of the island.
		Samos Nectar is the island's Muscat-based equivalent to Vinsanto.
		Despite its fine reputation in France and other European countries, Samos Muscat suffered from poor marketing in America at exactly the time when dessert wines were becoming fashionable there.
	www.greekwinemakers.com /czone/winemakers/Co-op_Samos.shtml (1489 words)

	G.N.T.O. - Greek Islands - Samos
		Samos, the easternmost island of the Aegean, is within swimming distance of Asia Minor.
		The capital, Samos, is built like an amphitheater at the end of a deep bay, next to the harbour of Vathi.
		Finally, to the south is the Pithagorio or Tigani with the ruins of the ancient acropolis and Evpalineio aqueduct, and further south still is the Heraio, dedicated to the worship of Hera.
	www.hri.org /infoxenios/english/aegean/samos (231 words)

	Samos, Agathonisi, Chios, Fourni, Ikaria, Kalymnos, Kos, Leros, Lesvos, Lipsi, Mykanos, Naxos ,Paros, Patmos, Piraeus, ...
		Mnesarchus, realizing that the child to be born was sent by the gods, renamed with his wife Pythaes and called his new-born son Pythagoras, because the Pythian priestess had made a prophecy about him.
		On Samos he set up a school which was called the "Pythagorean Semicircle".
		The philosopher Anaximander of Miletos did not approve of Pythagoras's philosophical and mathematical theories and accused him of being a trouble-maker and infidel.
	www.meandertravel.com /samos/samospythagoras.htm (703 words)

	Polycrates of Samos
		Samos is a Greek island, situated just off the Asian coast, close to Miletus.
		Among Polycrates' first acts was the fortification of the city of Samos, which can archaeologically be dated to the third quarter of the sixth century.
		Samos prospered and Polycrates could show this by building a large temple, which he dedicated to Hera.
	www.livius.org /pn-po/polycrates/polycrates.html (1139 words)

	Samos 1994
		Samos is situated in the Aegean sea, far to the east and very close to Turkey.
		Samos is a nice enough island, but I didn't intend to come back a second time.
		Samos has lots of tourists and is no longer very "greek".
	www.ninisworld.com /places/samos1994/samos.html (212 words)

	Samos : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		The abrupt slopes of hills plunging to the sea are jagged with cypresses, and craggy peaks hide among the clouds.
		Samos experienced a series of wildfires during the summer of 2000, which briefly brought the island to the attention of the international press -- the signs of these recent events are still visible and it will be some time before the interior forests fully recover.
		Although Samos has several fine archaeological sites, the island is most notable for its excellent beaches and abundant opportunities for hiking, cycling, and windsurfing.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/samos/1682010001.html (289 words)

	Samos
		SAMOS was quietly wound up without ever having produced any significant results.
		In his memoirs Sergei Khrushchev recounts recovery of what he believed to be a recoverable Samos, except the date given is the winter before tests of this configuration actually started.
		Samos film return project cancelled; remaining 4 cameras placed in warehouse and later used on KH-6 Lanyard.
	www.astronautix.com /craft/samos.htm (659 words)

	The Eupalinos Tunnel of Samos
		An obtused-prowed bireme version was produced in Samos during the period of Polycrates.
		Herodotus considered the temple of Hera in Samos (Heraion), the Samian harbor and the Eupalinos tunnel one of the greatest things he had seen throughout his travels in the Ancient World.
		through Mount Kastro on Samos, was build to bring water from north of the mountain inside the fortifications of the city of Samos (modern Pythagoreon) to the south.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Eupalinos.htm (980 words)

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