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	Pylos - LoveToKnow 1911
		North of Sphagia is the rocky headland of Pylos or Coryphasium, called in modern times Palaeo-Navarino or Palaeokastro, from the Venetian ruins on its summit.
		Originally an island, this headland was in classical times, as now, connected by a narrow bar with the lower promontory of Hagios Nikolaos on the north; it is now united to the mainland also by the sandbar already mentioned.
		Though differing on many points, they agree in thinking (I) that the island of Sphagia is the ancient Sphacteria, Palaeokastro the ancient Coryphasium or Pylos; (2) that in 425 B.C. the lagoon of Osman Aga was navigable and communicated by a navigable channel with the Bay of Navarino; (3) that Thucydides, if the MS.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Pylos (829 words)

	pylos - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		This island has been separated into three or four parts by the violence of the waves, so that boats might pass from the open sea into the port in calm weather, by means of the channel so formed.
		On one of the portions is the tomb of a Turkish saint, or santon; and near the centre of the port is another very small island, or rock." The modern name of the island is Sphagia.
		During the period from the 12th to the 15th century when parts of Greece were under the control of Venice, Pylos became known by the Italian name Navarino, called by the Turks Avarin, and the Greeks Neo-Castron.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/pylos (838 words)

	Mavrocordato - LoveToKnow 1911
		He commanded the advance of the Greeks into western Hellas the same year, and suffered a defeat at Peta on the 16th of July, but retrieved this disaster somewhat by his successful resistance to the first siege of Missolonghi (Nov. 1822 to Jan. 1823).
		The landing of Ibrahim Pasha followed, and Mavrocordato again joined the army, only escaping capture in the disaster at Sphagia (Spakteria), on the 9th of May 1815, by swimming to Navarino.
		After the fall of Missolonghi (April 22, 1826) he went into retirement, until President Capo d'Istria made him a member of the committee for the administration of war material, a position he resigned in 1828.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Mavrocordato (758 words)

	The Practice and Function of Religion in the Military of Ancient Greece
		The passing through, the rite de passage, is purification in that it leads to the desired status; for this reason, the expiation of murder and the initiation into war can both be called purification (Burkert 82).
		On the battlefield, in the face of the enemy, sphagia are slaughtered as a beginning to the bloodshed.
		They are found primarily in two extreme situations, before battle and at the burial of the dead.
	alumnus.caltech.edu /~croft/archives/academic/hist.html (3663 words)

	Sphacteria
		The Athenian land forces in Pylos had successfully driven back the Spartan attempts to land from the sea, and the fifty Athenian ships were able to drive the sixty Spartan ships out of the harbour at Pylos (see Battle of Pylos).
		This meant that the island of Sphacteria (or Sphaktiria, today known as Sphagia), where Epitadas had landed with 440 hoplites, was completely blockaded by the Athenian fleet.
		This was such a shock to the Spartans that representatives from Sparta itself came to negotiate a truce.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/History/Battles/Sphacteria.html (765 words)

	PYLOS (mod. Navarino) - Online Information article about PYLOS (mod. Navarino) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		North of Sphagia is the rocky headland of See also:
		PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)
		Though differing on many points, they agree in thinking (1) that the island of Sphagia is the ancient Sphacteria, Palaeokastro the ancient Coryphasium or Pylos; (2) that in 425 B.C. the lagoon of Osman Aga was navigable and communicated by a navigable channel with the Bay of Navarino; (3) that Thucydides, if the MS.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PRE_PYR/PYLOS_mod_Navarino_.html (2136 words)

	sphagia - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 2 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word sphagia:
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		Sphagia : Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices [home, info]
	onelook.com /?w=sphagia (77 words)

	HizmetBooks
		The sacrificial rite called Sphagia was performed at night.
		When the consecrated bread is broken, (Christians believe), the sacrifice will have been performed, and when it is dipped into the wine and eaten, one will have, so to speak, united with God spiritually.
		Similarity between the Greek rites (thusiai) and (sphagia) and the sacrament called the Eucharist is quite obvious.
	www.hizmetbooks.org /Could_not_Answer/8.htm (5591 words)

	Sphagia, Greece - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
		Sphagia, Greece - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
		/ Explore / Greece / Locations / Sphagia
		Maps and coordinates for Sphagia, Greece are approximative and not valid for navigation.
	www.traveljournals.net /explore/greece/map/m1221425/sphagia.html (67 words)

	Mavi Boncuk: 10/10/04
		He commanded the advance of the Greeks into western Hellas the same year, and suffered a defeat at Peta on the i6th of July, but retrieved this disaster somewhat by his successful resistance to the first siege of Missolonghi (Nov. 1822 to Jan. 1823).
		The landing of Ibrahim Pasha followed, and Mavrocordato again joined the army, only escaping capture in the disaster at Sphagia (Spakteria), on the gth of May 1815, by swimming to Navarino.
		After the fall of Missolonghi (April 22, 1826) he went into retirement, until President Capo d'lstria made him a member of the committee for the administration of war material, a position he resigned in 1828.
	maviboncuk.blogspot.com /2004_10_10_maviboncuk_archive.html (14030 words)

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