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	Zante - LoveToKnow 1911
		Zacynthus), an island of Greece, one of the Ionian group, in the Ionian Sea, in 37° 40' N. lat.
		Zante is of somewhat irregular oval shape, with its main axis disposed in the direction from north-west to south-east, and indented by a deep inlet at its southern extremity.
		It occupies the site of the ancient city of Zacynthus, said to have been founded by Zacynthus, son of a legendary Arcadian chief, Dardanus, to whom was also attributed the neighbouring citadel of Psophis.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Zante (912 words)

	The Ellada Site - Ionian Islands - Zakynthos
		Zacynthus is indented by a deep bay with high cliffs on its south coast.
		Zacynthus was named for an ancient Arcadian chief; the 5th-century-BC historian Thucydides said that it was colonized by Achaeans from the Peloponnese.
		Zacynthus was repeatedly pillaged by the Vandals and Saracens, and in 1185 it was taken, along with the islands of Corfu, Cephalonia, and Leucas, by Margarito of Brindisi.
	www.ellada.com /ionian03.html (924 words)

	Costak Files: Ionian Islands
		The Ionian Islands extend from the coast of southern Albania to the northwest coast of the Peloponnesus.
		The plain is enclosed on the east and west by limestone hills, which form steep seaside cliffs on the western shore.
		Zacynthus, which was named after an ancient chief of Arcadia in the central Peloponnesus, was colonized by people from the Peloponnesus in the fifth century and fourth century B.C. The island was used as a base by the Athenians, then the Romans.
	costak.blogspot.com /2005/12/ionian-islands.html (581 words)

	Zacynthus - NumisWiki, The Collaborative Numismatics Project
		According to tradition, the island was settled by persons led by Zacynthus, son of the Arcadian chief Dardanus.
		Zacynthus (Zante), an island in the Sicilian seas.
		The history of Zacynthus, illustrated by Professor Gardner in the Numismatic Chronicle, 3rd ser., 1885, vol.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /numiswiki/view.asp?key=Zacynthus (372 words)

	Gutenkarte » The History of the Peloponnesian War » Zacynthus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Meanwhile, as they expected the Athenian ships to arrive from Zacynthus, they intended, if they failed to take the place before, to block up the entrances of the harbour to prevent their being able to anchor inside it.
		After this, arriving at Zacynthus and Cephallenia, he took a body of heavy infantry on board, and sending for some of the Messenians from Naupactus, crossed over to the opposite coast of Acarnania, to Alyzia, and to Anactorium which was held by the Athenians.
		While he was in these parts he was met by Eurymedon returning from Sicily, where he had been sent, as has been mentioned, during the winter, with the money for the army, who told him the news, and also that he had heard, while at sea, that the Syracusans had taken Plemmyrium.
	www.gutenkarte.org /place/7142/13226 (1227 words)

	Zacynthus: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		...undiscovered by the Atnenian ships, which were by this time at Zacynthus, reached Pylos, where their land forces had already assembled...was built higher.
		Meanwhile the Athenian ships arrived from Zacynthus; they had been increased in number to fifty by the arrival...
		Timotheus of Zacynthus was particularly celebrated for his rendition of the suicide of Ajax from Sophocles play of that name.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/zacynthus.jsp?l=Z&p=1 (357 words)

	The Greek Island of Zakynthos (Zakinthos or Zante or Zacinto or Zacynthus) - fertile plain, flowers, earthquakes
		Zakynthos is the most northern and third larges Ionian island, and lies off the west coast of the Peloponnese.
		On the east, the plain is bound by a lower range of hills used largely for grazing.
		Zakynthos has been destroyed at least three times in modern record by earthquakes, and the buildings on the island had to be extensively rebuilt after the earthquake that so damaged the southern Ionian islands in 1953.
	www.greece.gb.net /zakynthos.html (555 words)

	Zacynthus (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Zacynthus is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		The island is named after Zacynthus, son of a legendary Arcadian chief Dardanus.
		The islands were settled by Greeks at an early date, possibly as early as 1000 BC, and certainly by the 9th century BC.
	www.experiencefestival.com.cob-web.org:8888 /zacynthus (601 words)

	ZANTE (anc. Zacynthus) - Online Information article about ZANTE (anc. Zacynthus)
		Zacynthus) - Online Information article about ZANTE (anc.
		city of Zacynthus, said to have been founded by Zacynthus, son of a legendary Arcadian chief, See also:
		Dardanus, to whom was also attributed the neighbouring citadel of Psophis.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /YAK_ZYM/ZANTE_anc_Zacynthus_.html (1143 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1307 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		XERXES (Eep£?]s), a son of Mithridates, who fell into the hands of Pompey in consequence of the insurrection of the town of Phanagoria, where he with several of his brothers had been placed for security, B.
		There are several more ecclesiastics and others of this name, respecting whom the reader may con sult Assemann (1.
		[C. (Ztfowflos), a son of Dardanus of Psophis who is said to have led a colony to the island of Zacynthus, which derived its name from
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3641.html (989 words)

	Peloponnesian War
		Athens was exhausted and made no attempt to follow up their success, which left them open to Spartan attack.
		After returning home, Cnemus proposed a plan to the Spartan government that would eliminate all Athenian cities from the Peloponnesse.
		His plan was to gather as many ships as possible and to attack and take Cephallenia, Zacynthus, Acarnania, and maybe Naupactus.
	www.richeast.org /htwm/Greeks/war/index.html (1974 words)

	The Suitors' Home Islands
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		52 (Dulichion), 24 (Same), 20 (Zacynthus), 12 (Ithaca; same as Apollodorus); total = 108
		57 (Dulichion), 23 (Same), 44 (Zacynthus), 12 (Ithaca; same as in the Odyssey); total = 136
	mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /cciv110x/odyssey/cciv110.suitors.html (99 words)

	The Odyssey by Homer 9
		I am Ulysses son of Laertes, renowned among mankind for all manner of subtlety, so that my fame ascends to heaven.
		I live in Ithaca, where there is a high mountain called Neritum, covered with forests; and not far from it there is a group of islands very near to one another - Dulichium, Same, and the wooded island of Zacynthus.
		It lies squat on the horizon, all highest up in the sea towards the sunset, while the others lie away from it towards dawn.
	www.classicbookshelf.com /library/homer/the_odyssey/9 (4200 words)

	Definition of - WordReference.com Dictionary
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	www.wordreference.com /enfr/Zacynthus (57 words)

	Byzantine Rite
		The Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of sacraments and for various blessings, sacramentals, and exorcisms, of the Church of Constantinople, which is now, after the Roman Rite, by far the most widely spread in the world.
		With one insignificant exception -- the Liturgy of St. James is used once a year at Jerusalem and Zakynthos (Zacynthus) -- it is followed exclusively by all Orthodox Churches, by the Melkites (Melchites) in Syria and Egypt, the Uniats in the Balkans and the Italo-Greeks in Calabria, Apulia, Sicily, and Corsica.
		So that more than a hundred millions of Christians perform their devotions according to the Rite of Constantinople.
	www.traditionalcatholic.net /Tradition/Mass/Byzantine_Rite.html (9531 words)

	The Odyssey by Homer 16
		There are not ten suitors only, nor twice ten, but ten many times over; you shall learn their number at once.
		There are fifty-two chosen youths from Dulichium, and they have six servants; from Same there are twenty-four; twenty young Achaeans from Zacynthus, and twelve from Ithaca itself, all of them well born.
		They have with them a servant Medon, a bard, and two men who can carve at table.
	www.classicbookshelf.com /library/homer/the_odyssey/16 (3895 words)

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