Infobox Greek Dimos name Chios name local image map 2011 Dimos Chiou.png periph North Aegean periphunit Chios regional unit Chios pop municipality 51936 area municipality 842.5 population as of 2001 ... area code 227x0 licence mayor website http www.chios.gr www.chios.gr image skyline Chios NASA satellite image.jpg caption skyline Satellite image of Chios party since Chios lang el , IPA el ios ... miles off the Asia Minor coast. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait . The island ... medieval villages. The 11th century monastery of Nea Moni of Chios Nea Moni , a UNESCO World ... within the Chios regional unit Chios regional unit , which is part of the North Aegean modern regions of Greece region . The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Chios town . ref ... Ministry of Interior el icon ref Locals refer to Chios town as Chora literally means land ... . Geography Chios island is approximately crescent or kidney shaped, convert 50 km long from north ... as Provatas . Regions Chios can be classified into five regions East Coast File Chios town.jpg thumb 240px Chios town . File Oinousses main settlement.JPG thumb 240px View of Oinousses . Midway up the east coast lies the main population centres, the main town of Chios and the regions of Vrontados and Kambos. Chios Town, with a population of 32,400, is built around the island s main harbour and medieval ... its original character. North of Chios Town lies the large suburb of Vrontados population 4,500 , which ... . Directly south of Chios Town lies the island s airport and the region of Kambos ... pirates. Between Chios Town and the Mastichochoria lie a large number of historic villages including ... thumb Bottles of mastic plant resin mastic drink of Chios. West Coast The west coast, between the deep ... monastery of Nea Moni of Chios Nea Moni , a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The monastery was lavishly ... estates attached, with a thriving community until the Chios Massacre massacre of 1822 . It was further ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Chios name local image map Dimos Chiou.png map caption Location within the regional unit periph North Aegean periphunit Chios regional unit Chios municipality Chios pop municunit 23779 population as of 2001 area municunit 22.823 elevation lat deg 38 lat min 23 lon deg 26 lon min 7 postal code 821 00 area code 22710 licence mayor website http www.chioscity.gr http www.chioscity.gr image skyline Chios town.jpg caption skyline Chios Town, as seen from the south Spilathia , with the islands of Oinousses in the background. city flag city seal Chios Gemeinde Logo.png ... left 180px Chios, 16th century. Chios lang el is the main town and a former municipality on the island of Chios , North Aegean , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chios , of which it is a municipal unit. ref name Kallikratis http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 ... the island and of the regional units of Greece regional unit Chios regional unit of Chios . Chios ... out from the Kastro , and the port in the last 200 years. After the 1881 Chios earthquake devastating ... shopping street Aplotaria , and the municipal gardens lie. North of Chios lies the suburb of Vrondathos, while the Chios Island National Airport lies a few kilometres south of the centre. Notable landmarks Archaeological Museum of Chios Byzantine Museum of Chios Palace of Ioustinian Maritime Museum of Chios Museum of Nea Moni References reflist External links http www.chioscity.gr Official website en el icon Prefectural capitals of Greece DEFAULTSORT Chios Town Category Populated places in Chios Category Greek prefectural capitals Greece geo stub ar bg de Chios Stadt el es Qu os ciudad hr Hios grad it Chio comune la Chios urbs nl Chios stad no Khios by pl Chios miasto pt Quios cidade ro Chios ora ru simple Chios city sr sh Hios grad uk war Chios bungto zh ... more details
File Nissos chios.jpg thumb 300px Nissos chios Nissos Chios is a highspeed ro pax ferry of Hellenic seaways Hellenic Seaways , built, along with its sister ship Nissos Mykonos , at Elefsis Shipyards . The name of the ship means in Greek Island of ChiosChios , which is one of the islands of North Aegean . ref http www.hellenicseaways.gr index.asp?a id 270 Nissos Chios , Hellenic Seaways site ref It is the newest greek ship with frequent travels. Routes It is currently servicing the Piraeus Chios Mytilene line in the Aegean sea. References reflist Commons category Nissos Chios ship, 2007 Category Ferries of Greece Category Ships built in Greece Ferry stub Greece transport stub ... more details
The Chios Stait is a strait in the Aegean Sea that separates the Greece Greek island of Chios from Turkey . coord missing Turkey Category Straits of Greece Category Straits of Turkey Category International straits Category Greece Turkey border Greece geo stub Turkey geo stub ... more details
The Lordship of Chios was founded in 1304 , when Benedetto I Zaccaria conquered the Greece Greek island of Chios and received it as a fief from the Byzantine emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus . Chios remained well outside any practical Byzantine authority, however. In 1329 , a rebellion of the locals overthrew the Italian Zaccaria family and the island became a Byzantine possession again. In 1345 , it fell to the Giustiniani , who held it until 1566 , when it finally capitulated to the Ottoman Empire . Lords 1304 &ndash 1307 Benedetto I Zaccaria 1307 &ndash 1314 Benedetto II Paleologo Zaccaria 1314 &ndash 1329 Martino Zaccaria 1314 &ndash 1330 Benedetto III Zaccaria DEFAULTSORT Chios Category 1304 establishments Category 1566 disestablishments Category Lordship of Chios Category Byzantine Empire successor states Euro hist stub ... more details
Infobox saint name Isidore of Chios birth date death date 251 feast day May 14 venerated in image imagesize caption birth place Alexandria ? death place Chios titles martyr beatified date beatified place beatified by canonized date canonized place canonized by attributes patronage sailor s major shrine suppressed date issues Isidore of Chios was a faithful Christian who fell victim on the island of Chios in 251 under the Persecution of Christians persecutions ordered by the Roman emperor Decius . His feast day is commemorated on May 14 Eastern Orthodox liturgics May 14 . ref gr icon http www.synaxarion.gr gr sid 3159 sxsaintinfo.aspx . . ref Life and martyrdom His life is the subject of several versions, mainly with hagiographic aims. An officer in the Roman navy , Isidore confessed himself as a Christian to the commander of the fleet while they were on the Aegean islands Aegean island of Chios. Because he was unwilling to repent and worship the gods of the state, he was tormented and beheaded, and his body cast into a cistern. According to one legend, at this point all the trees on the south side of the island shed tears for Isidore, and this was the origin of the mastic that is still collected regularly on the island. ref Victoria Finlay, Color ref According to tradition, his friends Ammonius saint Ammonius and Myrope saint Myrope , both destined to martyrdom, would have retrieved the body and interred it properly. Later Myrope ... a few ruins can now be admired in Chios town Chios town . St Isidore s veneration spread in all ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Chios, Isidore Of ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria ? DATE OF DEATH 251 PLACE OF DEATH Chios DEFAULTSORT Chios, Isidore Of Category 251 deaths Category 3rd century Christian martyr saints Category 3rd ... sailors de Isidoros von Chios es Isidoro de Chios it Isidoro di Chio ro Isidor de Chios ru ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Ionia name local image map Dimos Ionias.png map caption Location within the regional unit periph North Aegean periphunit Chios regional unit Chios municipality Chios pop municunit 4650 population as of 2001 area elevation lat deg 38 lat min 17 lon deg 26 lon min 06 postal code area code licence mayor website image skyline caption skyline Ionia lang el is a former municipality on the island of Chios , North Aegean , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chios , of which it is a municipal unit. ref name Kallikratis http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 FEKB129211082010 kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior el icon ref It is located in the southeastern part of the island, and has a land area of 48.272 km . Its population was 4,650 at the 2001 census. The seat of the municipality was in Kallimasia pop 930 . Its largest town is N nita 1,038 . Other large towns are Tholopot mi 761 and Katarr ktis 425 . Notable people Patriarch Joachim IV of Constantinople Joachim IV , Patriarch of Constantinople References reflist Category Populated places in Chios Greece geo stub bg de Ionia Griechenland el it Ionia Grecia ... more details
File Chios.JPG thumb right 350px The castle of Chios consists of an inhabited area surrounded by a large stonewall structure with various fortification s purposed to defend the enclosed population and properties against naval attack and siege. The castle of Chios is situated adjacent to the main port of Chios and it s east side borders with the sea. The castle of Chios was constructed in the medieval period with its first construction phase having started in the 10th century by the Byzantine s. The structures surviving to this day are part of later construction and expansion dated to the time when the Genoese , who maintained commercial concerns, ruled the island during the 14th to the 16th century. References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist External links http odysseus.culture.gr h 3 gh351.jsp?obj id 15903 Chios Castle, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism Categories coord 38.374 26.137 type landmark region GR display title Category Articles created via the Article Wizard Category Chios el ... more details
Berenice of Chios d. 72 71 BC was an Greeks obscure Greek noblewoman from the Greek island of Chios and was the third wife of King Mithridates VI of Pontus . ref Mayor, The Poison King the life and legend of Mithradates, Rome s deadliest enemy ref In 86 BC, Mithridates VI through the agency of one of his generals, deported the inhabitants from Chios town Chios the capital city of the Greek island Chios. Then the Pontian King, distributed the land to Pontian settlers he brought in. ref Getzel, Hellenistic settlements in Europe, the islands, and Asia Minor p.141 ref At some point, Mithridates VI met Berenice who was a citizen from the capital of Chios. She became one his mistresses and eventually his third wife. There is a possibility that Mithridates VI renamed the capital city of Chios in honor of Berenice. ref Getzel, Hellenistic settlements in Europe, the islands, and Asia Minor p.141 ref The city bore her name until the Roman Republic Romans had annexed the island about 85 BC. ref Getzel, Hellenistic settlements in Europe, the islands, and Asia Minor p.141 ref Little is known on Berenice s relationship with Mithridates VI. In 72 71 BC, Mithridates VI ordered Berenice to poison herself so she could avoid to be captured by the Roman consul Lucullus . When the poison was not taking effect, she was strangled. References reflist Sources M. Getzel, Hellenistic settlements in Europe, the islands and Asia Minor, Cohen University of California Press, 1995 A. Mayor, The Poison King the life and legend of Mithradates, Rome s deadliest enemy, Princeton University Press, 2009 DEFAULTSORT Berenice Of Chios Category Ancient Greek women Category 1st century BC women Category 1st century BC Greek people ... more details
cleanup date December 2008 Father Nikephoros of Chios 1750 1821 also Nicephoros, Nicephorus, Nikephorus is the spiritual son and disciple of Macarius of Corinth who was known for his holy life and character, being known as a saint even during his lifetime. His feast day is celebrated on May 1. Life St. Nikephoros was a hieromonk born around 1750 in the town of Kardamyla, in the northeastern part of the famous Aegean island of Metropolis of ChiosChios . As a child he fell seriously ill with a contagious ... of Nea Moni of Chios Nea Moni . He recovered from his illness and became a monk, studying at the famous ... church of Chios. Many years later, the Guild of Tanners asked for the relics and placed them in the church ... of Chios Orthodox Church in America OCA ref He taught and wrote in Chios, led a life of spiritual endeavor there. He loved Chios as his fatherland, and as a place where piety and learning were flourishing ... of Chios the following year by the Turks. His relics now remain in the Church of St. George Chios Church of St. George in Resta. Bibliography Church service and hymns to Ss. Niketas, John, and Joseph May 20 . Church service and hymns to St. Matrona of Chios October 20 . Church service and hymns .... Macarius was at Chios in 1780, left for a time, then returned in 1790. Nikephoros saw St. Macarius ... of the school in the city of Chios. References references Source http ocafs.oca.org FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID 4&ID 1&FSID 101262 Venerable Nicephorus of Chios OCA Further reading Saint Nikephoros of Chios Modern Orthodox Saints, vol. 4 by Constantine Cavarnos. ISBN 0 914744 74 7 Paperbound. An account of the life, character, and message of St. Nikephoros of Chios 1750 1821 outstanding writer ..., 1986. 124 pp., 2 illus. St. Nikephoros of Chios, outstanding writer of litrugical poetry and lives .... References Orthodoxwiki source title Nikephoros of Chios oldid 78865 Category 1750s births Category 1821 deaths Category Greek language writers Category People from Chios Category Saints of Ottoman Greece ... more details
The Chios is a breed of domestic sheep with specific unknown origins. It is classified as a semi fat tailed breed. The Chios are bred mainly for their milk production. ref name OKState cite web url http www.ansi.okstate.edu breeds sheep chios index.htm title Chios publisher Oklahoma State University , Dept. of Animal Science accessdate 2009 06 18 ref Although there is speculation that this breed has been crossed with Kivircik and Dagli sheep Dagli , it is commonly accepted that this breed may have originated from the Greece Greek island of Chios . ref name DADIS cite web url http dad.fao.org title Chios Greece publisher Domestic Animal Diversity Information Service accessdate 2009 06 18 ref Characteristics This breed typically has black spots on the ears, nose, belly, legs and around the eyes. Brown spots have been observed also. Mature ewes weigh convert 105 to 155 lb kg abbr on and mature rams weigh convert 145 to 200 lb kg abbr on . ref name OKState Both sexes are horned however, ewes can also be polled hornless . Horns of the rams have a large spiral. If ewes have horns, they are small like a knob. ref name DADIS Ewes can have two crops of lambs per year with an average of 1.5 to 2.3 lambs per litter. Average weight at birth is convert 8.0 to 8.5 lb kg abbr on . At 45 days, lambs weigh on average convert 32.5 to 35.0 lb kg abbr on Ewes can produce convert 265 to 600 lb kg abbr on of milk per lactation. ref name OKState The average lactation period is 210 days. The milk is used to produce many typoes of cheeses such as Feta, Batzos, Manouri and many others. ref name DADIS The highest recorded milk production was convert 1317 lb kg abbr on with a 272 lactation period. ref name Sheep101 cite web url http www.sheep101.info breedsC.html Chios title Chios publisher Sheep101.info accessdate 2009 06 18 ref Wool diameter is 27 to 35 micrometres with a spinning count 44 s to 56 ... 1983 to 2007, the world population of the Chios has increased from 16,000 to 51,860 respectively ... more details
for the Delacroix painting The Massacre at Chios Image Eug ne Delacroix Le Massacre de Scio.jpg thumb The Massacre at Chios 1824 by Eug ne Delacroix . The Chios Massacre refers to the slaughter of tens of thousands of Greeks on the island of Chios by Ottoman Empire Ottoman troops during the Greek War ... page 153 isbn 1560003898 ref Greeks from neighbouring islands arrived on Chios and encouraged the Chians ... for the Greek cause worldwide. Background For over 2,000 years, Chios merchants and shipowners had been ... . The Ottoman Dynasty Ottoman Empire allowed Chios almost complete control over its own affairs as Chian trade and the very highly valued Mastic plant resin mastic plant harvested only on Chios .... ref name St. Clair At some points, Chios is only convert 2 mi from the Anatolian mainland. Massacre Image Khazdadar.JPG thumb thumb 150px Georgios Stravelakis , a survivor of the Massacre of Chios ... Greeks from the neighbouring island of Samos landed in Chios. They began the fight for independence ... the Ottoman Empire. ref cite journal title Review Argenti, Philip P. The Massacre of Chios first Paul ... The massacre of the island of Chios publisher chioshistory.gr accessdate 30 March 2011 ref Approximately 20,000 ref http www.cs.wayne.edu zhw csc691 tour1pic4detail.html Massacre at Chios . ref ref http www.christopherlong.co.uk per chiosmass2.html Christopher Long 1998 1999 The Massacres of Chios ... The Open University Massacres of Chios Challenging the Establishment . ref Chians were killed or starved ... his painting was named The Massacre at Chios Scenes from the Massacres of Chios . In 2009, a copy of the painting was displayed in the local Byzantine museum on Chios, but was withdrawn from ... news cstory.asp?id 1738542 naftemporiki.gr ref ref http www.chiosnet.gr chios news politis.asp Chios Complete Guide . ref See also Tripolitsa Massacre Massacres during the Greek Revolution ... per chiosmass2.html Christopher A. Long The Series of Events The Massacres of Chios ... more details
In Greek mythology , Chios was the eponym of the island of Chios . He was the son of Poseidon and an unnamed nymph, and received his name from the heavy snowfall that occurred while his mother was in labour cf. Ancient Greek chi n snow . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 7. 4. 8 ref Other ancient sources mention a different Chios , son or daughter of Oceanus , as an alternate eponym for the island, and also state that it could as well have taken its name from the nymph Chione daughter of Boreas Chione , or simply from the snowy weather. ref Stephanus of Byzantium , s. v. Khios ref ref Pliny the Elder , Naturalis Historia , 5. 38 ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Offspring of Poseidon Category Oceanids Greek deity stub pt H os ... more details
Leonard of Chios was a Greeks Greek born Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic prelate . Biography Leonard s birth is of an uncertain date on the Island of Chios , then under Genoa Genoese domination and died in either Chios or in Italy in 1482. He himself says he was of humble parents, Citation needed date October 2009 and he entered the Dominican Order in Chios. After this profession he was sent to Padua, Italy Padua for his Philosophy philosophical and Theology theological studies. After his ordination he taught at both Padua and Genoa, then at the request of Maria Justiniani returned to his native island, and was made Bishop of Mytilene on Lesbos Island by Pope Eugene IV . The Byzantine Empire Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI had sent a request to the pope, asking that efforts be made to effect a union between the Latin and Greek Orthodox Churches for this purpose Leonard was selected to accompany Isidore , Cardinal Bishop of Sabine , to Constantinople . Some degree of success was attained through their efforts and a treaty was ratified in December, 1452. However, the Latins refused to provide large scale aid to the Byzantines, and in the following year Leonard witnessed the devastation of the city as the Ottoman Turks took the city, led by the Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror . Leonard and the Cardinal were miraculously spared from the slaughter which ensued, the latter returning to Rome while Leonard to his diocese. From Chios, he wrote to the Pope a detailed account of the fall of Constantinople in a letter, which is often reprinted by historians Historia captae a Turcis Constantinopolis , Nuremberg, 1544 P.G., CLIX, 923 sq. Lonicer, Chronica Turcica , I, Frankfurt, 1578 De capta a Mehemete II. Constantinopoli Leonardi Chiensis et Godefredi Langi narrationes, ed. L Ecuy ... cathen 09178a.htm title Leonard of Chios Catholic wstitle Leonard of Chios Category 1482 deaths Category People from Chios Category Members of the Dominican Order Category 15th century Byzantine ... more details
According to Herodotus , Alyattes , the Lydian King and father of Croesus , gave a salver of welded iron to the Oracle of Delphi . This salver, the most remarkable of all the offerings at Delphi, was the work of Glaucus of Chios , the inventor of the art of welding. ref Herodotus . Histories Herodotus The Histories . Penguin Classics , 1996, p. 11. ref References reflist Category Characters in Herodotus Category Ancient Chians Category 6th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Greek artists Category Ancient Greek inventors Category Delphi AncientGreece stub de Glaukos von Chios hu Glaukosz tv s ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Chios partof the Cretan War image caption date 201 BC place Off the shore of Chios result Allied victory combatant1 Macedon combatant2 Rhodes br Pergamum br Byzantium br Cyzicus commander1 Philip V of Macedon commander2 Attalus I br Theophiliscus of Rhodes strength1 Around 200 ships strength2 Around 100 ships casualties1 92 ships sunk br 7 captured br 9,000 dead br 2,000 captured casualties2 Rhodes br 3 ships sunk br 60 dead br Pergamum br 3 ships sunk br 2 captured br 70 dead br Allies br 600 captured Campaignbox Cretan War The Battle of Chios lang el 201 BC was fought between the fleet of Philip V of Macedon against the combined fleet of Rhodes , Pergamum , Byzantium and Cyzicus . The Cretan War had started in 205 BC when the Macedonians and their pirate and Cretan allies had started attacking Rhodian ships as Rhodes had the richest merchant fleet in the Aegean Sea Aegean . The navies of Rhodes allies Pergamum, Byzantium and Cyzicus joined the Rhodian fleet and then defeated the Macedonian fleet off Chios . Prelude With the First Macedonian War over, Philip started to rebuild his fleet to a size that could challenge the fleets of the Rhodians, Pergamese and Ptolemies. ref name Green305 Green, Alexander to Actium The Historical ... Rhodians. Aftermath The losses Philip suffered at Chios dealt a crippling blow to Macedonian naval ... battles chios 201.html Secondary sources Peter Green historian Peter Green , 1990 . Alexander to Actium ... 712 4. External links http www.fragrant chios.com Chios, Greece Information about Chios island. coord missing Greece DEFAULTSORT Battle Of Chios Category 201 BC Category Naval battles of the Hellenistic era Chios 201 BC Category Battles involving Pergamon Category Battles of Philip V of Macedon Category Ancient Chios Category Battles involving Antigonid Macedon ca Batalla de Quios es Batalla de Qu os fr Bataille de Chios he 201 nl Slag bij Chios pl Bitwa morska pod Chios 201 p.n.e. ... more details
Thomas , Hippocrates of Chios , in Dictionary of Scientific Biography , Charles Coulston Gillispie ... Persondata NAME Hippocrates of Chios ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Greek geometer and astronomer DATE OF BIRTH 470 Before Comm Era BCE PLACE OF BIRTH Chios DATE OF DEATH 400 BCE PLACE OF DEATH ... Chios et Hippokrates Chioselt el es Hip crates de Qu os fr Hippocrate de Chios it Ippocrate di Chio he nl Hippocrates van Chios nn Hippokrates fr Khios pms Ip crat d Chio pl Hipokrates z Chios pt Hip crates de Qu os ro Hipocrate din Chios ru sl ... more details
Infobox Patriarch name Neophytos of Chios image church Melkite Church see Patriarch of Antioch patriarch of List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch Patriarch of Antioch enthroned 1673 ended 1682 predecessor Macarios III Zaim successor Cyril V Zaim death date 1686 Patriarch Neophytos of Chios , was Patriarch of Antioch Greek Patriarch of Antioch , from 1673 to 1682. Life Even if the family of Neophytos was originally from Chios , he was educated in Damascus under the Jesuits . ref name Masters cite book last Masters first Bruce title Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab World The Roots of Sectarianism pages 83 84 year 2004 editor Cambridge University Press isbn 9780521005821 ref He was the nephew of previous Patriarch Euthymius III of Chios and he was appointed vicar in Aleppo under the reign of Patriarch Macarios III Zaim . In 1672 he was appointed bishop of Hama . At the death of Patriarch Macarios III in 1672, his nephew, Constantine Zaim, not yet twenty, was elected patriarch with the help of the governor of Damascus , was consecrated bishop and took the name of Cyril V Zaim Cyril V . ref name Skaff cite book last Skaff first Elias title The place of the Patriarchs of Antioch in Church History publisher Sophia Press year 1993 pages 305ss ref His election was contested by some bishops and by Dositheos patriarch of Jerusalem Dositheos, patriarch of Jerusalem , which considered his election to be null pointing out that Cyril Zaim was not in the legal age to be appointed bishop. This party supported Neophytos of Chios, who went to Constantinople where in 1673 he obtained .... ref name Skaff The fight between the two claimants lasted nine years till 1682 when Neophytos of Chios ... reflist 2 Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Neophytos of Chios ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Melkite Patriarch of Antioch DATE OF DEATH 1686 DEFAULTSORT Neophytos of Chios Category Patriarchs of Antioch Category 17th century Greek people Category People from Chios Category ... more details
Other people2 Metrodorus disambiguation Metrodorus of Chios lang el 4th century BC was a Ancient Greece Greek Pre Socratic philosophy Presocratic philosopher , belonging to the school of Democritus , and an important forerunner of Epicurus . Metrodorus was a pupil of Nessus of Chios , or, as some accounts prefer, of Democritus himself. ref name laertius Diogenes La rtius, ix. 58 ref He is said to have taught Diogenes of Smyrna , who, in turn, taught Anaxarchus . ref name laertius Metrodorus was a complete philosophical skepticism sceptic . He accepted the Democritean theory of atoms and void and the plurality of planet worlds , but held a theory of his own that the star s are formed from day to day by the moisture in the air under the heat of the Sun . According to Cicero ref Cicero, Academica , ii. 23 73 Cf. Diogenes La rtius, ix. 58 ref he said, We know nothing, no, not even whether we know or not and maintained that everything is to each person only what it appears to him to be. Metrodorus is especially interesting a forerunner of Anaxarchus , and as a connecting link between atomism proper and the later pyrrhonism scepticism . The following quote is attributed to him. If accurate, it demonstrates that Metrodorus had a cosmological philosophy that was advanced for the ancient world A single ear of wheat corn in a large field is as strange as a single world in infinite space. ref Aetius philosopher A tius , Placita Philosophorum i.5.4 ref Another interpretation of the quote attributed to him may be stated To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of corn millet only one grain will grow. Notes reflist 1911 Category 4th century BC Greek people Category 4th century BC philosophers ... philosophers Category Ancient Skeptic philosophers de Metrodoros von Chios el it Metrodoro di Chio hu Khioszi M trod rosz nl Metrodorus van Chios ru fi Metrodoros ... more details
cleanup date December 2008 Our venerable Mother Matrona of Chios also known as Chiopolitissa was born during the 15th century in the village of Volissos on the island of Chios, Greece. This is the same village in which St. Markella of Chios Markella was martyr ed. The Church celebrates her memory on October 20, and the finding of her head on July 15. Life Saint Matrona s parents were highly respected and well to do Christians, compared to the other villagers. Mary, as she was called before she became a nun , was the youngest of seven children. When the time came for her parents to arrange her marriage , she refused because she wanted to remain a virgin. She wanted to become a bride of Christ. To avoid this marriage, she left Volissos and went to an area overlooking the village, called Katavasis. Here she began her spiritual struggle by fasting and prayer . Her parents searched everywhere to find her. After locating her, they convinced her to return home. Mary complied with her parents wishes, except for one&mdash she refused to wed. Her parents, seeing that she still desired to lead a monasticism monastic life, gave her their consent to pursue her ambition. When Mary s parents died, she distributed the farmland she inherited among her sisters and the orphans of the community. She ... Genoese conquered the island of Chios, many foreigners inhabited the island. They plundered the island ... was the Holy Nikiforos of Chios . Nikiforos wrote the 24 Hymns of Agia Matrona. Today, four nuns ... also Metropolis of Chios Source http home.iprimus.com.au xenos matronachios.html St Matrona GOAA External links http ocafs.oca.org FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID 4&ID 1&FSID 103008 Venerable Matrona of Chios OCA http goarch.org en chapel saints.asp?contentid 608 Matrona the Righteous of Chios GOARCH http www.antiochian.org node 16793 St. Matrona of Chios AOCA References Orthodoxwiki source title Matrona of Chios oldid 71054 Category 15th century births Category 1462 deaths Category Greek saints Category ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Wikify date October 2009 Neochori Lang el is a village on the island of Chios , Greece . It is part of the municipality Agios Minas , and located approximately 9 kilometers from the capital of the island, Chios town , also known locally as Chora. There are medieval manuscripts that refer to the village but no sign of the Middle Ages was preserved. The inhabitants are mainly farmers. The main church is devoted to Virgin Mary and it is an example of the local architecture of the 19th century. The haven of Neochori is beach of Agia Fotia. Near the beach are hotels, rooms and studios to let, taverns, and cafes. The Monastery of Agios Minas overlooks the village from the hill nearby. This monastery was built during 1572 1595 by the Reverend Father Neofitos Koumanos and his son, Father Menas, at the time of Patriarch Jeremiah II. Initially it housed monks, but in 1932 it was converted into a nunnery. During the Turkish occupation, it maintained a school and a noteworthy library. This monastery is famous in world history for the holocaust of 1822 when crowds of Chians were killed by the Turks or burned inside the chapel and in the courtyard of the monastery. Today, there is still evidence of the victims with the bloodstained stone floors of the chapel. The bones of many of the victims are kept in the Mausoleum of the 40 Martyrs in the courtyard of the monastery. There were 35 nuns in the monastery who were kept busy with hagiography, crafts and the sewing of ecclesiastical garments. Today, only 11 nuns live in the Monastery. Coord missing Greece Category Populated places in Chios Greece geo stub ... more details
for other uses of this term Ion disambiguation Ion of Chios c. 490 480 c. 420 BC was a Ancient Greece Greek writer, dramatist, lyric poet and philosopher. He was a contemporary of Aeschylus , Euripides and Sophocles . Of his many plays and poems only a few titles and fragments have survived. He also wrote some prose works, including a Pythagoreanism Pythagorean text, the Triagmos , of which a few fragments survive. Life He was the son of Orthomenes, and was surnamed the son of Xuthus probably a nickname alluding to Xuthus , the father of the mythical Ion mythology Ion . ref Scholium ad Aristoph. Pac. 830 Suda, Eudocia, Harpocr., Ion ref When very young he went to Athens , where he enjoyed the society of Cimon , of whom he left laudatory notices in some of his works which are quoted by Plutarch . ref Plutarch, Cimon , 5, 9, 16 ref Plutarch informs us that Ion severely criticised Pericles , ref Plutarch, Pericles 5, 28 ref who is said to have been his rival in love. ref Athenaeus, x. 436 ref Ion was familiarly acquainted with Aeschylus , if we may believe an anecdote related by Plutarch, ref Plutarch, De Profect. in Virt. 8 ref but he did not come forward as a tragedian till after Aeschylus death. We also learn from Ion himself ref ap. Athenaeus, xiii. 603 ref that he met Sophocles at Chios, when the latter was commander of the expedition against Samos , 440 BC. His first tragedy was brought out in the 82nd Olympiad 452 BC he is mentioned as third in competition with Euripides and Iophon , in Olympiad 87.4 429 8 BC and he died before 421 BC, as appears from the Peace of Aristophanes ... was a man of considerable wealth. He is mentioned by Strabo among the celebrated men of Chios. ref ... of famous people to Chios. Notes reflist 2 SmithDGRBM Category 420 BC deaths Category 5th century ... Category Metics in Classical Athens ca I de Quios de Ion von Chios fr Ion de Chios it Ione di Chio nl Ion schrijver pl Ion z Chios ru fi Ion Khioslainen ... more details
for the historical event Chios Massacre Infobox Painting image file Eug ne Delacroix Le Massacre de Scio.jpg title The Massacre at Chios artist Eug ne Delacroix year 1824 in art 1824 type Oil painting Oil on canvas height 419 width 354 height inch 164 width inch 139 city Paris museum Louvre The Massacre at Chios French Sc ne des massacres de Scio is the second major oil painting by the French artist Eug ne Delacroix . Cref2 A The work is more than four meters tall, and shows some of the horror of the wartime destruction visited on the Island of Chios . A frieze like display of suffering characters, military might, ornate and colourful costumes, terror, disease and death is shown in front of a scene of widespread desolation. Unusually for a painting of civil ruin during this period, The Massacre at Chios has no heroic figure to counterbalance the crushed victims, and there is little to suggest hope among the ruin and despair. The vigour with which the aggressor is painted, contrasted with the dismal ... du Louvre ref Massacre A military Chios Massacre attack on the inhabitants of Chios by Ottoman forces ... into slavery of almost all the surviving seventy thousand inhabitants. ref Chios, The Massacres, and Delacroix ... at Chios . ref Delacroix, Rene Huyghe translated by Jonathan Griffin , Thames and Hudson, London ..., London, 1963. Pages 128, 129. ref File Massacre at chios pyramids.jpg thumb left ... to this group an air of despondent resignation. File Eugene Delacroix Scenes from Massacre at Chios ... Three, Delacroix s Massacres of Chios Convenance, Violence, and the viewer in 1824. Page ... to the public in April 1822, the atrocities at Chios were being meted out in full force. In May ... borrowed, called it the massacre of painting . ref The Massacre of Chios, Delacroix, A Gallery .... Cnote2 End br Eug ne Delacroix Use dmy dates date June 2011 DEFAULTSORT Massacre At Chios Category ... de Scio hr Pokolj na Kh osu it Il massacro di Scio ja ro M celul din Chios sv Blodbadet p Chios ... more details
Other people2 Ariston disambiguation Aristo or Ariston of Chios lang el floruit fl. c. 260 BC was a Stoicism Stoic philosopher and colleague of Zeno of Citium . He outlined a system of Stoic philosophy that was, in many ways, closer to earlier Cynic philosophy. He rejected the logic al and physics physical sides of philosophy endorsed by Zeno and emphasized ethics . Although agreeing with Zeno that Virtue was the supreme good, he rejected the idea that morally indifferent things such as health and wealth could be ranked according to whether they are naturally preferred. An important philosopher in his day, his views were eventually marginalized by Zeno s successors. He is not to be confused with Aristo of Ceos , a Peripatetic school Peripatetic philosopher of the late 3rd century BC. Life Aristo, son of Miltiades, was born on the island of Chios sometime around 300 BC. ref His date of birth is uncertain. He attended lectures by Zeno born 333 BC, lectured between c. 302 264 BC , and also became his most significant Stoic rival. He also attended lectures by Polemo died 270 269 BC . 290 BC is the latest we can say he was born, but the late 4th century is quite probable. ref He came to Athens where he attended the lectures of Zeno of Citium , and also, for a time, the lectures of Polemon scholarch Polemo , ref name diog162 Diogenes La rtius, vii. 162 ref the head of the Platonic ... they are naturally preferred or not blockquote Aristo of Chios denied that health and everything similar ..., of the Most Eminent Persons. 1799 . Porter, J., The Philosophy of Aristo of Chios. In The Cynics ... . NAME Aristo of Chios ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Aristo of Chios Category 3rd century BC Greek people Category 3rd century ... de Ariston von Chios el fr Ariston de Chios it Aristone di Chio he hu Khioszi Ariszt n nl Ariston van Chios ru fi Ariston Khioslainen ... more details
Theodotus of Chios ref According to the ancient Greek biographer Plutarch Pompey 77.3 Brutus 33.3 Theodotus was born on the Greek isle of Chios , but according to the ancient historian Appian Civil Wars 2.84.354 he was born on the isle of Samos Island Samos . ref died in 43 BC or 42 BC was the rhetoric tutor of the young Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII . Biography Theodotus of Chios was a trained rhetorician ref Plutarch, Pompey 80.9 Brutus 33.3 Appian, Civil Wars 2.84.354. ref and the tutor of Ptolemy XIII. ref Plutarch, Pompey 77.3 Brutus 33.3 Appian, Civil Wars 2.84.354 Livy , Ab Urbe condita , epitome of book 112 Florus 2.13.60. ref He was one of the three influential men who led the guardianship for the young Egyptian king after the death of Ptolemy XII spring of 51 BC . The most powerful of these men was the eunuch and minister Pothinus , the second in rank was the commander in chief Achillas and finally in third place was Theodotus. In autumn of 50 BC these three guardians succeeded in securing Ptolemy XIII the participation in the rule of Egypt together with his ambitious older sister Cleopatra VII who in the first year of her accession to the throne spring of 51 BC had been able to rule alone. At the end of 49 BC Pothinus and his comrades expelled the Queen from Egypt. So Ptolemy XIII became sole regent but was still under the influence of his three guardians. The dethroned Queen soon organized her own army by recruiting mercenaries in Palestine. Ptolemy XIII and his advisers were forced to move with their army into position near the Egyptian border fortress Pelusium , not far from the troops of Cleopatra. At that time end of July 48 BC the Roman triumvir Pompey who had lost the decisive Battle of Pharsalus against Julius Caesar appeared at the Egyptian coast near Pelusium ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Theodotus of Chios ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION rhetoric ... de Samos de Theodotos von Chios zh ... more details
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