CYCLADES

sīˈklədēz, Gr. Kikládhes [Gr.,=circular], island group (1991 pop. 94,005), c.1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km), SE Greece, a part of the Greek archipelago, in the Aegean Sea stretching SE from Attica. The name was originally used to indicate those islands forming a rough circle around Delos. The Cyclades include about 220 islands of which Tínos, Ándros, Mílos, Náxos, Kéa, Páros, Serifos, Ios, Kithnos, and Thira are important. Ermoupolis, on Síros, is the chief town and administrative center of the group. Largely mountainous, with a dry and mild climate, the islands produce wine, fruit, wheat, olive oil, and tobacco. Iron, manganese, and sulfur are mined, and marble is quarried. Unplanned development and crowds of summer tourists have caused pollution and water shortages. In 1829 the Cyclades passed from the Ottoman Empire to Greece.

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books on: Cyclades  - 740 results

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The Art of Ancient Crete: From the Earliest Times to the Iron Age
Book by H. Th. Bossert; Zwemmer, 1937
Subjects: Art, Mycenaean, Bronze Age, Crete (Greece)--Antiquities, Cyclades (Greece)--Antiquities
...1928 , Catalogue 146. Culture of the Cyclades 402-450 . It is not yet possible to...chronology of the earlier culture of the Cyclades as the finds, with few exceptions...from tombs. The earlier culture of the Cyclades however coincides with the Early Helladic...
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Studies of the Gods in Greece at Certain Sanctuaries Recently Excavated: Being Eight Lectures Given in 1890 at the Lowell Institute
Book by Louis Dyer; Macmillan and Co., 1894
Subjects: Cults--Greece, Greece--Antiquities, Greece--Religion
the matter by naming the Cyclades, but also he corrects Artemidorus...Sporades, and he separates from both Cyclades and Sporades various important islands...with, Strabo does not regard the Cyclades solely as a collective name for a...
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A Geographical Dictionary of Milton
Book by Allan H. Gilbert; Yale University Press, 1919
Subjects: Fiction, Milton, John--1608-1674--Dictionaries, Indexes, Etc, Names, Geographical
...Samos first appearing from amidst the Cyclades as a cloudy spot. Keightley pointed...geographical error, Samos not being one of the Cyclades, but one of the Asiatic group at a distance...follows: or pilot, coming from amidst the Cyclades, kens Delos or Samos first appearing...
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Thera in the Bronze Age
Book by Phyllis Young Forsyth; Peter Lang, 1997
Subjects: Akroterion (Greece)--Antiquities, Bronze age--Greece--Thera, Thera Island (Greece)--Antiquities, Volcanoes--Greece--Thera Island
...thrive in the Middle Cycladic period. The Cyclades in the Middle Bronze Age The Aegean Middle...change in the relationship among the Cyclades, Crete and mainland Greece. Over the...years ca. 2000-1600 B.C. , the Cyclades, especially the islands in the south...
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Virgil's Aeneid: Semantic Relations and Proper Names
Book by Michael Paschalis; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Epic Poetry, Latin--History And Criticism, Latin Language--Semantics, Names, Personal, In Literature, Names, Personal--Rome, Virgil--Aeneis
...Jocelyn , evokes aurum gold . 121 e. Cyclades and arua Neptunia 689-95 The engagement...turreted ships are compared to the uprooted Cyclades and to mountains; eventually, flaming...like ploughshares, 122 which uproot the Cyclades, while flaming projectiles are sown...
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Timing, Slip Rate, Displacement and Cooling History of the Mykonos Detachment Footwall, Cyclades, Greece, and Implications for the Opening of the Aegean Sea Basin
Journal article by Stéphanie Brichau, Uwe Ring, Andrew Carter, Robert Bolhar, Patrick Monié, Daniel Stockli, Maurice Brunel; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 165, 2008
Subjects: Geology, History, Mykonos, Plate tectonics, Stratigraphy
...of the Mykonos Detachment Footwall, Cyclades, Greece, and Implications for the Opening...boundary, which was accommodated in the Cyclades (Fig. 1) by spectacular low-angle...al. 1978). The rock sequence of the Cyclades comprises four main structural units...
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Normal Faulting on Sifnos and the South Cycladic Detachment System, Aegean Sea, Greece
Journal article by Uwe Ring, Johannes Glodny, Thomas M. Will, Stuart Thomson; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 168, 2011
Subjects: Geology, Plate tectonics
...extensional detachments in the formation of the Cyclades horst (Lister et al. 1984; Avigad...displacing at the northern end of the Cyclades (Evia, Andros, Tinos, Mykonos, Ikaria...Cycladic Detachment System. In the central Cyclades (Syros, Paros, Naxos, Amorgos, North...
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Geochronology of Clasts in Allochthonous Miocene Sedimentary Sequences on Mykonos and Paros Islands: Implications for Back-arc Extension in the Aegean Sea
Journal article by Mario Sanchez-Gomez, Dov Avigad, Ariel Heimann; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 159, 2002
Subjects: Aegean Sea, Geological time, Islands, Oceans, Plate tectonics, Sediments, Stone
...central Aegean region, in the area of the Cyclades, are generally Alpine metamorphic rocks...stack that existed in the area of the Cyclades during contraction and high-pressure...the metamorphic rocks exposed in the Cyclades belong to the Cycladic Blueschist Unit...
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The 'Alexandra Quartet': The Homosexual as Teacher/guide
Journal article by Mark D. Hawthorne; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 44, 1998
Subjects: Alexandra Quartet (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Durrell, Lawrence--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Men authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sex in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...unwanted reality of lovelessness in the Cyclades. Of course, these oppositions directly...in Upper Egypt or on his island in the Cyclades, he fetishizes them, as Balthazar...source when he begins to write in the Cyclades, is faulty. Speaking of his recollections...
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The Weak and Superfast Cretan Detachment, Greece: Exhumation at Subduction Rates in Extruding Wedges
Journal article by U. Ring, T. Reischmann; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 159, 2002
Subjects: Geology, Greece, Seismology
...Cretan detachment must be underlying the Cyclades as proposed by Ring et al. (2001...and flowed at low shear stress. In the Cyclades some 200-250 km to the north of Crete...2001) (Fig. 2). In the northern Cyclades (Evia, Tinos, Samos and Fourni islands...
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magazine articles on: Cyclades  - 31 results

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Windmills of the Cyclades
Magazine article by Keith Vaughan; PSA Journal, Vol. 72, May 2006
Subjects: Cyclades--Description and travel, Islands--Description and travel, Photography--Methods
Windmills of the Cyclades. by Keith Vaughan First, what are the Cyclades you may ask? The Cyclades is a group of islands of varying sizes scattered over the deep blue waters of the Aegean Sea. A fusion of stone, sunlight and sparkling sea...
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Paperback Round-Up
Magazine article by Sian Gibson; Geographical, Vol. 78, July 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, In Search of the Pangolin: The Accidental Eco-Tourist (Book)--Book reviews, Narrow Dog to Carcassonne (Book)--Book reviews, The Cyclades: Discovering the Greek Islands of the Aegean (Book)--Book reviews
...trips and a deep seated passion. In The Cyclades: Discovering the Greek Islands of the...Evocative and well-researched, The Cyclades would make a welcome travelling companion...pp192, 9.99 pounds sterling The Cyclades: Discovering the Greek Islands of the...
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The Real Getaway: If You Really Want to Get Away from It All, Nothing Beats an Island Holiday. but with Sustainable Tourism Offering an Increasing Number of 'Interactive' Holidays, Says Helen Truszkowski, It Doesn't Have to Be All Robinson Crusoe, Coconut Palms and Sandy Beaches
Magazine article by Helen Truszkowski; Geographical, Vol. 75, March 2003
Subjects: Cuba--Description and travel, Cyclades--Description and travel, Fiji--Description and travel, Iceland--Description and travel, Islands--Buildings, facilities, etc., Islands--Description and travel, South Georgia Island--Description and travel, Tasmania--Description and travel
...Zealands South Island Amorgos Where? The most easterly of the Cyclades Islands, 225 kilometres southeast of Athens Climate? Long...average 33degreesC in summer and 13degreesC in winter That the Cyclades are among the most popular of the Greek Islands comes as no...
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Tapestry Weaving
Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 207, February 2000
Subjects: Architectural firms--Management, Cyclades--Buildings, facilities, etc.
...museum connects millennia and urban patterns ancient and modern with grace and invention. Naxos is the largest island of the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea, south-east of Athens, about halfway between Greece and Turkey. From earliest times, the...
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Eco-hopping
Magazine article by Jennifer Van Der Kwast; Plenty, August 2008
Subjects: Greece, Hotels & motels, Islands, Sustainable development, Tourist attractions, Travel
...into Kythnos, the only island in the Cyclades to get its electricity entirely from...Serifos is one of the few islands in the Cyclades where the dazzling white crown of the...has "the most enchanting" hora in the Cyclades. But soon the elements betray us. The...
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Elevated to Capture Views; Relax, Unwind, and Enjoy the Glorious Views across Beautiful Cyclades Lake from This Spacious, Four-Bedroom Home
Newspaper article; Tweed Daily News (Tweed Heads, Australia), February 6, 2010
...Enjoy the Glorious Views across Beautiful Cyclades Lake from This Spacious, Four-Bedroom...enjoy the glorious views across beautiful Cyclades Lake from the privacy of your full...Beech property agents details: What: 34 Cyclades Crescent, Currumbin Waters Price: Auction...
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A Tropical Tempter
Newspaper article; Coffs Coast Advocate (Coffs Harbour, Australia), November 6, 2010
...cruising with 20 per cent off Jewels of the Cyclades by Tempo Holidays. Experience a perfect...per person twin share. Jewels of the Cyclades is valid for sale and travel until November...groups, the cruise hops through the Cyclades including Poros, Poliegos, Folegandros...
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Getting Caught on the Hop in Greece; Tuesday: Lunch in Naxos; Wednesday: Sundowner in Santorini; Friday: Party, Party, Party in Mykonos . . . Eliza Anderson Makes the Most of the Greek Islands
Newspaper article by Eliza Anderson; The Birmingham Post (England), February 19, 2000
...the quintessential Greek islands - the Cyclades Islands. The name comes from the Greek...islands that dot the Aegean Sea. The Cyclades are typically Greek - tiny white washed...island-hopping such a good idea. The Cyclades are some of the most windy Greek Islands...
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Pepco Donates Islands in River to Save Wildlife
Newspaper article by Paul Reines; The Washington Times, September 26, 1996
Subjects: Electric utilities, Nature Conservancy, Pepco, Potomac Electric Power Co.
...islands and rock clusters known as the Cyclades, to the Maryland-D.C. chapter of...turn the care of Conn Island and the Cyclades over to the Park Service. Those islands...Park. Bear and Conn islands and the Cyclades straddle the park, with Bear just south...
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Mykonos
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 20, 2006
...HUW DAVIES THE brightest star in the Cyclades, Mykonoss fans range from the superrich...has one of the best bus systems in the Cyclades " top fare about o6 for two. Visit the...windsurfing. Mykonos is also one of the few Cyclades islands where diving is allowed. A scuba...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cyclades  - 21 results

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Cyclades
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CYCLADES si kl dez, Gr. Kikladhes Gr.,=circular...forming a rough circle around Delos . The Cyclades include about 220 islands of which Tinos...there (see Cycladic art ). In 1829 the Cyclades passed from the Ottoman Empire to Greece...
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Ermoupolis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...polis, or Siros se ros, city (1991 pop. 13,030), capital of Cyclades prefecture, SE Greece, on the east coast of Siros island. It is the chief city of the Cyclades and a major Aegean port and commercial center. Ship repair, ironworks...
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SÍros , Island, Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mi (85 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, one of the Cyclades. Ermoupolis , or Siros, is the islands main town and port. Siros is the richest and most populous of the Cyclades. During the Greek War of Independence (1821 29) the island...
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Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...which are Crete , in the Mediterranean; Kerkira , Kefallinia , Zakinthos , Lefkas , and Ithaki , in the Ionian Sea; and the Cyclades , the Northern Sporades , the Dodecanese (including Rhodes , Evvoia , Lesbos , Khios , Samos , Limnos , Samothrace , and Thasos...
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Delos
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DELOS de los, island, c.1 sq mi (2.6 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, smallest of the Cyclades . In Greek mythology, Leto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis on Delos; and the island was particularly sacred to Apollo. Delos...
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