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LEFKÁS

formerly Levkásboth: lĕfkäsˈ or Leucaslooˈkəs, mountainous island (1991 pop. 19,350), c.115 sq mi (300 sq km), W Greece, in the Ionian Sea; one of the Ionian Islands. Lefkás (1991 pop. 6,344), the chief town and the capital of Lefkás prefecture, is at the northern end of the island. Olive oil, currants, wine, and tobacco are produced. The island was colonized (7th cent. b.c.) by Corinthians, and Corinth and Lefkás were allies in the Peloponnesian War. Lefkás later was the capital of the Acarnanian League (3d cent. b.c.). The island was captured (1697) from the Ottoman Turks by Venice, which held it until 1797. There are ruins of Cyclopean walls and a temple to Apollo Leukates. Sappho is said, probably falsely, to have committed suicide by plunging into the sea from a cliff of the island. Lefkás is also known as Santa Maura.

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books on: LefkAs - 15 results

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The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, 3000-800 BC
Book by Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood; Liverpool University Press, 1999
...island. The isolated Mycenaean sherds from Skaros and Ancient Lefkas are proof of some LBA activity there, and the structures of...stem was reported by Gallant from within the walls of Ancient Lefkas. The base illustrated by Dorpfeld 268 may be that of a stemmed...

A Greek Odyssey in the American West
Book by Helen Papanikolas; University of Nebraska Press, 1997
Subjects:	Greek Americans--Biography, Papanikolas, Helen Zeese--Family, Zeese, Emily, Zeese, George--1886-
6 In 1894 Yiannis was sent to Karea on the island of Lefkas in the Ionian Sea; the following year he was posted in the...Yoryis was surprised, then ashamed: in the greenness of Lefkas, where on its crown he sat and looked all around at the...

Mass Media in Greece: Power, Politics, and Privatization
Book by Thimios Zaharopoulos, Manny E. Paraschos; Praeger Publishers, 1993
Subjects:	Mass Media--Greece
...flourished. Spinthir 1847 and Rigas 1850 on Zakynthos, Fileleftheros 1848 on Cephalonia, Neolaia 1849 and Pegasus 1873 on Lefkas, and Filalithis 1849 and Patris 1849 on Corfu were the most notable. The first newspaper of Thessaloniki was Ermis 1875...

Islands in Time: Island Sociogeography and Mediterranean Prehistory
Book by Mark Patton; Routledge, 1996
...98 Laurion (Greece) 160 , 162 Layard, John 1 , 7 , 29 - 30 lead 160 , 172 -3 Lebena (Crete) 112 Lefkandi (Euboia) 171 Lefkas 12 , 44 -6, 49 , 55 , 57 Lemnos 12 , 45 -6, 50 , 154 Lerna (Greece) 12 - 13 , 112 , 117 , 159 , 162 Leros 46 , 50 Lesbos...

Greece before History: An Archaeological Companion and Guide
Book by Curtis Runnels, Priscilla Murray; Stanford University Press, 2001
Subjects:	Antiquities, Prehistoric--Greece, Prehistoric Peoples--Greece
...traditional costumes are still to be spotted in the village of Metsovo in the Pindos mountains or on some islands (such as Lefkas). Fine ethnographic museums exist in Metsovo, Nafplion, Ioannina, Melos, Athens, and many other localities. Breathtaking...

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Chemostratigraphy of the Jurassic System: Applications, Limitations and Implications for Palaeoceanography
Journal article by Hugh C. Jenkyns, Charles E. Jones, Darren R. Grocke, Stephen P. Hesselbo, D. Neil Parkinson; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 159, 2002
Subjects:	Geology, Paleontology
...rich black shales in the middle to upper part of the polymorphum Zone (Pettinelli et al. 1995). In one Greek section on Lefkas Island, analytical data show highest TOC values (c. 0.6-0.7 wt%) in the upper part of the black-shale section attributed...

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Private Paradise; Get Lowdown Straight from the Owners for a Great Break in Lefkas
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), September 6, 2009
...Straight from the Owners for a Great Break in Lefkas. Byline: JANE KERR WHEN we drew up in...hillside above the coastal town of Vlicho on Lefkas, is so lovingly furnished and wellequipped...wonderful Yorkshirewoman who discovered Lefkas while exploring the Greek islands and...

It's a Villa Real Deal; Get the Lowdown Straight from the Owners for a Great Break in Lefkas
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), September 6, 2009
...Straight from the Owners for a Great Break in Lefkas. Byline: JANE KERR WHEN we drew up in...hillside above the coastal town of Vlicho on Lefkas, is so lovingly furnished and well...wonderful Yorkshirewoman who discovered Lefkas while exploring the Greek islands and...

Isles & SMILES; 6 PAGES OF GREAT HOLIDAY IDEAS CORFU, KEFALONIA, PAXOS AND LEFKAS ARE THE IONI PLACE TO BE
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), June 17, 2006
...6 PAGES OF GREAT HOLIDAY IDEAS CORFU, KEFALONIA, PAXOS AND LEFKAS ARE THE IONI PLACE TO BE. Byline: IAIN MAYHEW IN Greek mythology...and Venetian buildings of Corfu Town to the yachtie havens of Lefkas and Kefalonia and the charm of little Paxos, even Io might...

Holidays: Wild about the West of Greece
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 31, 2005
...costs from pounds 550pp with www.sunvil.co.uk LEFKAS IS Lefkas (also called Lefkada) really an island? ItOs a stoneOs...mainland). But that doesnOt really matter I because Lefkas is a brilliant place for a family holiday, especially...

Here Is the Snooze. TEDDIES, GOLDFISH OR TALL TALES.. HOW HOTELS HELP YOU SLEEP IF You Have Trouble Sleeping on Holiday and Even a Jef Frey Archer Novel Won't Do the Trick, It's Time to Check into One of a Special Band of Hotels Which Have Their Own Ways of Helping You Get a Good Night's Rest. GILL WILLIAMS Explains All
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), February 25, 2007
Subjects:	Hotels and motels
...like at The Gecko on the Greek island of Lefkas. The beds in this luxury villa have Egyptian...Two couples can take over The Gecko on Lefkas from pounds 1,000 or pounds 250pp for...Shut out the sun (if you like) on Lefkas; Bowl along to Yarm for a good rest...

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encyclopedia articles on: LefkAs - 7 results

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LefkÁs
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEFKAS formerly Levkas both: lefkas or Leucas loo k s, mountainous island (1991 pop. 19,350...W Greece, in the Ionian Sea; one of the Ionian Islands . Lefkas (1991 pop. 6,344), the chief town and the capital of Lefkas...

Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...600 sq mi/24,900 sq km), the most notable of 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...

Leucas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEUCAS Greece: see Lefkas* . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.*

Santa Maura
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SANTA MAURA Greece: see Lefkas* . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.*

LevkÁs
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEVKAS Greece: see Lefkas* . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.*

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