SPORADES

spôrˈədēz, spŏrˈ–, islands, E and SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea. They have been grouped variously at different times. The Northern Sporades are generally understood to include Skíros, Skiathos, Skópelos, and some smaller islands off the coast of Évvoia and W Turkey. Límnos and Lesbos are sometimes also included. The Southern Sporades are generally understood to include Ikaría, Sámos, the Dodecanese, and sometimes Khíos. The main products of the Sporades are olive oil, wine, and citrus fruit.

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books on: Sporades  - 150 results

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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
...of the islands which he considered to be Sporades, and he separates from both Cyclades and Sporades various important islands and groups of...islands. They are, as contrasted with the Sporades, famous islands singled out from among...
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Oceanography; Invited Lectures Presented at the International Oceanographic Congress Held in New York, 31 August-12 September 1959
Book by Mary Sears; American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1961
Subjects: Oceanography--Congresses
...21, Clipperton Island to North Central Sporades, about 5170 km or 2800 miles; 22, North Central Sporades to Keats Bank and Marshall Islands, about...31, Marshal Islands to North Centrak Sporades, about 2750 km or 1480 miles; 32, North...
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The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Rumania, Turkey
Book by Nevill Forbes, Arnold J. Toynbee, D. Mitrany, D. G. Hogarth; Clarendon Press, 1915
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula--History, Eastern Question (Balkan)
...The first of those in question are the Sporades, a chain of islands off the Anatolian...Kasos, and, above all, Rhodes. The Sporades were occupied by Italy during her war...Lausanne simplifies the status of the Sporades, but it is doubtful what effect it will...
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The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel
Book by François Rabelais, J. M. Cohen; Penguin Books, 1955
Subjects: Rabelais, Fran?Cois--Ca. 1490-1553?--Gargantua Et Pantagruel--English
...Macrobe answered: 'Friends and strangers, this island is one of the Sporades; not one of your Sporades which are in the sea of Carpathos, but one of the oceanic Sporades. They were once fertile, much visited, wealthy, and populous, and...
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Rebels and Radicals: Icaria 1600-2000
Book by Anthony J. Papalas; Bolchazy-Carducci, 2005
Subjects: Ikaria Island (Greece)--History
...255 sq. km (98 sq. miles). It is part of the Sporades chain. In contrast with the Cyclades, which cluster around Delos, the Sporades have no specific ori- entation. The Northern Sporades lie northeast of Euboea, while Icaria belongs to...
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Variation et Mimesis
Journal article by Laurent Jenny; The Romanic Review, Vol. 93, 2002
Subjects: French poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Riffaterre, Michael--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...variation du cortege, variation des sporades zoophytiques, et variation du beau deroulement...lidee dharmonie dynamique. Variation des sporades zoophytiques Le soir tombait; il fallut...confondre avec rien dautre, quelques sporades de la bande zoophytique des jeunes filles...
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Geochemical Constraints on the Provenance and Depositional Setting of Sedimentary Rocks from the Islands of Chios, Inousses and Psara, Aegean Sea, Greece: Implications for the Evolution of Palaeotethys
Journal article by Guido Meinhold, Dimitrios Kostopoulos, Thomas Reischmann; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 164, 2007
Subjects: Chios, Geochemistry, Geology, Grain size, Islands, Plate tectonics
...of continental Greece and those of the Sporades. Kilias (1987) also assumed an affiliation...southern Pelion peninsula and the northern Sporades of the Pelagonian Zone. Taken together...of Inousses crop out on the northern Sporades and Pelion peninsula in central Greece...
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Transtensional Origin of the Ne-sw Simitli Basin along the Strouma (Strymon) Lineament, SW Bulgaria
Journal article by M. D. Tranos, V. N. Kachev, D. M. Mountrakis; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 165, 2008
Subjects: Basins, Conglomerates, Deformation, Geology, Plate tectonics
...result of this lateral extrusion, several NE-SW-striking transtensional basins, such as the Simitli basin and the larger Sporades basin in the North Aegean Sea (Tranos 2004b) have been formed along the Strouma Lineament from SW Bulgaria to the North Aegean...
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Cartographic Line Generalization with Waterlines and Medial-Axes
Journal article by Albert H. J. Christensen; Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 26, 1999
Subjects: Map drawing--Automation
...were obtained from WDBII did not contain several major islands, Mytilene, Chios, and Samos among them, and none of the Sporades. Figures 10 and 12 ILLUSTRATION OMITTED An area slightly smaller than the full extent of the data set used for the test is...


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The Pleasures of Pyrgi
Magazine article by Sammy Somekh; PSA Journal, Vol. 63, March 1997
Subjects: Aegean Islands--Description and travel, Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Greece, Graffito decoration--Greece
...trodden islands. Such is Chios island lying five miles west of the Turkish mainland, part of a group known as the Eastern Sporades islands. Like most Greek islands, it boasts many tranquil, secluded spots where one can get away from the maddening crowd...


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newspaper articles on: Sporades  - 24 results

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HOLIDAYS: I HAVE A DREAM.. HOLIDAY - on Greek Islands Where Mamma Mia! Was Filmed
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 13, 2008
...justice to the beauty of Skiathos, smallest island of the Sporades group in the Aegean. Its only 12km long and 6km wide from...over in no time at all. Skopelos is the largest island in the Sporades yet more traditional than Skiathos. It is the greenest of...
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Holidays: Skedaddle off to Super Skiathos; ESCAPE THE CROWDS ON THE BEST BEACHES IN GREECE
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), April 17, 2005
...GAULDIE THE Greeks had been spreading their towels along the shores of the Sporades islands for years before the Brits arrived. The locals knew something we didnt - the Sporades are less crowded than Corfu, Kos or Rhodes and have some of the best...
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Skedaddle off to Skiathos; ESCAPE CROWDS ON BEST BEACHES IN GREECE
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), April 17, 2005
...GAULDIE THE Greeks had been spreading their towels along the shores of the Sporades islands for years before the Brits arrived. The locals knew something we didnOt I the Sporades are less crowded than Corfu, Kos or Rhodes and have some of the best...
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I HAVE A DREAM.. HOLIDAY; on Greek Islands Where Mamma Mia! Was Filmed
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 13, 2008
...justice to the beauty of Skiathos, smallest island of the Sporades group in the Aegean. Its only 12km long and 6km wide from...over in no time at all. Skopelos is the largest island in the Sporades yet more traditional than Skiathos. It is the greenest of...
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Travel 2001 : SUMMER DESTINATIONS: The Hoppy Wanderer; SASKIA LEISK GOES ISLAND-HOPPING AND DOESN'T EVEN PHONE HOME FOR MORE CASH
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 13, 2001
...to explore Skopelos, Alonissos and Skiathos, three of the Sporades Islands in the Aegean Sea. Backpacking without tears. Through...with the locals. PACK UP GO TWO weeks island-hopping in the Sporades Islands will cost from pounds 460 with First Choice (0870...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sporades  - 8 results

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Sporades
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SPORADES spor dez, spor , islands, E and SE Greece...variously at different times. The Northern Sporades are generally understood to include Skiros...sometimes also included. The Southern Sporades are generally understood to include Ikaria...
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SkÍros
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Scyros si r s, island (1991 pop. 2,901), c.80 sq mi (210 sq km), E Greece, in the Aegean Sea, largest of the N Sporades . It is a summer resort noted for its fine beaches and grottoes. Skiros is also known for the furniture designed by local...
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Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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 , in the Aegean...
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IkarÍa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
IKARIA or Icaria both: ikar e , mountainous island, c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), SE Greece, one of the Sporades , near Turkey. It has iron-ore deposits and sulfur springs. According to Greek mythology Icarus fell into the sea near the...
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Dodecanese
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Greece, in the Aegean Sea, between Asia Minor and Crete, comprising the greater part of the group known as the Southern Sporades . Despite its name ("twelve islands"), it consists of about 20 islands and islets, of which the most important are Rhodes...
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