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Duris of Samos
Duris of Samos , fl. 3d cent. BC, Greek historian. A descendent of Alcibiades , Duris was tyrant of Samos for a time. He wrote Samian Chronicle —a history of Samos—and a rambling history of Greece and Macedonia covering most of the 4th cent. BC and the early years of the 3d cent. BC Only fragments of these works survive.
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Travel: Island in the sun; HARRY ARNOLD FINDS PEACE ON SAMOS.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 6/7/2003; 700+ words
; ...Crocodile Dundee. This was the Greek island of Samos, so what exactly was going on? Vasilis...the Oriental Garden Chinese restaurant in Samos's bustling resort of Pythagorio, was...that - if you like very hot weather then Samos is the place for you but in August it can...
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Travel: Play it again Samos; TRAVEL ADVICE CONTEST DocHOLIDAY your problems solved.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 7/20/2002; 700+ words
; ...Corfu again, I would suggest a week in Samos. This island, just off the Turkish coast...Faliraki on Rhodes or parts of Kos. Samos is densely wooded, in places quite mountainous...There are some spectacular beaches on Samos, mainly based around Pythagorion and Samos...
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SAMOS clean-up for water system.
Magazine article from: Process Engineering; 9/1/1999; 491 words
; ...diodearray chromatography system, dubbed SAMOS (system for the automatic monitoring of...depends on how clean the water is. The SAMOS only works on samples that contain only...them. Hewlett Packard, which makes the SAMOS, recommended that Southern Water should...
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 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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Time Off : Nothing but peace and quiet on idyllic island; Jane Clare enjoys the slower pace of life on beautiful Samos.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 9/13/2005; 700+ words
; ...south west coast of the Greek island of Samos has just a few things to offer, like peace...night in Kokkari, just west of the port of Samos. On the balcony, in the fresh, sea wind...out to Pythagorion, on the south east of Samos, the place to be seen if you have a yacht...
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Lucky Break Gold, Samos Resources and Stardust Ventures list on the VSE. (Vancouver Stock Exchange)
PR Newswire; 1/8/1988; 700+ words
; LUCKY BREAK GOLD, SAMOS RESOURCES AND STARDUST VENTURES LIST ON...PRNewswire/ -- Lucky Break Gold Inc., Samos Resources Ltd. and Stardust Ventures...Exchange this morning, Lucky Break and Samos at the opening and Stardust at 10 a...
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AN ISLAND FIT FOR The deities of ancient myth went island-hopping long before any backpackers arrived. Suzi Feay visits Samos, a tranquil retreat where one divine honeymoon lasted 300 years
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 6/4/2006; ; 700+ words
; So why go to Samos? It's not the obvious choice of Greek...than 60 years. Unlike other islands, Samos does not have its own distinctive customs...Despite its remoteness, green and tranquil Samos was of huge strategic and political significance...
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The International Conference on Institutional Evaluation Techniques in Education (ICIETE, Samos, Greece, 2005)
Magazine article from: Journal of Science Education; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Techniques in Education (ICIETE) was held in Samos, Greece, 1-3 July, 2005 to bring together...collegial debate". The event continued the Samos international conference tradition in creating...institutions from Europe, who came to Samos ICIETE with the specific aim of sharing...
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Police say 20 illegal immigrants detained on Greek island of Samos
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/12/2005; 195 words
; ...AP Worldstream 07-12-2005 Dateline: SAMOS, Greece Police detained 20 illegal immigrants on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Samos on Tuesday, authorities said. The 17...likely come from the nearby Turkish coast, Samos police said. Their nationalities were...
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Cast shadow.(Samos Kouros, largest statue discovered ever in Greece)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 6/1/2007; 538 words
; ...s Museum of Classical Archaeology. The 4.8-metre tall Samos Kouros was lifted into the museum by crane through an upstairs...statue dates from 570 BC and was discovered in the island of Samos in 1980. 'Having a cast makes it possible to appreciate the...
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Small Plane Sinks Off Greece's Samos Island
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/8/2001; 279 words
; ...passengers sank off Greece's northeastern Aegean island of Samos on Wednesday night. The single-engine Cessna plane had taken...rushed to the scene and started a search operation in the sea off Samos with the support of coast guard vessels and Greek Air Force...
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Aristarchus of Samos
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Aristarchus of Samos The Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos (ca. 310-230 B.C.) hypothesized that the earth...distances of the sun, moon, and earth. Born on the island of Samos, Aristarchus studied at Athens in the Lyceum under Straton...
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Duris of Samos
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Duris of Samos , fl. 3d cent. BC, Greek historian. A descendent of Alcibiades , Duris was tyrant of Samos for a time. He wrote Samian Chronicle —a history of Samos—and a rambling history of Greece and Macedonia...
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Pythagoras of Samos
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
PYTHAGORAS OF SAMOS ( b. Samos, ca. 560 b.c.; d. Metapontum, ca. 480 b.c.) mathematics...c. (or, according to another tradition, 520 b.c.) he left Samos to settle in Croton, in southern Italy, perhaps because of his opposition...
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Conon of Samos
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Conon of Samos ( b . Samos; fl . Alexandria, 245 b.c.), mathematics, astronomy, meteorology...x2013; 1340. See also Gerald L. Geison, “ Did Conon of Samos Transmit Babylonian Observations?, ” in Isis , 58 , pt...
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Theodorus of Samos
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Theodorus of Samos (d. 540 bc). Greek architect. He designed (with Rhoecus) the great Ionic temple of the Heraion, Samos (from c. 575 bc), and wrote an architectural treatise, now lost, one of the earliest of Classical Antiquity...
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