Mainland
Mainland 1 Island (1991 pop. 14,150), 178 sq mi (461 sq km), N Scotland. The largest of the Orkney Islands , it is also called Pomona. Kirkwall , the seat of the Orkney Islands council area, is on the island. Kirkwall Bay and Scapa Flow deeply indent its shores. The interior has hills, moors, several lakes, and fertile valleys. Cattle and sheep are raised; eggs are a leading product. A distilling industry is there. Local customs in some districts reveal the Norse ancestry of many of the inhabitants. There are numerous Pictish remains—mounds, underground dwellings, circles, and standing stones. Most famous of these are Maeshowe and the Standing Stones of Stenness . Skara Brae is an excavated Stone Age village. 2 Island, 375 sq mi (971 sq km), extreme N Scotland. It is the largest of the Shetland Islands . Lerwick , located in the southeastern part of Mainland, is the principal town of the islands. Remains of a prehistoric village at Jarlshof exist.
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Honor killing: losing a war isn't as great a stain on a nation's soul as refusing to admit defeat.(Virtue)
Magazine article from: The American Conservative; 1/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...according to Polybius, that in 270 BC, after Roman troops unjustly seized the city of Rhegium, the Senate "sent an army which laid siege to Rhegium, retook the city, and expelled the guilty troops." The object, wrote Polybius, "was...
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On the Bastard Boupalous.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Chicago Review; 12/22/2002; ; 664 words
; ...snot-filled nose. Following this, be a four-legged bench, as I fuck from the rear his sweet, the idiot giantess of Rhegium. (2) Thank you, Ibykos, handsome whore-boy, for supporting my revenge. (3) (1.) Boupalous was a sculptor of Ephesos...
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On the move.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...as invaders. The Roman historian Diodorus Siculus [around 40 B.C.] wrote, "At the time that Dionysius was besieging Rhegium [391 B.C.], the Celts who had their homes in the regions beyond the Alps streamed through the passes in great strength...
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Town the mafia shut down
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/4/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Reggio could disappear completely. It has been a slow but spectacular decline for the beautiful city the Greeks founded as Rhegium in the 8th century BC. Hit by major earthquakes in 1783 and 1908 which destroyed all its ancient buildings, it attracted...
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Rhegium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Rhegium , ancient city, S Italy, on the Strait of Messina. It is the modern Reggio...Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse. The Romans, who favored it, called the city Rhegium Julium. It is mentioned in Acts 28.13. The name is also spelled Regium...
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Pythagoras of Rhegium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pythagoras of Rhegium , fl. 5th cent. BC, Greek sculptor. In a signature on a pedestal...himself a Samian, but the period of his training and work belongs to Rhegium, Italy. As no works are known that can with certainty be identified...
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Magna Graecia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Posidonia (from Sybaris), Elea (from Phocaea in Ionia), Laos (from Sybaris), Hipponium (from Epizephyrian Locris), and Rhegium (now Reggio de Calabria; from Chalcis). Bibliography: See D. Randall-MacIver, Greek Cities of Italy and Sicily (1931...
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Ibycus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ibycus , fl. before 500 BC, Greek lyric poet, b. Rhegium, S Italy. The extant fragments of his work contain the earliest-known example of the triadic choral lyric. He spent some time...
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Reggio di Calabria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...an important agricultural market for fruits and tobacco. Bergamot essence (used in perfume) is produced there. Known as Rhegium in ancient times, the city became (12th cent.) part of the kingdom of Sicily and later (13th cent.) of Naples. Its...
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