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NAUPLIA , a See also:town in the See also:Peloponnesus, at the See also:head of the Argolic Gulf. In the classical See also:period it was a See also:place of no importance, and when See also:Pausanias lived, about A.D. 150, it was deserted. At a very See also:early See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, however, it seems to have been of greater See also:note, being the seaport of the See also:plain in which See also:Argos and See also:Mycenae are situated, and several tombs of the Mycenaean See also:age have been found. A See also:hero Nauplius took See also:part in the Argonautic expedition; another was See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Euboea. The mythic importance of the town revived in the See also:middle ages, when it became one of the See also:chief cities of the Morea. It was captured in 1211 by See also:Godfrey See also:Villehardouin with the help of Venetian See also:ships; a See also:French See also:dynasty ruled in it for some time, and established the feudal See also:system in the See also:country. In 1388 the Venetians bought Argos and Nauplia. In the See also:wars between See also:Venice and the See also:Turks it often changed masters. It was given to the Turks at the See also:peace concluded in 1540; it was recaptured by Venice in 1686, and Palamidhi on the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill overhanging the town was made a See also:great fortress. In 1715 it was taken by the Turks; in 1770 the Russians occupied it for a See also:short time. The Greeks captured it during the See also:War of See also:Independence on the 12th of See also:December 1822, and it was the seat of the See also:Greek See also:administration till 1833, when See also:Athens became the See also:capital of the country. It is the chief town of the See also:department of Argolis (pop. in 1907, 81,943). Pop. about 6000.
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