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See also:SIPHANTO, SIPHENO or SIPHNO (anc. Siphnos), an See also:island of the See also:Greek See also:Archipelago, in the See also:department of the See also:Cyclades, 3o m S.W. of See also:Syra. It has an See also:area of 28 sq. m., and the See also:population of the See also:commune is 3777 (1907). A See also:ridge of See also:limestone hills—whose See also:principal summits, Hagios See also:Elias and Hagios See also:Simeon, are crowned by old See also:Byzantine churches—runs through the island; for about 2 M. along the western slope stretches a See also:series of villages, each See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white-washed See also:house with its own See also:garden and See also:orchard. One of these, called after the name of an See also:ancient See also:town See also:Apollonia, is the See also:modern See also:capital; Kastro is an " old-See also:world See also:Italian town " with See also:medieval See also:castle and fortifications, and an old town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall bearing date 1365. See also:Inscriptions found on the spot show that Kastro stands on the site of the ancient See also:city of Siphnos; and -Mr See also:Bent identifies the other ancient town of Minoa with the See also:place on the See also:coast where a Hellenic white See also:marble See also:tower is distinguished as the Pharos or lighthouse, and another as the tower of St See also:John. Churches and convents of Byzantine See also:architecture are scattered about the island. One See also:building of this class is especially interesting—the school of the See also:Holy See also:Tomb or school of Siphnos, founded by Greek refugees from See also:Byzantium at the 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 of the iconoclastic persecutions, and afterwards a See also:great centre of intellectual culture for the Hellenic world. The endowments of the school are now made over to the gymnasium of Syra. In ancient times Siphnos was famous for its See also:gold and See also:silver mines, the site of which is still easily recognized by the excavations and refuse-heaps. As in antiquity so now the potters of the island are known throughout the Archipelago. Siphnos was said to have been colonized by See also:Ionians from See also:Athens. It refused See also:tribute to See also:Xerxes, and sent one See also:ship to fight on the Greek See also:side at See also:Salamis.
The See also:wealth of the ancient Siphniotes was shown by their See also:treasury at See also:Delphi, where they deposited the tenth of their gold and silver; but, says the See also:legend, they once failed to do this, and See also:Apollo in his anger flooded their mines. That the mines were invaded by the See also:sea is still evident; and by See also:Strabo's time the inhabitants of the island were noted for their poverty. During the Venetian See also:period it was ruled first by the Da Corogna See also:family and after 1456 by the Gazzadini, who were expelled by the See also:Turks in 1617.
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