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SOLI , a See also:Greek See also:city on the See also:north See also:coast of See also:Cyprus, lying at Soliais in the, metalliferous See also:country See also:round Karavortasi near Lefka, on the See also:south See also:side of M6rphou See also:Bay. Its See also:kingdom was bounded by the territories of See also:Marion, See also:Paphos, Tamassus and Lapathus. It was believed to have been founded after the Trojan See also:War (c. 1180) by the See also:Attic See also:hero Acamas; but no remains have been found in this See also:district earlier than the See also:Early See also:Iron See also:Age(c. See also:i000-800). The See also:town of " Sillu," whose 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 Irisu was an ally' of See also:Assur-bani-See also:pal of See also:Assyria in 668 B.C., iS commonly sup-posed to represent Soli-1 In Hellenic times Soli had little See also:political importance, though it stood a five months' See also:siege from the Persians soon after 500 B.C.; its See also:copper mines, however, were famous, and have See also:left copious slag heaps and traces of small scattered settlements. A neighbouring monastery is dedicated to " Our See also:Lady of the Slagheaps " (Panagia Skourgi6tissa). But the copper seems to have been exhausted in See also:Roman times, and thereupon Soli became See also:desert.
See W. H. See also:Engel, Kypros (See also:Berlin, 1841; classical authorities) ; J. L. Myres and M. Ohnefalsch-See also:Richter, Cyprus Museum See also:Catalogue, (See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1899; antiquities): G. F. 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, Brit. See also:Mus. See also:Cat. Coins of Cyprus (See also:London, 1904; coins). (J. L.
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